6-17-08

Are city's crossings safe?
Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK
The debate over the safety of some of Norwich's pedestrian crossing raged again today after a pensioner was hit by a bus in the city centre. ...
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3 dead, 25 hurt as bus skids on Eastern Express Highway
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Mumbai, June 09 Three passengers were killed and 25 others injured after a mini bus skidded and turned turtle on the Eastern Express Highway at Vikhroli ...
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Students affected by tragedy death of three students receives ...
MyNews.in - Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India
He was speaking at a counseling session where students who are victims and those affected by the bus accident which killed three students received ...
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Traffic signal project close to completion; Police: 13 accidents ...
Cape Coral Daily Breeze - Cape Coral,FL,USA
Ianelli said the April 29 school bus accident stood out in his mind as a particularly bad one, though he recalls witnessing the end-result of several. ...
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Ride the Crazy Bus Like A Man
By C. Sean Lovell(C. Sean Lovell)
Next to the bus driver was a three-gallon keg of beer and a large, opened keg of rice wine, half-empty. I then remembered the recent accident in Binh Thuan province where a bus collided head-on with a sixteen wheeler, killing fifteen ...
Thăng Long - http://thang-long.blogspot.com/

Could be a bad sign...
By April(April)
Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego on My Mind). But then I asked Keith, Wait. Isn't Frida Kahlo basically the Patron Saint of Bus Accidents Resulting in Crippling Injuries? Subscribe in a reader.
A Great Leap in the Dark - http://agreatleapinthedark.blogspot.com/

what the bus ticket
By capplie_me(capplie_me)
mom and dad are kinda worried about konsortium buses... well as you know... those accidents. then that lady said konsortium full house.. sold out only kurnia bestari... rm15 want or not? huh? what kurnia thing? i dont know what is that? ...
car-rie :: eir-rac - http://capplie263.blogspot.com/

Korean Tourist: Missing, Presumed Dead!
By te2ataria
Eight tourists hurt in West Coast crash; Three Four dead in overnight road accidents. Another Tourist Killed in New Zealand; One in 10 Kiwis Wants Out; Update: Irish Tourist Mugged and Battered. Tourist couple kidnapped at gunpoint, ...
New Zealand - http://newzeelend.wordpress.com

A tip for a trip outside of Prague – Brno
By Prague Dog Eat Blog
You can go by bus, and there are few companies among those you can choose. The travel by bus takes about 2 and half hours. But bus goes on D1 highway, where are quite often car accidents, so sometimes you may get stuck here and arrive ...
Prague News - http://prague-news.cz/

My experience with Himalayan Trekking Expedition to Saurkundi Pass ...
It is about 8 hour Bus drive from Chandigarh and 12-14 hour drive from New Delhi. If you catch any Bus to Manali you can simply get-off at YHAI base camp in Babeli which is located right outside of Kullu. Perhaps taking the Bus is only ...
Srinivas's space - http://WYRA-R2I-Experience.spaces.live.com/

Kangra
By allhimachal
bus service from Delhi (520 Kms.), Chandigarh (240kms.), Jammu (210kms.), Shimla (240kms.), Chamba (192kms.) and Manali (265kms.). WHAT TO SEE. McLEOD GANJ: A number of residential buildings, restaurants, antique and curio shops, ...
allhimachal.com - http://allhimachal.wordpress.com

Tapovan
That's when Harveer turned on his transistor radio and to my surprise tuned into Times FM which was as clear as what one would hear at Pitampura in Delhi!! Apparently the tall valley that we were in had a line of sight connectivity with ...
Diary of mansneh bhandari - http://peacemantravel007.rediffiland.com/

Bus Catches Fire in Downtown Washington
Washington Post - United States
AP A bus has been destroyed by fire in downtown Washington, and the driver is being treated for smoke inhalation. Etter says the burnt-out bus is on a ...
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ICx gets $15.6 million Calif. bus contract
Forbes - NY,USA
ICx will manage the technology portion of the authority's "Bus Rapid Transit" upgrade project, the company said in a release. The first portion, on three ...
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Bus routes would almost double to pick up all students at home
Franklin News Post - Rocky Mount,VA,USA
By JOEL TURNER - Staff Writer The Franklin County school system would have to nearly double the number of school bus routes if it picked up all students at ...
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Most bus riders hurt in crash leave hospital
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
By JAMES HALPIN Eleven of the 13 people who were injured when a tour bus went airborne Monday and rolled off the Richardson Highway near Glennallen were out ...
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Officials look to maintain bus route
Times Chronicle - Glenside,PA,USA
Concerned over proposed changes to SEPTA's Route 77 bus service, Cheltenham Township and county officials have taken action in an attempt to preserve the ...
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Betty Boop Bus blues
Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States
By RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT, Reformer Staff Bette Parsons of West Wardsboro is the driver for the "Betty Boop Bus," a bus service run by the West Wardsboro ...
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Man Kills Wife, Self Aboard School Bus
WSAZ-TV - Huntington,WV,USA
(AP) - Wyoming County authorities say a 43-year-old school bus driver's husband shot the woman to death as she cleaned her bus, before shooting and killing ...
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Boy struck while walking to bus stop in Newton
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
By JASON SCHREIBER NEWTON – An 11-year-old boy suffered facial injuries yesterday when he was struck by a car while walking to his bus stop. ...
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ME school bus drivers compete in 'Road-eo'
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA
By Connie McKinney • Press & Sun-Bulletin • June 11, 2008 MAINE -- Steve Gummoe wore a cowboy hat and scarf Tuesday but rode a Maine-Endwell school bus ...
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SC driver charges after girl left on hot bus
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
AP Police say a bus driver has been charged after a 4-year-old girl was left in a child care bus for more than three hours in Columbia while temperatures ...
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Tsvangirai hits campaign trail in tour bus
"We are going to be in every town, village, to meet the people of Zimbabwe," Morgan Tsvangirai told several hundred supporters after disembarking from the bus at his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) headquarters in the capital. ...
The Times - Breaking News - http://www.thetimes.co.za

PART raises fare on Triad-to-Boone bus
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation board today approved a 50-percent fare increase for students riding the Mountaineer Express, between the Triad and Boone.
WSJ News NC/Politics - http://www2.journalnow.com/content/list/news/ncpolitics/

Drunken sergeant assaults bus conductor
Mount Lavinia Police apprehended a Police sergeant who allegedly assaulted a bus conductor while under the influence of liquor. -- Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:29:22 PM.
Daily Mirror - News - http://www.dailymirror.lk

News Alert! Sound Transit discussion on KUOW
By Andrew Austin
KUOW will be discussing a possible Sound Transit discussion in 2008 in a few minutes! My guess is you will be able to call in and make your voice heard, please represent the South Sound well. Go to KUOW.org to listen live right now or ...
The Bus Stops Here - http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/bus

Bus service mistakes cost boy’s family Dear
A SCHOOLBOY was stopped from boarding a bus to school on the second occasion in two months.
Bournemouth Echo | Latest News - http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

Police warning to teenage girls over serial rapist fear
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader - Sydney,NSW,Australia
TEENAGE girls in western Sydney are being advised to avoid isolated bus stops or travelling alone amid fears a serial rapist is on the loose. ...
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Police show face of serial sex attacker
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
... jumping onto a nearby bus before raising the alarm. Strike Force Luxford was established last week to investigate at least five incidents since April, ...
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Child left on bus in 100-degree heat: day care didn’t keep ...
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
Two teachers are on the bus any time students are aboard, she said. Incidents like Monday’s at Conyers are a reminder of why using a checklist is so ...
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COMFIT released by Child Protection & Sex Crimes Squad detectives
NSW Police Online - Australia
The most recent incident occurred about 11.30am yesterday, when a 17-year-old girl was waiting alone at a bus stop in Walters Road, near Douglas Road, ...
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Late Symonds fined
CricInfo.com - UK
Andrew Symonds has become the second Australian to be fined for missing the team bus on the tour of the West Indies. Stuart MacGill was late on day two of ...
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ROBBERS LYNCHED
Modern Ghana - Ghana
Those who feasted their eyes on the gory spectacle were engaged in all manner of conversations about the rising incidents of armed robbery across the ...
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4:36 PM, US 52 South Off Ramp to Bus 40 West S, Night Time ...
The US 52 South off ramp to Business 40 West will be closed.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Iraq
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Iraq 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

A Hindu worker is lynched for blasphemy
By iaoj
... and particularly 60 Hindu workers working in the factory, will face more bloody incidents in the name of blasphemy charges. The management of the factory has since stopped sending its bus to cater for 40 Hindu workers from Marwari ...
Indus Asia Online Journal (iaoj) - http://iaoj.wordpress.com

Mercedes-Benz India announces 24x7 Road Side Assistance Services
By hanmust
Yet, unfortunate accidents or road incidents may not be situations anyone can predict or control. To take care of such exigencies we have partnered with Mondial for a 24x7 road side assistance services. In them, we have found an apt ...
Team-BHP - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum

Kiruna
By urchinjoe(urchinjoe)
Train to Sundsvall - no incidents. Arrived in Sundsvall after the last bus had left. In a temper, I stomped off through town, around a hill, through a wood and back into town. Sundsvall is interesting. It is a port city, with a lively ...

AC Transit urges tax hike to fund bus service
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Property owners in Alameda and Contra Costa counties could vote to double their parcel tax to $96 a year to fund AC Transit bus service, under a proposal ...
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Cricket-Symonds fined after sleeping in and missing team bus
Reuters.uk - UK
SYDNEY, June 12 (Reuters) - Australia allrounder Andrew Symonds has been fined after sleeping in and missing the team bus to a training session in Barbados. ...
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Judge moves bus-crash trial to Willmar
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... sit dispassionately on a jury against the woman accused in the fatal Cottonwood school bus crash, a judge agreed Wednesday to move her upcoming trial. ...
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Day care didn't follow rules when child locked in bus
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
AP Officials say a day care center where a 4-year-old girl was locked in a hot bus for about three hours this week failed to follow state rules for ...
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5 Killed by Bomb on Baghdad Bus
New York Times - United States
By THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD — Five people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded on a bus in Kadhimiya, a Shiite neighborhood that has been largely ...
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New York may boost subway, bus and commuter rail fares
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority may raise subway, bus and commuter rail fares again next year, ...
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Grant could help fund second new helper bus
Norridge Harwood Heights News - Park Ridge,IL,USA
Neither bus will last forever, even with careful maintenance. In addition to bringing information on Pace's locally based bus program -- with the prospect ...
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15-year-old causes bus crash; no serious injuries
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
A teenage boy Wednesday ran a stop sign near downtown, damaging four vehicles, including a bus carrying 27 children to a camp. No one was seriously injured ...
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Bus operators 'face highest costs'
The Press Association -
Ministers have been accused of leaving the country's bus operators with the highest costs in the UK. The charge was made by Labour transport spokesman Des ...
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Teen driver hits car, which then hits city bus
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph,MO,USA
by St. Joseph News-Press A teenage driver slammed into the rear of a stopped Chevrolet forcing it into the rear of a city bus during the noon hour Wednesday ...
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Walking School Bus News - Go For Gold!
By rod
The Walking School Bus was back on track this week, and next week’s weather is looking good for collecting even more valuable minutes in their Premier’s School Sport Challenge quest for GOLD at Orange Grove! So warm up and shape up and ...
Orange Grove - http://www.orangegrove.org.au

Gunman reported on GRTC bus
Richmond police scrambled in several parts of the city this morning after receiving reports of a man with a gun on a GRTC Transit System bus. Ultimately, police found the man in question on East Broad Street and discovered that he was ...
inRich News Main - http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.html

School board to lose two bus contractors
The Rutherford County Board of Education will vote on accepting the voluntary termination of two bus contracts today.
www.dnj.com - Local News - http://www.dnj.com

Students suffer minor injuries after turkey flies into bus
Students from a Toronto elementary were seeing plumage this morning on their way to a school excursion in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
NiagaraThisWeek News - http://www.NiagaraThisWeek.com

Call to 'use or lose' new bus route for town
CHRISTCHURCH residents are being urged to use new circular bus routes around the town - or lose them.
Bournemouth Echo | Latest News - http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

Transit lane chancers a pack of dummies
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... inflatable dolls and shop mannequins into their seats to try to fool officers checking that transit lane users have two or more passengers in a car. ...
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Mass transit surge: Most riders since 1957
CNN - USA
As gasoline prices rise above $4 a gallon, more Americans are turning to mass transportation systems. By Kenneth Musante, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK ...
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Kentucky receives $4.5 million federal grant for rural transit
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has received a $4.5 million grant from the US Department of Transportation for the upkeep of rural-area transit systems. ...
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Jampacked transit systems running on fumes
MSNBC - USA
By Alex Johnson Transportation experts who have pushed mass transit since the 1970s are getting their wish as soaring gas prices persuade Americans to ...
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Diverting transit funds now would harm state for years
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Ironically, just when the public has started parking their cars and giving public transit a try, the governor has once again proposed to raid transportation ...
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Blowup dolls among tools for transit lane flouters
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Blow-up dolls and dressed-up dogs are among the "buddies" North Shore drivers have used to get around transit lane rules. Private vehicle drivers can only ...
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Business leaders to support sales tax for mass transit?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
As gas prices skyrocket, an interesting story is unfolding on the transit-funding front here in Los Angeles: the business community may get behind a sales ...
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Sample trips, transit vs. car
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By transit: Total travel time: Including layovers: 13 hours, 4 minute minutes. Route: Leave Seattle 6 am on Sound Transit Route 594. ...
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Local transit demand keeps on rising
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
Riders board a Knoxville Area Transit bus at the Farragut Park and Ride on May 20. KAT officials and city leaders are looking for ways to meet rising demand ...
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Making the long haul -- by public transit
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
On the way, he noticed that Metro transit went as far as North Bend, about 20 miles west of the summit. So the next time, he tried it, then hopped a ...
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Top News: Port Authority Transit Ridership Drops Despite Jump in Gas
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Jenny Paul, Pittsburgh...
The Port Authority of Allegheny County is losing riders at a time when soaring gas prices are spurring more people nationwide to choose mass transit.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

News From Canada / Sound Transit 2008?
By webhelp@kuow.org (KUOW 94.9 Public Radio)
A conversation on the week's news in Canada from our Canadian correspondent, Vaughn Palmer, political correspondent for the Vancouver Sun. Then: Sound Transit is back. The agency has three new proposals to expand light rail and buses in ...
Weekday Podcast - http://www.kuow.org/programs/weekday.asp

Arbitrator: Transit Manager Fired for His Race
By websterncf
Mayor: Transit company "needed some diversity" at the top....
American Renaissance News - http://www.amren.com/

Transit agencies struggle to keep up with demand as fuel prices rise
By Wendy
Philadelphia’s bus and rail lines have seen historic surges in ridership over the past few months, even alongside fare increases, with many services operating beyond capacity, says a story in the Philadelphia Daily News. ...
Gulf Coast Growth News - http://gulfcoastinstitute.org/growthnews

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