Monday, July 7, 2008

7-7-08

nsurance firms asked to make strict rules for Blueline buses
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Taking note of the increasing number of fatal accidents involving Blueline buses, a city court Wednesday asked insurance companies ...
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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/

Conversion!!!
By Moonshine(Moonshine)
And then one fine night, i left late from work, missed my chartered bus (at
9.30pm).. took a blue line bus and reached and home late.. it was terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then i got dad's car with driver and also a cell .. .. the big ...
ibelieve - http://ibelieve-moonshine.blogspot.com/

Why readers aren’t overjoyed at travelling by bus inViet Nam
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
... accidents is much higher on long-distance buses. In my opinion, there are several reasons for the horrible behaviour of too many bus companies/drivers. ...
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Letter: Your View - Bus Bother
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
I'M not surprised that bus drivers have accidents. As a driver of an articulated vehicle, I've been cut up, overtaken and been left wondering what direction ...
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Accident kills 20
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Dehra Dun, July 3 (PTI): Twenty people, including four women, were killed and 28 injured when a bus rammed into a tree in Uttarakhand today. The accident ...
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20 killed, 28 injured in road accident in nainital
By lily
The impact of the collision was so high that bus broke into two pieces, Mortolia said. Nearly 300 people have so far been killed and over 500 people injured this year in road accidents in different parts of the hill state.
UNP - http://www.unp.co.in

accidents and toffee drops while i idle at bus stops.
By fredajamaluddin
friday,
4:36:29 PM. calm like you: the last shadow puppets all my loving: the beatles. well we choose to believe that things get better in time cause the simple human attribute of value kicks in cause we can’t get it back. realise, ...
panic prevention. - http://folkingaround.wordpress.com

Bus crashes into cemetery
By The Uhuru Guru(The Uhuru Guru)
In one of the most shocking & disturbing accidents of the year, a she-boon driver came charging out of the depot with her empty bus, promptly lost control and crashed into a local cemetery. Bus driver Bubbles Mthetwa floored the ...
South Africa Sucks - http://southafricanhell.blogspot.com/

henoheno_moheji @ 2008-07-03T23:59:00
By henoheno_moheji(henoheno_moheji)
accident 2: and this is cool thing - only i saw it, ebcause everybody else was asleep. i did want to sleep, but ever since my back injury i've been careful about being in an unnatural position for very long, and this is a long bus ride. ...
the domesticated. - http://henoheno-moheji.livejournal.com/

Iran bus accident kills 25 - Middle East Times
Jul 1, 2008 ... TEHRAN (AFP) At least 25 people died and many others were injured in a bus accident on a highway in central Iran on Tuesday, ...

40 others injured by Palestinian worker along Jerusalem road
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... a bus stop near
Holon, south of Tel Aviv. There were also similar incidents in Israel during the 1990s, though none involving construction vehicles. AP.
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BUS YOBS TARGET MUM
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
She got off the bus early after suffering the abuse, and the yobs stayed on board. Keith Myatt, of Arriva, said reports of such incidents were "infrequent" ...
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Sporadic incidents of violence in BJP bandh
Andhra Cafe - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
RTC bus driver was reportedly injured when the protesting activists threw stones on a bus. At Uppala, BJP activists tried to stop Secunderabad-Mahaboobnagar ...
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Is post-war Britain anti-Muslim?
Daily Mail - UK
Take the story in a red-top newspaper earlier this year about a bus driver who apparently ordered his passengers off his bus so that he could kneel towards ...
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Senior officers laud response to bulldozer frenzy
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
Police sources have said that the negative Mercaz Harav experience prompted major changes in the way terrorist incidents are approached. ...
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Eatery’s roof blown away, jet blast suspected once again
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
According to Mehmood, cement sheet hit the front door of a passing BEST bus. “The bus didn’t sustain any damage, but had to halt for a while,” he said. ...
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11:29 AM, US-70 W, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, NC 42
Traffic is traveling at 28 MPH at: US 70 BUS W; MM 93.3; NC 42.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Bharath Bandh on July 3 - a Great Success!
By janamejayan
Incidents of stone pelting on state transport and private vehicles by VHP activists were reported from various parts of the city including Naupada and Wagle estate, police said. The activists also disrupted traffic at some places by ...
Janamejayan's Weblog - http://janamejayan.wordpress.com

Bulldozer Terrorist Rampage in Jerusalem
By Ron In Israel(Ron In Israel)
Earlier, when I caught his bus into town, Ashraph was telling me how he was not feeling so well because of the numerous incidents that had occurred the previous week. The bomb going off near his normal route could not have made him feel ...
Ron In Israel - http://roninisrael.blogspot.com/

Is Post-war Britain Anti-muslim?
Among the incidents we came across in our research was one in Bolton this year, when a group of young people chased Muslim men, shouting racial and religious abuse and wielding a chainsaw. Barely reported was the story in Cornwall, ...
Blogs - http://www.gawaher.com/index.php

In Politico , TNR 's Kirchick falsely claimed Clark's comments ...
There have been only two incidents in which people officially associated with McCain have done anything approaching what Thomas and Wolfe predicted those dastardly, conniving Republicans would inevitably do. In February, a conservative ...
Media Matters for America - http://mediamatters.org

Suspect in cop shooting denied bond
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
During a struggle with Francis near a CTA bus, the 5-foot-9, 200-pound Johnson allegedly took the officer’s gun and shot him three times, striking him in ...
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Last stop for the bendy bus
guardian.co.uk - UK
The much-derided bendy bus will disappear from
London's streets by 2015, Boris Johnson declared today, as the capital's mayor unveiled a competition to ...
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Free bus scheme to be extended
The Press Association -
The Scottish Government has said it will not be restricting the national free bus travel scheme for pensioners and plans to extend it to injured veterans. ...
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Bus bosses jailed for fake papers
BBC News - UK
Two bus firm directors who lied about the hours their drivers worked following a crash in which a 28-year-old man died have been jailed. ...
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Survivors Reflect on Jerusalem Bulldozer Rampage
ABC News - USA
By SARA SORCHER There was the bandaged man in the shattered bus who helped a mother and child escape another strike by a murderous bulldozer driver. ...
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Bulldozer slams into bus in Jerusalem, killing at least 3
Xinhua - China
The bulldozer, which hit several vehicles as well as pedestrians along its way, slammed into and knocked over the bus with 35 people on board near the old ...
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PMPML bus runs over scooterist
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
A few policemen at the Sambhaji police chowki, who were controlling the traffic at the spot, blew their whistles for stopping the bus. But the bus moved ...
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'Non-Catholic' schoolgirl banned from bus
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Nick Britten A council has been accused of religious discrimination after banning a schoolgirl from taking its bus to her Roman Catholic school because ...
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Bus firm aims to cut travel time
Keighley's bus operator has teamed up with other organisations to improve services across Bradford district.
Keighley News | News - http://www.keighleynews.co.uk

Woman, 65, dies after car hits bus shelter
A 65-year-old woman is dead after the car she was driving drifted across Highway 515 and struck a bus shelter Thursday evening. Sharon Kay Thurman was pronounced dead at the scene after the 5 pm accident.
KOMO - News - Local - http://www.komonews.com/news/local

29 killed as El Salvador river sweeps bus off bridge
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Rescue crews recovered 29 bodies Friday from a raging, rain-fed river that swept a bus carrying members of an evangelical church off a bridge in San Salvador.
GMA News.tv - http://www.gmanews.tv/

Cover-up bus bosses jailed
BOSSES of a bus company who lied about the hours their drivers worked following a fatal accident have been jailed.
Manchester Evening News - http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/

Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested At Bus Station
By aball@wrbl.com(aball@wrbl.com)
Arrested on state charges; federal charges to come later.
News - http://www.wrbl.com/index.php/news/

Rapid transit supporters "break ground" on cycling path
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
By BRENLEE COATES Members of the Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition and friends broke ground at the site of the first proposed transitway and commuter cycling ...
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Police to protesters with leaked transit plan: Go ahead and use it
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
An anarchist group claims it has an official document that will help it immobilize the convention in
St. Paul. By JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune They're a bunch ...
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Police to protestors with leaked transit plan: Go ahead and use it
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
An anarchist protest group claims it has official plans that will help it immobilize the Republican National Convention. By JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune I would ...
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Police to protestors with leaked transit plan: Go ahead and use it
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
An anarchist protest group claims it has the official transportation plans that will help it immobilize the Republican National Convention. ...
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Transit system service is beefed up for holiday
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
San Diego-area transit officials will step up bus and trolley service on the coast today to help Fourth of July celebrants get around. The transit system is ...
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Increase seen in Coaster ridership
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
The train has become so popular that the transit district has added a car to two of the four weekday trains, stretching them to six cars. ...
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Mayor and governor trade barbs over rail
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Lingle said this week that she likely will sign a petition to let voters decide whether to stop the city's $4 billion rail transit system. ...
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Bombardier appears to lead TTC streetcar bidding
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Long-time Toronto transit advocate Steve Munro says TRAM doesn't have a chance. "Nobody's ever heard of them as a manufacturer and I don't think they're ...
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Tiny British firm thinks big
Globe and Mail - Canada
If pluck and ambition were the key criteria for awarding multibillion-dollar transit contracts, Britain's TRAM Power Ltd. - whose sole operational ...
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25-cent Metro fare increase proposed
Seattle Times - United States
King County Metro Transit fares would go up 25 cents starting Oct. 1, to keep up with rising diesel fuel prices, under a proposal announced by County ...
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Transit workers consider last offer
The 1200 unionized workers at Oahu Transit Services, which operates TheBus, say they will consider a "best and final" contract offer from the company next week.
Honolulu, HI News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/honolulu-hi

Rapid transit construction starts -- sort of
Fed up with waiting for City Hall to make good on rapid transit promises, a group of Winnipeggers will arm themselves with shovels today and start digging a transit way. Members of the Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition will also start ...
wfpLIVE Breaking News - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews

Railway - NJ Transit completes Bloomfield Station shelter restoration
NJ Transit completes Bloomfield Station shelter restoration.
IET News Feed - Transport - http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/sector/transport/

Getting mileage from recycled NJ Transit cars
By falmanac(falmanac)
And that scramble has led transit officials in Pennsylvania, California, Utah and Montreal to the cramped, tired, wheelchair-inaccessible rail cars that began rattling along the tracks in New Jersey during the early years of the first ...
National Railroad News - http://railroadnews.blogspot.com/

Independence Day Revelers Seek Affordable Transit Options
With the price of gas sky-high these days, public transit agencies across the Bay Area could see big crowds and perhaps even some record numbers of passengers. Listen KCBS' Janice Wright reports.
KCBS Bay Area News - http://kcbs.com

Thaindian News
By adshome.co.cc(adshome.co.cc)
According to initial reports, around 30 people, including children, were missing after their bus fell into the Acelhuate river in [...] Pranab lauds US envoy for better India-US ties. Posted:
04 Jul 2008 12:39 PM CDT. New Delhi, July 4 ...
hobbies news and magazine - http://towerhobbie.blogspot.com

18 die in Nigerian road crash: police
Africasia - London,UK
The police said the accident happened when the front tyre on the bus burst, causing the driver to lose control and veer into another lane before colliding ...
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Nightmare road trip
Daily News (subscription) - KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa
The bus left Johannesburg the night before and was due to arrive at Durban's main railway station less than 30 minutes after the accident. ...
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Safety calls after woman badly hurt in bus crash
News & Star - Carlisle,England,UK
Sealed off: Police examine the scene of the accident in
Lowther Street yesterday. The force of the impact cracked the bus’s windscreen The accident happened ...
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Govt hikes allocation for road works
Times of India - India
CHENNAI: As accidents on the state roads and highways steadily rise — last year the increase was a worrying 9000 incidents — the state government has ...
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Two killed, three injured in separate road accidents
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
In the other incident in Maran , Mohd Fikri Norzilan, 22, was killed when his Perodua Kancil crashed into an express bus at Km97.5 of Jalan Kuantan-Kuala ...
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Northern Ireland’s most deadly roads
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Between 2000 and 2006, 36 people perished in accidents along the notorious accident blackspot. In 2003 alone, 11 people were killed along the route during ...
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2 schoolgirls die as truck crashes into mobike
Chandigarh Tribune - India
Besides VIP movement, daily target of 30 challans and depositing the money, accidents, red light failures, jams, vehicle breakage and his 16 hour-a-day duty ...
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Bus Driver Banned For Injuring Passengers Through Reckless Driving
Often when there has been road traffic accidents medical staff will put injured parties into neck braces as the likelihood of sustaining a whiplash injury is high. This is a precautionary measure until full medical checks can be carried ...
Best Seattle Lawyers - http://www.bestseattlelawyers.com/

The news
By freewheeler(freewheeler)
Camden Cycling Campaign member, John Chamberlain said, “Obviously we don’t know what happened but these junctions are notorious for these types of accidents where cyclists are proceeding straight on and lorries are turning left,” he ...
Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest - http://crapwalthamforest.blogspot.com/

The "Drug Wars (20), New Delhi, India 1990
By Gary Fouse(Gary Fouse)
On another day, as we were on our way to the academy (just down the street) we came upon the scene of a bus accident. Apparently bus accidents were not uncommon. It was also not uncommon, if there were injuries, for the bus driver to ...
fousesquawk - http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/

Truck Accidents: Out for a Walk, Never to Come Home
New York, NY: Summer was about to begin, but someone's life was about to end unexpectedly June 23rd just before a loaded dump truck lumbered off the Manhattan Bridge and plowed into a parked bus. A pedestrian was killed, and four people ...
Lawyers and Settlements :: Emerging... - http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/

Several Important Point Regarding Bus Accidents
By mansukhupl
As a victim, having a professional lawyer who has special expertise in handling bus accident cases and knowledgeable about the laws governing common carriers in the area where you had an accident is greatly advisable. ...
Mansukh - http://uachlibre.cl/blog/mansukhupl

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