Thursday, June 26, 2008

6/26/08

Back a Bill, Then Throw It Under a Bus? It Happens
New York Times - United States
The rejection of the city’s bus bill was also disappointing for environmental advocates. This month, the city will introduce new rapid transit buses, ...
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Girl hurt when vehicle crashes into bus shelter
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
An 11-year-old girl in a Southwest Side bus shelter was hospitalized early Thursday after being struck by debris after a vehicle crashed into the shelter. ...
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Go-Ahead Jumps on Earnings Outlook; UK Bus, Rail Stocks Surge
Bloomberg - USA
By Steve Rothwell June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Go-Ahead Group Plc, the biggest bus operator in London, gained the most in almost eight years and led advances for ...
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Labor spat threatens busy Valley Regional Transit bus route
IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
Increase in bus riders traveling from
Nampa to Boise from October 2007 to May 2008, compared to the same period a year before. ...
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The wheels on the bus go past some riders
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
By Tim Doulin As COTA buses move into line behind him, 28-year-old Matt Temple boards the bus at Broad and High streets that will take him home to ...
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China police kill bus hijacker
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Police in
China have shot dead a knife-wielding man during a bus hijacking in the southwestern province of Guizhou. He had been demanding guns, ...
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Bus firm moving forward on station
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
By RICHARD BURGESS LAFAYETTE — Greyhound officials say they will proceed with a planned bus station on Moss Street, despite the City-Parish Council’s vote ...
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Bus drivers accept contract
West Linn Tidings - OR,USA
By Jim Hart More than 100 school bus drivers who serve the West Linn-Wilsonville School District are breathing a collective sigh of relief after last week’s ...
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Boy's bus dropoff angers mom
London Free Press - Canada
By JOE BELANGER A Thamesford mother is fuming after her five-year-old son was able to get off a school bus in a busy construction zone, hundreds of metres ...
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Charges filed in Albertville bus crash that killed Pelican Rapids ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A tour bus driver transporting Pelican Rapids High School students home from a spring band trip was charged with criminal vehicular homicide and operating a ...
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Astro Turf Cars and an Alfoil Bus
By MorganCampbell
So I was taking a little break from skating, and going for a lurk down to Badeschiff when I spied several astro-turf covered cars and an Alfoil wrapped bus...
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Breaking News on Concessionary Bus Travel
By Darlington Councillor(Darlington Councillor)
It's very positive news, however, that owing to good financial management, a windfall is available which will allow free travel for concessionary bus travel to be fully extended. The Council has been listening to the views of pensioners ...
- http://darlingtoncouncillor.blogspot.com/

Ackerman/Depository Bus Schedule
By allen.916
From June 16-August 21, bus service to and from the Book Depository/University Archives and the Ackerman Library/Buckeye Village will run every 30 minutes, from
7 am to 7 pm. There will be no weekend bus service during summer quarter. ...
Library News - http://library.osu.edu/blogs/librarynews

UK Parking, LexTran to Offer Bus Pass Trial
With gas prices on the rise, UK Parking and Transportation Services is partnering with LexTran to offer UK employees an alternative to driving.
UK News - Main News - http://news.uky.edu/news/index.php?category=1

BN transit system looks for converts on free bus ride day
NEW 2:40 pm BLOOMINGTON -- Kathy Hill emerged from a Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System bus near State Farm corporate headquarters with a smile on her face. There were many reasons for that smile: It was a nice day. ...
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Transit tax baffles public
London Free Press - Canada
Half are no longer paying taxes for public transit service -- and the other half are paying it for the first time. The change has come about this year ...
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Business owners relish their new role as transit co-planners
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Three years ago, downtown business owners were completely disconnected from the city's new transit strategy. Today, the Downtown Coalition is not only part ...
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Free transit service brings ridership to record highs
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Gary Richards Transit agencies shattered records across the Bay Area on Thursday, as riders crammed elbow to elbow on trains, buses and ferries to take ...
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Fuel costs may raise mass transit fares
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The price of diesel, which fuels such Bay Area transit fleets as Caltrain, AC Transit and the Alameda ferries, has nearly tripled in the past five years, ...
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Zipcars Offering Transit Riders a Supplemental Way to Travel
New York Times - United States
Ms. Steude, 35, was one of the first to take advantage of New Jersey Transit’s new partnership with Zipcar, a national car-sharing system already popular in ...
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As Fuel Costs Pinch Cities, Mayors Push Mass Transit
New York Times - United States
In the survey, 88 percent of mayors said their cities had experienced growth in the use of public transit, with nearly half of those reporting that the ...
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Re: Miami-Dade Transit - News (busway flyer)
Posted by busway flyer on 6/20/2008 7:22:16 PM EST Exactly, hopefully GFI Genfare. Charlie - BFTA.
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Philly schools may cut free transit
... proposed by the city school district would eliminate free transportation for an estimated 13000 students by having more children walk to school and implementing an attendance requirement for those who receive free transit passes.
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Fuel costs may raise mass transit fares
Escalating fuel prices that have pushed more commuters out of their cars and onto buses, ferries and trains also have put an added financial strain on transit operators and...
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Free transit service brings ridership to record highs
By wasabi88
could somebody from VTA pressure wash the elevator at the Cottle road LRS....The smell of urine is so strong in side that it shoudl be a superfund site. Outhouses do smell as bad as that elevator.
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Fuel Costs Pinch Cities; Mayors Push Mass Transit
A survey of 132 cities, released Friday in Miami at a meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, found that 90 percent were altering operations because of fuel costs.
BlueRidgeNow.com - Times-News Online - http://www.blueridgenow.com

mashreq could play key role in gulf-europe gas transit - shell
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
The Mashreq region could play a key role in the increased transit of gas from Gulf countries to the major markets of Europe, a senior Shell executive said ...
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Get a plan for transit
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Re: "Funding balance shifts to transit; 10-year-budget puts focus on C-train, buses," June 14. The
Calgary region is poorly served by the transportation ...
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Here's why metro Indy won't buy mass transit
Indianapolis Star - United States
Here are 10 reasons Indianapolis will be the last major metro area in North America to have an integrated, multi-modal mass transit system. ...
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Seize this mass transit moment, Houston
Houston Chronicle - United States
Development along rail transit corridors, appealing to a new generation of commuter-weary wannabe urbanites, may be the answer. The Katy Freeway expansion ...
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Dodgers to again offer public transit to games
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer The Dodgers and the city of Los Angeles have reached tentative agreement to offer public transit to every ...
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Missing man found
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The cops, in turn, let Metro Transit know. A bus driver saw Liggett, gave his location to police, and by
6 pm, Liggett was safe with Bellevue police ...
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Bidders vying to run RTA pitch their plans today
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
The public hearing begins at 8 am at the Regional Transit Authority's administration office, located in a trailer behind the A. Phillip Randolph bus barn at ...
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A primer on the three alternatives for regional transit
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
said Richcreek, who gets an earful as chairwoman of the Regional Transit
Alliance citizens group. Sorting out the possible scenarios isn’t easy. ...
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Get more mileage out of transit cash
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Although you can't deduct commuting expenses in general, Uncle Sam offers a tax break on certain costs tied to parking and/or mass-transit commuting, ...
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Light Rail Transit operations suspended due to 'Frank'
Inquirer.net - Philippines
... to the suspension of operations of the electrically powered Light Rail Transit system, an official of the Light Rail Transit Authority told dzMM radio. ...
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Edison's Choi speaks out against Piscataway transit village plans
Mayor Jun Choi denounced the Piscataway transit village plan on Stelton Road, which borders the south Edison residential area and threatens to aggravate the traffic situation near the Edison train station.
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Ancient burials likely in transit path
The city's planned $3.7 billion elevated commuter rail has a high potential of encountering Native Hawaiian burials and other archaeological artifacts once construction enters...
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Mashreq could play key role in Gulf-Europe gas transit- Shell
The Mashreq region could play a key role in the increased transit of gas from Gulf countries to the major markets of Europe, a senior Shell executive said today at a European Union - Mashreq conference in Damascus, Syria.
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Transit center plan gets boost of $2.5 million
KEIZER — A proposed transit center will get $2.5 million in lottery-bond proceeds from Oregon Transportation Commission, plus a matching grant of $600000 from Salem-Keizer Transit District.
StatesmanJournal.com - News - http://www.statesmanjournal.com/

Fuel Costs Pinch Cities; Mayors Push Mass Transit
By News Reporter
A survey of 132 cities, released Friday in Miami at a meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, found that 90 percent were altering operations because of fuel costs. More...
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Blueline mows down 45-year-old scooterist
Times of India - India
NEW
DELHI: The killer Blueline fleet claimed yet another life on Sunday. A 45-year-old man died after his scooter was hit by a Blueline bus in Desh Bandhu ...
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Three killed in Delhi road accidents
By India eNews
A lawyer was killed when a Blueline bus hit his scooter while two people were run over by a speeding truck here Sunday, the police said.
India eNews - http://www.indiaenews.com/

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At New Delhi (DEL). expansion inA is two signals from two LFSaws and therefore the FFT for chainA would need two different buffers in order to work properly. But bufnumA is just one buffer. In FFT Overview.html is is stated that in this ...
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1 Killed In Fung Wah Bus Crash
Boston Channel.com - MA, USA
Fung Wah, a low-cost carrier that takes passengers between
Boston and New York City, has experienced problems in the past with drivers and accidents. ...
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Eleven killed in Turkey as train rams into minibus: officials
AFP -
The state-run railway authority said the accident occurred overnight near the town of
Nurdagi in the southeastern Gaziantep province when the bus driver ...
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Accidents, not exotic disease, are top hazard for travellers
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
Traffic accidents are a major source of injuries for Canadians in foreign countries. In
Egypt last month, Surrey newlyweds escaped a burning bus in which ...
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Train slams into bus killing nine
NEWS.com.au - Australia
The accident occurred overnight near the town of
Nurdagi in the southeastern Gaziantep province when the bus driver tried to cross over the tracks despite ...
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Oops! Preventing menstrual embarrassment
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
MOST, if not all women can identify with having a menstrual 'accident' at one point or the other in their lives, accidents that often could have been ...
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20th mishap this month on Eastern Express highway kills 3
Times of India - India
As I was driving through I suddenly spotted a bus that had met with an accident. I braked, but don’t know what happened. The tempo spun around and halted ...
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Abu Dhabi pedestrians pay price for motorists' recklessness
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
"The accident happened at about
5am on the Airport Road-Al Nasr Street junction. The biker was speeding. He jumped the red signal and hit a mini bus. ...
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Three killed in Delhi road accidents
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) A lawyer was killed when a Blueline bus hit his scooter while two people were run over by a speeding truck here Sunday, ...
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Collision course: Three more killed on highway
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Three persons, all fishmongers from Thane, died and several were injured when a bus rammed into their van at about
5:15am. The bus was carrying members of a ...
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GOOD IDEAS THAT ARE BAD POLITICS
By Anderson
... and let the bus-trains roll. Good ideas don’t have to be exclusive, and there’s shack for both light kick and charabanc fast transit. Relaxing moving country laws 45000 Americans a assemblage end up dying in traffic accidents. ...
Real Clear Politcs - http://real-clear-politics.net

Days 24 to 28 - Laos
By GAVIN CAMPBELL(GAVIN CAMPBELL)
Lonely Planet(which I stopped using after
Bangkok), says the fast boat is highly dangerous and often there are accidents and fatalities. The fast boat consists of a thin 25 foot long boat with a huge engine on the back. ...
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Bus
By Tai(Tai)
Bus traffic in
Thailand is very heavy and lively(timetables). Accidents happen sometimes. bus.
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Good Ideas that are Bad Politics
Good ideas don’t have to be exclusive, and there’s room for both light rail and bus rapid transit. Relaxing automotive safety laws 45000 Americans a year end up dying in traffic accidents. So naturally I’m proposing that we relax safety ...
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1966 VW Walk-Thru Bus -
... rust repairs • No accidents ever – including the nose. Excellent door and hood gaps • Original ignition key, plus separate door keys, so you can actually lock the bus up completely • Six pop-out windows • New brakes (work great! ...
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School Bus Accident / WTAP - Parkersburg, Marietta and the entire ...
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