Friday, June 20, 2008

6-20-08

AC BUSES FOR DELHI: STICK TO YOUR CAR
By Vinod_Sharma(Vinod_Sharma)
Private operator run buses, famously known as the Blueline killer buses have, not surprisingly, consistently made profits and also a lot of people richer, even as their drivers continue to believe that they are Formula One drivers and ...
India Retold - http://vinodksharma.blogspot.com/

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/

Broadway At The Beach
By dzculjet278(dzculjet278)
Broadway At The Beach Myrtle Beach Street parking, yard, patio, Apartment is walking distance to Pine Ave, The Pike, Shoreline Village, Metro Blue Line, shops and restaurants on Broadway Ave. Unit is on the 2nd floor on a quiet street, ...
Broadway At The Beach - http://broadway-at-the-beach.blogspot.com/

ealing continues for children affected by school bus crash
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
The students said they are also reminded of the Lakeview bus crash when similar incidents happen, such as the bus crash that killed a Barnesville teen on ...
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Sydney serial sex attacker 'will strike again'
ABC Online - Australia
Over the last 17 days, we've had five incidents, so that is all of great concern to us," she said. "As a result of that, we've got high-profile visibility ...
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Sex assault victim tried to call police
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Police have warned the assault is linked to five other incidents since April. They have also contacted schools and encouraged staff to reinforce safety ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Nepal
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Nepal 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

Daily Crime Incidents for June 15, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
In between
13/06/2008 at 2200 hrs and 14/06/2008 at 0630 hrs some unknown culprits gained entry into the Della Mobile Signal shop near bus stand at Moodabidre Mangalore Taluk belonging to one Della Zeenath (30) R/o Moodabidre Mangalore ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

7:45 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
Traffic is traveling at 27 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

We're not supposed to die
By Adwoa Bart-Plange
But then, on Friday, the news reached us that one of our own had died in a bus accident. While incidents of this nature are not rare in
Ghana, where reckless driving and bad roads kill many each year, this episode carried particular ...
Genevan Vegan - http://missplange.blog.tdg.ch/

Benny Morris' "1948: The First Arab-Israeli War"
By Steve Pollak(Steve Pollak)
I'm not sure why he noted the battle unless he wanted to hint that some of the occupants of the bus may have been killed in the crossfire and therefore the incident was not an actual massacre. When the Arab regular armies joined the ...
Jewish Literary Review - http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/

Bus falls into ravine in Colombia, killing eight
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
BUENOS AIRES, June 16 (RIA Novosti) - Eight people were killed and 29 injured when a bus fell into a ravine near Bucaramanga in northeast Colombia, ...
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Accidents claim 8 lives in 24 hrs
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
The bus driver fled the spot after the accident. The vehicle has been impounded by the police. No FIR has been lodged yet. ...
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The Long and Winding Road
By bengolas
As for the trip to Nakuru, I left the park 6:30 in the morning, with an hour drive to the “bus station,” by which I mean a spot on the side of the road where a bus might stop if you happen to be able to get it to. ...
Where are the Lions? - http://bengolas.wordpress.com

radicle rethink for the humble car test
By 827Si
im probably going to be blasted for my radical over hauling of a simple car test but the idiots who drive on our roads today and cause them accidents should they have the licence? also forign nationals id accept some countries tests are ...
MG-Rover.org Forums - http://forums.mg-rover.org

It Pisses Me Off....
By everydaymalay(everydaymalay)
3. Interstate Buses- Read my earlier article on how buses are manufactured and why so many people are killed during bus accidents. We do really need to look at the European or Australian Specifications on bus manufacturing. ...
everydaymalay2 - http://everydaymalay2.blogspot.com/

Crisis
By chuckz(chuckz)
My work achievement I was so proud of was doing chemistry MCQ while waiting for my flight back, copying Amath notes at my 2D1N mountain getaway at Batu (which was decorated with two serious bus accidents involving happy graduates from ...
Chuckstuck - http://argon-d.blogspot.com/

Thirty-one killed in two Indian accidents
In the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, at least 16 people were killed when the bus they were traveling in plunged into a gorge on Sunday, RM Sharma, a senior police officer, told reporters.
Breaking International News latest... - http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/

etting There: A call for one bus ride along 65th Street
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By LARRY LANGE Question: Dave O'Hern is frustrated that there is no Metro bus route that runs any distance along
Northwest 65th Street in Seattle. ...
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Zambia bus accident kills 26 people - state radio
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Twenty-six people were killed and 52 injured when a bus burst a tyre and crashed in eastern Zambia, state radio reported on Monday. ...
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School hours shifting to meet bus funding cut
Wicked Local Brockton - Brockton,MA,USA
That means each bus would make three runs a day as opposed to the two runs assigned each bus now. Funding for school transportation falls outside the school ...
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Expanding the express bus
Lee's Summit Tribune - lee's summit,mo,USA
Some Lee's
Summit officials think Raytown should contribute to the cost of express bus service. Raytown officials say they're waiting to be asked. ...
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Buses caught idling away
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
But an Evanston man, without even leaving his house, was able to videotape a CTA bus idling for more than 14 minutes -- in apparent violation of CTA policy. ...
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Marketing firm's bus service turns heads
Examiner.com - USA
(Map, News) - With gas prices rising, it may not be surprising that marketing firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky provides bus service to take employees to its ...
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Bus travel on the rise
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
A survey finds that bus ridership is up across the state. In
Billings, bus passengers increased 5% in the past month alone. Managers say they are seeing ...
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Two killed, 12 wounded in Nepal bomb blast
The Canadian Press - KATHMANDU, Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Officials say a bomb exploded at a busy bus station in south Nepal, killing two people and wounding 12. The bomb exploded as passengers ...
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One dead in collision involving Iowa National Guard bus
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP DES MOINES,
Iowa - Authorities say a woman was killed in a crash with an Iowa National Guard bus involved in flood duty. The Iowa State Patrol says ...
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Bus Tracker routes to grow by 20
Chicago Tribune - United States
CTA customers will be able to access real-time travel information for an additional 20 bus routes, CTA officials said Monday. ...
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Thousands of cyclists sign to keep motorcyclists out of bus lanes
A petition asking London Mayor Boris Johnson not to let motorcyclists use bus lanes has gained over 3000 signatures, according to the London Cycling Campaign. The group is urging Johnson to rethink his decision to open London’s bus ...
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CTA 'Bus Tracker' Site To Include Additional Routes
CTA customers will be able to access real-time travel information for an increasing number of CTA bus routes through the Bus Tracker system, according to a news release issued...
Chicago, IL News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/chicago-il

Geyserville park-and-ride plaza will make bus commute easier
Geyserville area residents will soon have their own park-and-ride plaza with bus service, an answer to gas prices that continue to rise.
news | SR | http://www.pressdemocrat.com - http://www.pressdemocrat.com

Zambia: At Least 27 Dead in Bus Accident
POLICE spokesperson Bonnie Kapeso has said the death toll of th e people who died in a bus accident in Eastern Province yesterday has reached 27.
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Nepal
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Nepal 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

oin the public transit discussion on the Transit Coalition's boards
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Have questions about public transit? Check out The Transit Coalition's bulletin boards for answers. The Transit Coalition'sa nonprofit that advocates for ...
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Business owners willing to kick in cash to build transit stations
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
The city is growing, it needs the transit," said Mr. Myers. Mr. Myers said people should remember that the
Toronto subway system began with just a single ...
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Fake Transit Worker Arrested for 23rd Time
TheCelebrityCafe.com - Valley Stream,NY,USA
A man known to the police is arrested for pretending to be a NYC transit worker and trespassing into a secure area of the subway. A man’s fascination with ...
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Tentative agreement in SEPTA police strike, officers back on duty
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
SEPTA Transit police returned to work over the weekend after reaching a tentative contract agreement. The Fraternal Order of Transit Police, ...
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Regional Transit Summit Planned for This Week
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
City and county representatives from the three
Missouri counties will come together for a transit summit on Friday, June 20, from 9:00-11:00 am The event ...
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Will Georgians support Gov. Perdue's quest for commuter rail
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
What are your thoughts about the governor’s announcement to support more transit in the
Atlanta region? After six years of inaction on transit, Gov. ...
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Great Subway Impostor arrested for 23rd time
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
NEW YORK -- A man fascinated with the city's public transit system is in trouble again. Darius McCollum, 43, who commandeered a subway at age 15, ...
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Transit fares hiked
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
KENTVILLE — High fuel prices are forcing a community-based transit organization in Kentville to charge more to provide transportation services to Valley ...
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FREE TRANSIT
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Rides will be free most of the day Thursday at 33 transit agencies in the Bay Area. Click on 511.org and go to "transit" to plan a trip. ...
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CTA's outdated rail system puts burden on operators
Chicago Tribune - United States
Many transit agencies in
Europe, Asia and elsewhere have transitioned to "smart" technologies that automate train movements and operate with driverless ...
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Top News: Muni Rail Crash Sends 12 to the Hospital
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Ellen Lee and Elizabeth...
Two Municipal Railway light rail trains collided near
San Francisco's AT&T Park on Saturday afternoon, injuring 16 people, including the trains' two drivers.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Skosey: Bus rapid transit plan puts a glimmer in developers’ eyes
Recently, Mayor Richard Daley and the Chicago Transit Authority made news by accepting a $153 million grant from the US Department of Transportation to relieve traffic...
Chicago, IL News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/chicago-il

Creek Nation sees increase in rides on transit service
By Indianz.Com(Indianz.Com)
As gasoline prices rise, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma has seen an increase in ridership on its transit service. Ben H. Chaney, the tribe's transportation manager, said about 3000 people use the service. ...
Indianz.Com News - http://www.indianz.com

SF Bay-area transit agencies obtain state security funds
6/16/2008.
Progressive Railroading.com News - http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/

Free transit on Thursday
By icrew
I know it's not PC to say so, but all this means is that all us regular transit riders get to deal with crowded trains, assorted undesirables, etc. Such fun! (And, of course, Murphy's Law being what it is, I have an appointment in SF ...
MercuryNews.com Forums - Comments... - http://forums.mercurynews.com/taxonomy/term/673/0

Breaking News
By Rakesh(Rakesh)
"
Delhi mein Blue line bus ka accident"; "Tulsi ki vapsi" Tulsi is A character from a popular TV show. Its really funny des days to see any news channel..most of the time they linger something which of least importance. ...
- http://rakeshavin.blogspot.com/

Four held in crackdown on bus yobs
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
High-powered ball-bearing guns have been fired at bus windscreens and bricks and rocks hurled at windows. During Operation Focus, one youth was arrested for ...
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Wheel brace attack at Perth bus station
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Police will view CCTV footage of the incidents and expect to lay further charges when other offenders have been identified.
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Stupid criminal scratched name on buses
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
But he also asked for seven further incidents to be taken into consideration. All in all the total damage cost £5993 to repair. The court heard how staff at ...
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Weekend Sees Rash of Pedestrian vs. Car Accidents
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA
She says that it's important for drivers to remember that there will be more people taking the bus and riding bicycles now that gas prices have skyrocketed ...
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911 calls -- Published June 17, 2008
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
Robbery: A 32-year-old man who said he had been released from Deuel Vocational Institution and taken to a bus station reported Sunday that he was approached ...
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Metro's Performance
Washington Post - United States
Less than 24 hours after a Metro board committee finished venting at transit authority management about the previous week's incidents, riders confronted ...
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7:35 AM, US-70 W, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Boiling St
Traffic is traveling at 28 MPH at: US 70 BUS W; MM 94.4; Boiling St.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Healing continues for students in Cottonwood bus crash
The students said they are also reminded of the Lakeview bus crash when similar incidents happen, such as the bus crash that killed a Barnesville teen on Interstate 94 near Albertville in April.
kstp.com - MORE NEWS - http://kstp.com/article/stories/s154022.shtml?cat=1

Bus ride !
By mRED(mRED)
Incidents where my pleas have fallen on deaf ears are still fresh in memory. I always thought these drivers to be heartless and today nothing has changed this ( they are highly sexist though. all it takes is a female to request them and ...
78910112 - http://maranellored.blogspot.com/

How citizen journalism is changing political reporting
By JD Lasica
I remember my being slightly miffed when I had heard that an Off the Bus citizen journalist had reported Barack Obama's "bitter" small-town Pennsylvanians remark during a fund-raiser in San Francisco -- miffed because the remarks ...
Social Media - http://www.socialmedia.biz/

Charges coming in Higley bus incident - Topix
May 15, 2008 ... Charges coming in Higley bus incident. “I'm calling my mom. You're not allowed to touch me lady. I'm getting off this bus.” ...

Facts prove that bikers and accidents do go together
Wood & Vale - London,England,UK
Tory Councillor Chris Knight, self-styled "uber-biker" suggests I have biker-phobia, after my comments on the use of bus lanes by motorcyclists (H&H Letters ...
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Mum (16) and baby killed in crash
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
He added: "There have been a few accidents along that road. It wouldn't exactly be a speedy road but there's a lot of by-roads. ...
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Road mishaps jolt South African varsity students
Merinews - New Delhi,India
Students from
University of Limpopo in South Africa recently laid to rest their mates who died in a bus accident. So far, six students have lost their lives ...
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3 dead, 11 injured in traffic accidents
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Illustration: A traffic accident between bus, garbage truck and four cars on Route 443. The accident occurred when two trucks collided with a private ...
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Legislative Briefs
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
Andy Anders, D-Vidalia, which seeks to grant liability exemptions for accidents that might occur when tourists are visiting farms or ranches. ...
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Probe continues into Muni rear-ender crash
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... bus driver in 2003 and moved to the light-rail operation last year. Officials are not releasing their names or whether they have had previous accidents. ...
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Low-floor bus knocks down 70-yr-old woman
Times of India - India
Speaking to Times City, the victim's daughter-in-law Kiran Tak said: "As there are only BRT men to control traffic near the crossing, such accidents are ...
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Cite Transit Manager For Cutting Accidents Caused by City Buses
Chief-Leader (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
By ARI PAUL A New York City Transit manager has won a state award for reducing pedestrian and rider accidents in the city's bus system. ...
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Probe continues into Muni crash
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Officials are not releasing their names or whether they have had a history of accidents. As is routine after accidents, the operators were tested for drugs ...
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Fear can limit joys of childhood
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Although statistics show that abductions and accidents are both improbable and in decline, parents in our society have become increasingly protective, ...
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Student died as a result of Bus Crash laid to rest on Saturday
By Peter Moruthane(Peter Moruthane)
Three students who died last week after a horrible bus crash were laid to rest on weekend at separate villages in Tzaneen. One student died on the spot, the other on the way to hospital whiles the third one at the hospital. The accident ...
Kgobalale Moruthane Peter - http://moruthanepeter.blogspot.com/

[transjakarta ~s]
By noreply@blogger.com ([nick + susan])
And.. well just days ago, there was a big accident.. TransJakarta again has more victims.. and this time was one man with his motorcycle. He wanted to cross the road when ZAPP! that long bus hit it.. the accidents with TransJakarta were ...
::::DouaWarna:::: - http://douawarna.blogspot.com/

A tragic accident on my way to office!
By Vijay(Vijay)
The lesson i learned: Never think that you are not prone to accidents just because you drive responsibly or watchfully, its simply not in your hands!! Get that in your head !!! I found these sign boards on Net !!! sign board - funny Bus ...
My Travel Blogs - http://travelfrenzy.livejournal.com/

... waiting for the bus
By EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo(EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo)
I waited so long for the bus this morning, Godot showed up first. I wish I'd had my camera. I'd prove it to you.
Accidents of Bread in Cheese - http://evilhippo.livejournal.com/

Fung Wah!; or Recapping Jukebox Stories 06.15.08 (Boston, MA)
By noreply@blogger.com (Prince Gomolvilas)
Wikipedia reports, "Recently, the company has also become known for its high rate of accidents, as well as a discrimination lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General for refusing to sell tickets to a visually-impaired couple ...
BAMBOO NATION - http://bamboonation.blogspot.com/

Brisbane bus accidents injure five - ABC News (Australian ...
Brisbane bus accidents injure five. Posted May 23, 2008 16:02:00. Map: Camp Hill 4152. A man has been hurt in a collision between a car and a school bus in ...

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