Sunday, June 15, 2008

6-15-08

Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Reflective getaway from the city’s chaos and confusion; by Mayank Austen Soofi Viewpoint – Mrs. Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

A crowed Blue line Bus - DELHI on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, ...

Sri Lanka holds bus blast suspects
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
Sri Lanka's military says that 52 people have been arrested in connection with two bus bombings that killed 23 passengers and wounded dozens. ...
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Bus here to help storm families
Indianapolis Star - United States
CJ's Bus, a mobile child-care facility for disaster victims, came to Indianapolis on Friday and will stay through the weekend to help Northeastside ...
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Denton County Transportation officials give Highland Village bus ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By JAY PARSONS / The Dallas Morning News The Denton County Transportation Authority launched Highland Village's first public bus service in December with a ...
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52 arrested in Sri Lanka bus blasts that killed 23
The Associated Press -
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's police have arrested 52 suspects in twin bus bombings that killed 23 passengers and wounded dozens, the military said ...
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Pro baseballers help after Neb. bus fire
FireRescue1 - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Clarinda A's baseball team has spent the week recovering from a frightening fire on a trip Monday night that destroyed the team bus, uniforms and ...
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Bus shooting no surprise to some
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
Opher's grandson was on a bus directly behind the one that was struck by a bullet that tore through driver Mildred Camacho's window, sending glass in her ...
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Brief: Four critically injured in bus crash
Worthington Daily Globe - Worthington,MN,USA
PIPESTONE — Four South Dakotans were in critical condition after a truck-bus collision at
4:06 pm Thursday on Minnesota 23 in Pipestone County. ...
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Bus Tires Flattened
News Dispatch - Michigan City,IN,USA
Mechanics began refilling and examining the tires before each bus left to collect students. Buses were back running and heading out of the lot before
8 am ...
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Teen accused of pointing gun at bus
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
DOWAGIAC -- Police on Friday arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of pointing a pellet gun at a Dowagiac school bus. The arrest came after Dowagiac police ...
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Three die in Bus crash
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Three students from the
University of Limpopo's Turfloop campus died when their bus overturned on Saturday morning, said police. ...
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Pictures: Inside an Indian Bus
By morris108
Pictures of inside a bus on a journey leaving Khujaroo Although India has many trains, there are still places where busses are the only option.
Divining the News - http://morris108.wordpress.com

Overturned truck, shuttle bus jam road
Authorities say a pick-up truck that was towing a small shuttle bus overturned just after 2 pm Friday. Crews closed both southbound lanes of I-85 at Old Highway 64.
News 14 Carolina Top Stories - http://news14.com

School bus driver diverts tragedy before collapse
Helen Waiwiri doesn’t look like a hero but on a busy Caloundra street she pulled off a small miracle saving a bus full of school children from certain injury.
APN stories: Coast news - http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/general/local/

Transportation News :: the tale of the crazy bus driver
The second passenger to complain pulled out his cellphone and took pictures of the bus number and the driver while the first guy to complain called COTA on his cell to ensure someone got over here ASAP. ...
the Columbus Underground - http://www.columbusunderground.com/phpBB2/

Drunk Bus.
By Food Fight! Vegan Grocery(Food Fight! Vegan Grocery)
So, the Saturday night of the Let Live Conference, there will be a party/fundraiser at Bye and Bye. Tons

http://kstp.com/article/stories/s469353.shtml?cat=1

More on Russ Johnson's light rail compromise: How the timing would ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has been pushing for a regional transit election in November. Johnson, though, is proposing a November election for a ...
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Transit crash sends several to hospital
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
By SUN MEDIA A two-vehicle crash last night led to a
Winnipeg Transit bus crashing into a business. Approximately 10 people went to hospital with a range of ...
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Public transit offers extensive benefits
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
Having a real, functional system of mass transit: Other benefits come in the form of improved human health. Public transit patrons tend to get more exercise ...
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2 transit districts to increase fares as fuel costs rise
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Jeff Ristine SAN DIEGO – It will take a little more green to go green, with
San Diego County's two public transit agencies poised for a package of summer ...
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Transit center amenities now facing demolition
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
EL CAJON: Bus and trolley riders who pass through the busy El Cajon Transit Center will soon lose access to the restrooms, concession stand and Greyhound ...
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Google Mobile Maps adds mass transit
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
That said, I've always thought the mobile program should add a major feature from the Web-based version of Google Maps: information about public transit in ...
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Treasure Coast counties get money for transit
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
Congressman Tim Mahoney noted that the Community Coach and Community Transit are crucial for the elderly and disabled. "At a time when our state government ...
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Letter: Don’t Forget Mass Transit
New York Times - United States
To the Editor: Your Heads Up column, “Where the Bargains Keep Rolling Along” (May 25) applies to us as well. Why rent a car or ride expensive taxis to get ...
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Allegheny Co. transit system could face driver shortage
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
AP PITTSBURGH -
Allegheny County's public transit could face a driver shortage this summer if dozens of drivers retire to protect benefits. ...
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Prepare for transit fare hikes
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
San Diego County
's two public transit agencies - the Metropolitan Transit System and the North County Transit District - are poised for a package of summer ...
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Metro Transit bus driver fired after assaulted by passenger
A Metro Transit bus driver said he was humiliated while on the job and expected his bosses to take his side. Instead, they fired him. Bus driver Jeff Larson was assaulted by a female passenger while making a stop at Nicollet and Fourth ...
kstp.com - MORE NEWS - http://kstp.com/article/stories/s154022.shtml?cat=1

AFSCME accuses state of withholding transit details
SPRINGFIELD — The labor union representing more than 100 of the state transportation employees Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to move to southern Illinois is prepared to take formal action to prevent the move.
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Governor relases downstate transit funding
By Evan Hill
Rod Blagojevich on Friday signed a supplemental appropriation bill releasing $9 million in additional funding for downstate bus and rural para-transit, or call and ride systems. Read the rest of the story here.
- http://daily-journal.com/bloggers/breakingnews

Charlotte area transit
By top DIGG news
business transportation. but as ryan avent explains, decades of highway spending contain leftist the nation’s transit infrastructure in the dust — and there’sa aberrant want of gossip take how to restore it. Railroad Train News...
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North County Transit District pegs Patchett as interim director
6/6/2008.
Progressive Railroading.com News - http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/

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Riders in bus lanes?
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Bicycles should be allowed to share bus lanes on
Chicago's widest streets to minimize sometimes deadly traffic conflicts and accommodate a cycling surge ...
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$2.3 Million Settlement Reached in '07 Accident
Washington Post - United States
The women, co-workers at the Federal Trade Commission, were struck by the bus while in a downtown crosswalk. Holding up two poster-sized photographs of his ...
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Komenda accident: Another victim passes on
Joy Online - Accra,Ghana
Another death has been recorded from Thursday’s fatal accident involving an STC bus and a tipper truck at the Komenda Junction near
Cape Coast, ...
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Komenda Junction accident death toll now 16
Joy Online - Accra,Ghana
The death toll in the Thursday morning accident involving an STC bus and a tipper truck at the Komenda Junction near
Cape Coast has now reached 16. ...
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Ghana Road Accidents Claim 21 Lives in Two Days, Graphic Says
Bloomberg - USA
A collision involving a bus and a truck killed 16 people yesterday in
Ghana's Central region, the Accra-based newspaper reported, without citing anyone. ...
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there are no such thing as accidents
By xiiaosarm(xiiaosarm)
then after that went to slack at raffles....and me, zw and jing sheng keep sayin that there are no such things as accident...zzzz....haha:) then later amanda jing sheng and i went home via mrt...then me and jing sheng so kind follow ...
- http://sarmsarm.blogspot.com/

Bendy bus accident rates
By peezedtee(peezedtee)
So in order to compare like with like, you would need to set the bendy bus accident rate against the accident rate for non-bendy buses on those same routes only. Perhaps some enterprising journalist could set about extracting these ...
peezedtee - http://peezedtee.blogspot.com/

Bus business collides with rising rates for insurance
By admin
His bill (A1973) would make injured passengers tap their own auto or health insurance policies for the first $10000 in medical bills from a bus accident. Bus companies would have to pay any remaining costs up to $250000. ...
Taxi Insurance Blog UK - http://insurance.taxiblog.co.uk

of drivers..
By andrew(andrew)
I hear nowadays bus drivers are super reckless on the road.. just recently there were a lot of bus accidents on the karak highway... the highway which i use to go back to KL.. so i am a bit fearful... but yeah... still the probability ...
Souled Purpose - http://souled-purpose.blogspot.com/

Day 9-13 (Sonny"There are no Accidents"
By Korma Police(Korma Police)
We shared a few laughs and he was intrigued at the fact that we were taking a rickshaw through
India. Brian handed him $20, the only cash he had, so he could get a bus home to the V... Read and post comments | Send to a friend.
- http://kormapolice.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/

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New Bloomfield bus policy rolls toward change
Fulton Sun - MO, USA
Part of the plan will include sending letters and a quarterly bus incident report to parents, handbook changes and making certain bus drivers understand ...
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Task force on fire watch
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
The first was a series of dumpster incidents on May 29, which was followed by fires on Wednesday that burned a shed, a Pontiac Sunfire and a clay pot. ...
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Mass funeral service for the Matatiele accident victims
Dispatch Online - South Africa
Thulas Nxesi, the spokesperson for the bereaved families, blamed the condition of the bus for the carnage, claiming that it was “old and not supposed to be ...
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Bus lane campaign spartks debate
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
Cyclox is starting to log incidents of dangerous driving in an attempt to get Oxfordshire County Council to reverse its decision to let the city's 357 ...
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Terrorism’s ’Tenkasi’ Moment
Mainstream - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
... into the incident (
January 24, 2008) which involved bomb blasts at the RSS office in Tenkasi and another one at the bus stand apprehended the culprits. ...
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Tiger relocation started
Times of India - India
Incidents of run-over of wild animals have been reported in the past. In fact the state highway-29A linking Sariska to Tehla passes right through the ...
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6:02 AM, I-40 W, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Boiling St
Traffic is traveling at 30 MPH at: US 70 BUS W; MM 94.4; Boiling St.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Bay Window Bus :: RE: Help I need 1st time owner baywindow info??????
... new continental wearing a custom Italian suit offer to help me tune my engine of the side of the road, a guy in a Westphalia follow me for miles out of his way just to say hi and talk about the Wubster, and numerous other incidents. ...
TheSamba.com - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/

War in Afghanistan 2008 Week 22
By The Black Rod(The Black Rod)
Along with the incident of the insurgent under the bridge (above) came this report from
Pakistan. A pick-up truck carrying Taliban fighters to Afghanistan's Nuristan province blew up, killing as many as 8 fighters. ...
The Black Rod - http://blackrod.blogspot.com/

Latest News on Terrorism
By editor
Terrorism is a local issue. Unfortunately, many people see it as something happening in another country, or think the incidents here — such as the attacks of
Sept. 11, 2001 — are unlikely to happen again.
Global Issues Web News - http://globalissuesweb.com/wp

Continues: One day I walk out into the street, partly with an aim ...
By Nicholas Chiang(Nicholas Chiang)
If I want to remember an incident or what someone said, or what someone did, I estimate the date at which the incident occurred and then quickly scroll through the moments in my life like a video player on fast forward. ...

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ark in bus stop, pay up
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
"Vehicles that obstruct bus stops increase the potential for traffic accidents and put CTA customers at risk as they board or alight the bus," said CTA ...
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Shahabad on boil after bus runs over child
Etalaat - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
... which often results in such accidents in the area. Eyewitnesses told Etalaat that around
7 pm, a Tata bus (JK03 0333) hired by Bright Career Institute ...
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Three people die in Sharjah highway accidents
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
As the truck stopped in the middle of the road, a bus carrying 20 workers collided with it. Several people were injured. The third accident happened at ...
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"Bus Accidents"
By Aput(Aput)
Is there a conspiracy by our government, through the Ministry of Transport and all departments linked to it, to simply kill off Malaysians by allowing bus accidents to happen? Perhaps try to take out dozens at one time, once every week? ...
Speak! Or forever hold your peace - http://aput.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/

Bus and car accident causes massive jam in Jurong
By ♥ Haro ♥(♥ Haro ♥)
Accidents always happened at AYE where big loads of trucks and small cars clashed together to fight for the rat race. Source.
Haro Genki - http://harogenki.blogspot.com/

Re: Parking Violations - WTF!
By Enrika
I've always suspected that the cop who wrote the ticket was the cop I had just beaten in court. It's my experience that cops are like that. Next time, just take the bus downtown. It's a piece of cake, and you won't have to worry about a ...
Tribe.net: PDX - http://pdx.tribe.net

Greypaw: Comes From East To Do Battle With THE AMAZING RANDOOOOO!
By Blake(Blake)
Accidents happen. Mom wasn't really mad about it (she understood like I did that it was only an accident), but Dad might be. Mom told Dad it was just a "garage accident". I have no idea if I'm supposed to lie here or not. ...
Don't let him on the couch, he... - http://greypaw.livejournal.com/

Disney princesses!
By Eisabess Cullen(Eisabess Cullen)
I directed them to the entrance, to the underpass, through the underpass, out the underpass, to the blocks, through the blocks, to the road, to the (correct) bus-stop, to the correct bus. 20) I saw a Häagen-Dazs shop (ICE FREAKING CREAM ...

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Blueline knocks down two in south Delhi
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A 28-year-old motorcycle rider was crushed to death and the pillion rider suffered grievous injuries when a speeding Blueline bus ...
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Blueline knocks down two in south Delhi
By India eNews
A 28-year-old motorcycle rider was crushed to death and the pillion rider suffered grievous injuries when a speeding Blueline bus knocked them down in south
Delhi, the police said Sunday.
IndiaeNews.com: Asia News - http://www.indiaenews.com/

Blueline kills 2 on city roads
Two people were killed by over speeding Blueline buses in separate incidents in the city on Saturday.
Mid-Day - Delhi City News - http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/news/delhi

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Bus ridership soars, but high costs limit expansion plans
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
9, 2008 12:00 AM Ask April Wise why she rides the bus, and she will tell you how much it costs to fill her gas tank. "I save about $400 a month," said the ...
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UK and France condemn bus blast
Daily Mirror - Colombo,Western,Sri Lanka
While condemning the bus blast in
Colombo, British Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch-Brown said a sustainable solution to Sri Lanka's conflict can only ...
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Rogue bullet sends UN envoys to Rwanda by bus
Reuters UK - UK
By Louis Charbonneau KIGALI (Reuters) - Top UN ambassadors were forced to hitch a bus ride from Democratic Republic of Congo to
Rwanda on Sunday after a ...
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Inmate awaits verdict in prison bus slaying
Examiner.com - USA
Jun 8, 2008 10:47 PM (17 mins ago) AP A mentally ill multiple murderer accused of strangling a fellow inmate aboard a prison bus was to face either a ...
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Fight Back Express bus stops locally
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
The bus, sponsored by the American Cancer Society's Action Network, has been traveling around the Mountain State the past few days, and people have been ...
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Centro Bus Rodeo
NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Syracuse,NY,USA
Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) – Centro bus drivers put their abilities to the test Sunday at the annual Bus Rodeo at the New York State Fairgrounds. ...
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Council to scrap five bus routes
BBC News - UK
Five rural bus routes are to be scrapped because they are too expensive to run, according to Powys council. The services, which require passengers to book ...
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Council To Consider Budget, Bus Contract
KHTS Radio - Santa Clarita,CA,USA
The public hearing for the 2008-2009 Annual Operating Budget, Redevelopment Agency Budget and 5-Year Capital Improvement Program is on the agenda of the ...
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(UPDATE) Bus driver in EDSA road rage shooting dies
ABS CBN News - Philippines
The bus driver who was shot by an armed motorist following a traffic altercation along EDSA in
Quezon City, Monday morning has passed away. ...
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Brake Problem Sparks Fire on Greyhound Bus
WGRZ-TV - Buffalo,NY,USA
BUFFALO, NY (AP) -- Brake problems sparked a small fire on a Greyhound Bus on a Buffalo expressway. About 30 people were on the bus Monday morning and all ...
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Citizen Journalist for Off The Bus Broke Big Campaign News
By spaceyg
Mayhill Fowler, a regular contributor to the Huffington Post’s Off The Bus citizen journalism project, broke some big-time news over the course of the Presidential primary season. From today’s LATimes: ...
Mostly Media - http://mostlymedia.wordpress.com

Kosovo: Shots fired at bus, two seriously injured
Two persons have sustained serous injuries early on Monday when a bus they were traveling on came under fire near Klina, Kosovo. Kosovo police, KPS, confirmed this today, without identifying the victims or suspected attackers.
B92 News in English - http://www.b92.net/eng/

Bob’s wind farm battle bus takes to the road
The Big Swindle bus has hit the road in Moray. Anti-wind farm campaigner Bob Graham has taken his opposition to a new level by buying a battle bus. Mr Graham, from Inchberry, has campaigned for years against the visual intrusion of wind ...
National Wind Watch: News - http://www.wind-watch.org/news

Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Algeria
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Algeria more info GlobalIncidentMap.com provides details of this incident . To view full incident details you will need to click on the above link.
Close Protection Forum and Surveillan... - http://www.closeprotectionworld.co.uk

Aylesbury bus station closes during refurbishment
WORK on Aylesbury's revamped bus station is continuing apace - and three weekend closures of the

Maryland Transit Administration taps Google for trip-planning advice
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Maryland Transit Administration unveiled a new trip planner Monday on its Web site powered by the Internet giant. Users can enter the addresses of where ...
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Port Authority of Allegheny County seeks public input
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Port Authority of Allegheny County is seeking input from the public on a plan to redesign its transit system. The Port Authority said Monday it will ...
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Ask About Mass Transit
New York Times - United States
Since 1978, Mr. Russianoff has been a mass transit and government reform advocate. His work has helped revive transit as an engine for the city’s vitality ...
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U. master plan: 40 new buildings, pedestrian-friendly campus by 2025
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
They are advancing mixed-use developments at the Stadium and South Campus light-rail stops to enhance the experience of transit riders as they enter campus. ...
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AC Transit directors to discuss higher fares
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The AC Transit governing board will discuss on Wednesday possible fare increases to offset skyrocketing fuel costs, which alone have added $5.85 million to ...
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We should pay to drive, get mass transit for free
Indianapolis Star - United States
Why does our government force us to pay to use mass transit, but let us drive on the roads for free, subsidized by the government? Nobody should be charged ...
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Editorial: Consider Lee transit proposal
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
A recent report by the American Public Transportation Associations shows use of mass transit in January-March rose 3 percent over the same period last year, ...
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Rising gasoline prices suggest taking fresh look at mass transit
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
There's no mystery behind public transit's recent popularity: dramatic increases in the cost of driving a private vehicle to and from work (most often ...
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NYC Transit: Manhole fire causing serious subway trouble
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK - Transit officials say a manhole fire in downtown Brooklyn has shut down some subway lines and is causing major delays on several others. ...
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Top News: Pittsburgh Officials Blame Longtime Errors for Transit's ...
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Jim Ritchie, Pittsburgh...
"If we keep doing for the next 10 years what we did for the last 10 years, we're going to hit the wall," said authority CEO Steve Bland, who was hired in May 2006 to help fix the agency's problems. "It would appear through the mid-1990s ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

AC Transit directors to discuss higher fares
By Editor, OaklandNews
The AC Transit governing board will discuss on Wednesday possible fare increases to offset skyrocketing fuel costs, which alone have added $5.85 million to annual operating costs. AC Transit’s Board of Directors already has held public ...
OaklandNews - Oakland news from... - http://oaklandnews.com

Philly transit police move step closer to possible strike
The city’s transit police officers have moved a step closer to a possible strike.
PoconoRecord.com: Commuter and... - http://www.poconorecord.com

Ground broken for new Knoxville Transit Center
Officials broke ground downtown Monday morning for the new $29 million Knoxville Station Transit Center at the corner of Church Avenue and Hall of Fame Drive.
WATE - __Local News headlines... - http://www.wate.com/global/category.asp?c=23038

Idaho city wants to put trolleys back into transit picture
Mayor Dave Bieter said trolleys served Boise well between 1891 to 1928, and if he has his way, the

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