Monday, June 23, 2008

6-23-08

Driver in fatal band bus crash running on 3 hours of sleep
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Ernst asked Jake Blotsky, the driver of the second bus, if he'd noticed whether Ernst's bus had been "drifting" over the fog line. When Blotsky said yes, ...
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Task force seeks to retain popular bus route into Minneapolis
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The bus line needs funding to continue operating; a multi-county task force tries to create a similar route that would run from Forest Lake into St. Paul. ...
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Fort Wayne bus fares to increase
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP Citilink's board of directors has approved a $1.25 fare, an increase of 25-cents. Fares for children, seniors and people will disabilities will go up by ...
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This Week's Hot Movies and Actors: Steve Carell, Mike Myers and ...
ABC News - USA
So I think, with the magic of really talented stunt coordinators and people flying me around on wires – I was able to break the window of a bus with my face ...
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200000 Tijuana bus riders face cancellations
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Omar Millan Gonzalez TIJUANA – At least 200000 bus riders faced cancellations of routes Thursday as public transit companies scrambled to find diesel. ...
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Rising fuel costs hitting bus system
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Before the most recent fuel increases, CATS' bus fares covered about 18 percent of the bus operating expenses. The transit system operates 88 bus routes ...
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Bus company: Driver who didn't stop at tracks no longer an employee
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,USA
By AARON SANBORN DOVER — A bus driver summonsed by police for allegedly not stopping at a railroad crossing while carrying a bus full of middle school ...
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Kidnap of Cuban immigrants prompts immigration probe in Mexico
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Mexican officials said this morning that at least 18 Cubans have reached
Texas more than a week after masked gunmen hijacked a bus in southern Mexico and ...
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Several hurt in Dallas bus accident
Houston Chronicle - United States
DART spokesman Morgan Lyons says six passengers and the bus driver complained of injuries after Friday morning's wreck. Officials are investigating the bus ...
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DART bus hits guardrail; 6 passengers and driver checked for ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Morgan Lyons, DART spokesman, said the accident occurred as the bus was leaving the northbound HOV lane on Interstate 35, entering the eastbound lanes of ...
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Dublin Bus should provide new services rather than chasing out ...
Commuters will suffer in a return to absolute monopoly.
Finegael: Breaking News - http://www.finegael.ie

Video: Dwarves attack chav on bus
EVER been tormented by a chav on a bus?
Daily Star :: News Feed - http://www.dailystar.co.uk

Child Killed by Tow Truck After Getting Off Bus
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- A child was hit and killed by a tow truck Friday morning at the intersection of Custer Avenue and Funston Avenue SE in Atlanta.
Local News for MyFox Atlanta - http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox

East Lancashire bus lanes can be just the ticket
PLANS are being stepped up for a £20million bus lane linking Blackburn, Darwen and Accrington. As the first in a series of public consultations for the area's affected take place, we look in detail at what the plans mean for communities ...
This Is Lancashire | Blackburn news - http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk

UPDATE — Manchin to seek $5 million for school bus fuel
Gov. Joe Manchin plans to ask lawmakers for an additional $5 million to help keep West Virginia school buses rolling.
The Times West Virginian--Local News - http://www.timeswv.com

onday's editorial: Don't base transit routes on tax receipts
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Cities
and counties shouldn’t be too parochial when it comes to the distribution of transit services. Funkhouser has proposed a $1.2 billion blueprint that ...
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MTC reports transit ridership increase
CJAD - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
The Montreal Transit Corporation is boasting a nearly-four-percent increase in bus and metro ridership. Most of the increase is attributed to the opening of ...
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New Orleans streetcar reopens as transit struggles
The Associated Press -
But the line's resurgence masks the reality that other mass transit continues to struggle. Once the final mile or so reopens, tourists, downtown workers and ...
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Brakes on bendy buses failing: report
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The drivers have reported the sudden locking of the brakes to the State Transit Authority (STA) since September last year, but the Volvo buses have ...
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REGION: Transit agency cuts jobs, routes
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Carrol Hanna, with the North County Transit Alliance, left, and Phyllis Hall with North County Transit District, passed out free passes at the Farmer's ...
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NY transit official backtracks on anti-train remark
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK - A New York transit official has backtracked on his remark that trains are an inconvenience. David S. Mack now says he's proud of the MTA and ...
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Free transit day, gas prices, draw throngs to buses in Marin
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
Mimi Newton (center) reads the paper as she rides a packed
Golden Gate Transit bus from San Rafael to San Francisco on Thursday, a free Spare the Air day. ...
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Transit ridership coasts to 3.7% rise
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
When the head of a union says everything is coming up roses at the transit authority where, only a few months ago, his membership was poised to go on strike ...
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Newest transit plan off track, councillors say
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Ottawa's newest transit plan depends too much on buses and not enough on trains, three councillors told the Citizen's editorial board yesterday. ...
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Energy transit hub
Sofia Echo - Bulgaria
One of the unchanging elements in the Nabucco and South Stream stories is
Bulgaria’s central role as a transit point. Tougher choices may lie ahead, ...
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Miami-Dade Transit - News (busway flyer)
The new fareboxes, have been extremely reliable to neighbor transit agencies such as Broward County Transit and Palm Tran as well as much other properties I have seen them on. These new fareboxes should have endless capabilities such as ...
SubChat.com: BusChat - http://www.subchat.com/buschat/buschat.asp

Soaring Gasoline Prices Cause Albuquerque Public Transit Ridership ...
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Lloyd Jojola, Albuquerq...
ABQ Ride boardings surpassed 909000 in May, an 8 percent increase compared with the same month last year. But more marked increases have occurred on bus routes that largely serve commuters, causing the transit agency to make changes to ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Green groups seek more transit funding and pedestrian zones
Environmental groups in Switzerland are pushing the envelope on transport issues. One national initiative demands a greater share of fuel tax revenues for public transport, while in Geneva the Green party has called for the creation of ...
Swisster - News - http://www.swisster.ch/

New Orleans streetcar reopens as transit struggles
NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the 1920s-era St. Charles Avenue streetcar will clack along its entire 13-mile route Sunday.
Times Record News Stories: News - http://timesrecordnews.com/news/news/

Long Beach Transit makes slight changes for summer
Long Beach Transit will implement its summer service change, effective June 22, 2008, resulting in minor impacts to the operating schedules of certain fixed-route services....
Long Beach, CA News RSS Feed... - http://www.yourstreet.com/long-beach-ca

hecking the carnage on our roads
The Tide - Port Harcourt,Niger Delta,Nigeria
The accident involved a sports utility van and an 18-seater bus. The accident happened on
January 5, 2008. The dead bodies of the victims were taken to the ...
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RTA inaugurates night bus shuttle between Dubai and Sharjah
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
Public Transport Agency at Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) announced that night bus service between Dubai & Sharjah has been launched since the beginning ...
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Western highway records 80 mishaps in fortnight
Times of India - India
... leading to these accidents. One of them proved to be fatal when a car skid and hit a person near a bus-stop on the highway on June 15," Mestri said. ...
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Traffic signals at 23 junctions
Times of India - India
Following numerous fatal accidents here and on recommendations of the Traffic police, the PWD did carry out widening of the road and some minor ...
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Motor Vehicle Personal Injury in Minnesota
In Minnesota, the predominant areas of practice include car, boat, bus, motorcycle, plane, truck, and train accidents. Car In the event of an automobile accident, the goal of an attorney is to ensure that you are fairly compensated for ...
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Great Day~~~
By mystithots(mystithots)
Okay, we took a long bus ride back to tampines. there was a jam. Accident, a long chain of accidents. So, the bus we were on, the driver took out the number and nobody on the floor knew what number it was. I wonder why. ...
SPontaneous Thoughts - http://mystithots.livejournal.com/

FIVE REASONS TO LOVE $4 DOLLAR GAS…AND HIGHER TAXES
By pogger
Another reason the higher the gas prices will benefit Americans according to the writer of the article… the fewer cars on the road the less number of Accidents. Makes sense to me… make gas so damn expensive no one can afford to buy it ...
CTD Weblog - http://pogger.wordpress.com

Bus driver charged with rash driving in Himachal accident
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus was on its way to
Rampur from Basheri village. The driver was injured in the accident, ...
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In Years Past
Jamestown Post Journal - Jamestown,NY,USA
... off the rain-slick highway and hit the back of the truck at 4:18 am The accident was being called one of the worst bus crashes in the nation’s history. ...
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Bus company: Driver wasn't tired
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Driver fatigue has been a concern nationally and is cited by researchers as a leading cause of accidents.
Minnesota has averaged about 780 fatigue-related ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Three Accidents Thursday Evening, One Fatal
The Mountain Enterprise - Frazier Park,CA,USA
(June 20, 2008 at 11:59 am) — Three accidents occurred in the Mountain Communities Thursday night, June 19; one on Highway 138 resulted in a fatality. ...
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Helpline to be inscribed on state buses to report rash driving
Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India
Bali observed, “Earlier drivers were told to strictly adhere to certain guidelines, which brought down the number of HRTC bus accidents. ...
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Helmets may not be ‘cool,’ but they prevent injury
Independent and Free Press - Georgetown,ON,Canada
It’s hard to know which is more worrying; the fact there have been three school bus accidents in as many weeks, or that summer cycling season is beginning ...
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9 dead in 2 road accidents
Inquirer.net - Philippines
In Bataan, four people were killed while eight others were wounded on Thursday when an oil bulk carrier slammed into a parked mini bus in Barangay Lamao in ...
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Two killed, two injured in Delhi road accidents
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Two people were killed and two others suffered injuries in separate accidents here Friday involving a Blueline bus and a tempo. ...
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TransLink clarifies Marine Dr. bus lanes
North Shore News - North Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
That could increase the chance of accidents, said Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn, while increased wait times concerned Coun. Lisa Muri. ...
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Locals fear deaths at accident black spot
Northside People - Dublin,Ireland
“That piece of roadway has a bus route along it which means that we cannot put down ramps,” the spokesperson said. “However, we are considering putting down ...
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What A Start! - Singapore, Singapore
Ah well.. if you think about it from the other angle, many buses also go accident-free right? Poor Mel had it worst.. guess she couldn't get used to the bus motion and had a rather sleepless night.. On a12hr journey somemore! Poor girl. ...
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Two killed, two injured in Delhi road accidents
By India eNews
Two people were killed and two others suffered injuries in separate accidents here Friday involving a Blueline bus and a tempo.
India eNews - http://www.indiaenews.com/

LA Wounded: Two Teens Killed in Car Accidents, Teen Raped, Teen Shot
By Mali
16-year-old boy killed in drive-by - Police say Dominique Neal, a 16-year-old boy, was fatally wounded in drive-by shooting at 10:15pm on Thursday at a bus stop in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles. The shooting appeared to be ...
LA.CityZine.com - Los Angeles - http://www.la.cityzine.com

miss
Also, i saw a lot of accidents and related things these past week. I saw a gory accident. At KK, there was an accident between a BUs and a KAncil car. The whole front part of the car was basicly moulded into the shape of the front of ...
Heyya! - http://simpleslickfunky.spaces.live.com/

Accidents
By Pappu Bahry(Pappu Bahry)
A BCC bus and car mildly collided near
Brisbane Square today. Luckily I was in a different bus at the time, about a chain or two away. It was not a serious accident, but one of the car windows looked almost shattered. ...
Pappus' plane - http://pappubahry.livejournal.com/

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