Wednesday, July 30, 2008

7/30/08

Transit districts sideline Chargers charters
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
The two local transit districts –
North County and Metropolitan – will sideline their combined 75 to 80 buses that carried 3000 to 6000 fans from around the ...
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Officials chosen to advise transit board on new projects
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Metro-area counties that adopted a sales tax to fund transit projects now have an advisory panel to help set spending priorities. ...
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Burlington eyes public transit system
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
"I'm trying to get people to think about public transit as an option that you would use occasionally,” he said. “If it's Christmas time and you don't want ...
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City hosts Boulder Transit Village open house
Daily Camera - CO,USA
The Transit Village, an 11-acre site at the corner of 30th and Pearl streets, will be home to an RTD bus and park-and-ride facility, as well as a mixed-use ...
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NZ becoming 'transit lounge' for immigrants to Aust
ABC Online - Australia
Mr Dunne has read the piece in the Metro magazine and he says it's time New Zealand stopped selling itself short and stopped being a transit lounge for ...
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Interest Growing for Public Transit in Alamance Co.
MyFox WGHP - High Point,NC,USA
... hurdles to overcome for potential riders. Public officials speculate it would take a minimum of two to three years to establish public transit service.
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Regional transit effort moving closer to supporting KC light rail plan
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The next regional transit summit of Missouri-side mayors and county officials is scheduled for this Friday, July 25, and leaders of this effort are crafting ...
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Survey: Transit tops priority list of long-range growth issues
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The need for more transit options was the clear winner when readers considered issues they would tackle first when considering long-range growth planning in ...
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Titan Worldwide Expands Transit Footprint to Dallas
MarketWatch - USA
NEW YORK, July 21, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Titan Worldwide has added the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system to its nationwide network of ...
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Fidelity picks Xo for 10 Gbps high-speed IP transit service
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
Xo will provide Fidelity Access with its 10 Gbps IP transit port service to deliver very high-speed connectivity to the internet. Xo's ability to deliver 10 ...
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Rocky Road for City Buses; Elk Grove Suing Over Sidelined Hybrid ...
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Loretta Kalb lkalb@sacb...
Now the 21-bus gasoline-electric hybrid fleet costing $10 million is sidelined, and the city is suing the manufacturers and other transit-related contractors for breach of contract.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Record-setting Sounder ridership continues into second quarter
Sound Transit’s Sounder commuter rail posted a 31 percent gain in ridership during the last three months ending June 30 compared to the same period last year.
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

Burlington eyes public transit system
Alamance's need for public transportation is growing along with the population, especially in Burlington, which is the largest city in NC without a public transit system.
News 14 Carolina Top Stories - http://news14.com

NZ a 'transit lounge' for immigrants to Australia
By Criticom
The number of New Zealanders moving to Australia has hit a 10 year high.In the past 12 months, 35000 kiwis called it quits in the land of the long white cloud, 32000 of them, came here.But it's the exodus of the New Zealand citizens who ...
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SEIZING THE MOMENT! New Jersey Leading the Way in Transit Oriented ...
By Susan Piperato
With its accessible statewide rail system,
New Jersey is fast becoming a national leader in Transit Oriented Development (TOD), one of the most important trends in creating vibrant, livable cities and urban communities. ...
Conference News - http://events.scheinmedia.com/news/events.php

Kin of Blueline victims seek government accountability
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
The high court has asked Blueline bus owners to form a fund to provide compensation to the families of those killed in accidents. The compensation would be ...
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MiniVDO: Passenger bus drivers in Phang-Nga enhanced their skills ...
Thailand National News Bureau - Phuket,Thailand
The session was held by the Phang-Nga provincial Land Transport Office aiming at reducing accident rates for road safety. Five many issues were emphasized. ...
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Accidents, not exotic disease, top hazard for travellers
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
In Egypt on May 1, Surrey newlyweds escaped a burning bus in which nine died. The couple sustained serious injuries, and the wife lost part of her left arm. ...
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Groups promote traffic safety for young people
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
According to Lin, the university has seen a significant reduction in the number of auto accidents among its student population. Yeh Da-hua, Chief Secretary ...
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HC ‘raids’ govt over fatal Blues
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
The fund comprises amounts paid by Blueline bus owners in exchange for release of impounded buses involved in accidents, including fatal ones. ...
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Court concerned over rising bus accidents, seeks report
By Indo-Asian News Service
Muralidhar asked Delhi Police to file a comprehensive report as to why accidents caused by private Blueline buses and vehicles of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) had not been curtailed despite directions. ...
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Study Shows that Medically Unfit Truck Drivers Pose Serious Threat ...
That driver will likely be unable to stay in control of the vehicle, which can lead to serious motor vehicle collisions and pedestrian accidents. The impact of being struck by an out-of-control bus or truck can lead to catastrophic ...
Maryland Accident Law Blog - http://www.marylandaccidentlawblog.com/

Court concerned over rising bus accidents, seeks report
By IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed concern over the increasing number of road accidents in the capital involving buses and sought a report from the police about measures taken to check the trend. ...
Thaindian News - http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal

Philadelphia SEPTA Trolley Accident Sends Injured to Area Hospitals
The Philadelphia Personal Injury Law Firm of Mednick, Mezyk & Kredo regularly represents individuals injured in SEPTA bus and SEPTA trolley accidents. Contact us for a free consultation where we can explain to you how we can help you ...
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A Blueline crippled this family of seven
Times of India - India
Singh was crushed to death by a Blueline bus in Kotwali in north
Delhi while on his way to work. He was a mechanic and supported his mother and six younger ...
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Motorcyclist crushed to death by blueline
Sahara Samay - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
New Delhi, July 24: A 22-year-old motorcyclist became yet another victim of the blueline menace in the capital when he was knocked down by a bus in Badarpur ...
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India - Speeding Blueline bus kills man
By admin
A 25-year-old man was killed Wednesday when a speeding Blueline bus knocked his motorcycle down in south
Delhi, the police said. Identified as Hemant, the man was hit by the bus near the Badarpur border area in the morning. ...
AussieIndoLanka-Blog - http://www.linkingpeopletogether.com/

Kin of Blueline victims seek government accountability
By Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) An association of family members of Blueline bus victims Thursday decided to appeal to the Delhi High Court for making the state government accountable for the bus accidents. The decision of the Blueline ...
Latest News - http://www.freshnews.in

Speeding Blueline bus kills man
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was killed on Wednesday when a speeding Blueline bus knocked his...
India News - http://www.headlinesindia.com

What's going on??
By noreply@blogger.com (Albert)
Blueline buses killed another man on street, he was sole bread winner for family of 7, his family has turned to begging for survival after they lost one member recently due to ill health.... (read this in Times of India today) ...
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Court concerned over rising bus accidents, seeks report
By admin
Muralidhar asked
Delhi Police to file a comprehensive report as to why accidents caused by private Blueline buses and vehicles of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) had not been curtailed despite directions. ...
IndiBlitz.com - http://www.indiblitz.com/

Three dead in Davao Sur bus blast - military
ABS CBN News - Philippines
Three people died in an explosion at a bus terminal in Digos City, Davao del Sur, Thursday noon, military officials said. Lt. Kurt Decapia, a military ...
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J-Train Incident May Be Linked To Sex Crimes
Queens Chronicle - Rego Park,NY,USA
In the attacks that took place in southeast Queens, the attacker almost always plucks his victims from subway stations or bus stops, and forces them into ...
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City to keep unruly riders off the bus
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA
One recent incident involved a disruptive passenger who urinated on the bus. The bus driver previously had warned the same passenger to stop other ...
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3 children killed, 7 injured in Srinagar grenade attack
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Srinagar: At least three children were killed and seven injured when suspected guerrillas on Thursday tossed a grenade at a busy bus depot in Srinagar, ...
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Teen charged with third bus joyride
United Press International - USA
In all three incidents, Harris is believed to have picked up customers and left the fare boxes intact after leaving the buses, investigators said. ...
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Lagos tanker explosion kills 12
BBC News - UK
A bus and another tanker were also engulfed by the huge fire. It was the latest in a series of incidents involving tankers in
Lagos. ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : India
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Teen charged with third bus joyride
By MT Bureau
James Harris, 18, who was previously charged with taking buses for joyrides June 1 and June 13, was arrested outside the Miami-Dade courthouse and charged with a June 16 incident which involved a bus disappearing from the lot at around ...
The Money Times - Money Matters,... - http://www.themoneytimes.com

Comment on China: Search for the Kunming bus bombers by Knights
By Knights
I’d like to link the bus explosion incidents to tibetan youth congress, dalai, bush, brown, sakozy, and merkel et al. If the west did not support dalai in the first place, do you think we would see bomb explosions recently?
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Putting The China Bus Blast Into Context
By Com Tibet
Forty-one police officers were injured during that incident, which was reportedly caused by a dispute between farmers and a private rubber company, Xinhua stated. The
Kunming and Menglian incidents are most likely unrelated. ...
tibetanflags - http://tibetanflags.cn/terra

Fire Engineering - School Bus Accidents
Firefighters must keep up with the latest extrication techniques and technology in order to deal with incidents involving school buses.

Senator Patty Murray applauds Sound Transit for putting Phase 2 on ...
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Redmond,WA,USA
The Sound Transit Board has decisively resolved to include a new transit measure on the ballot this fall. I applaud the decision to give voters a voice in ...
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BREAKING: Sound Transit adopts new Phase 2 expansion plan, refers ...
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Redmond,WA,USA
The Sound Transit Board has just approved a new fifteen year, Phase 2 plan for expansion of its high capacity rail network and bus system. ...
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$17.8 billion transit plan headed for ballot
Seattle Times - United States
The Sound Transit board this afternoon agreed to put the measure on the ballot. By Mike Lindblom Voters in November will consider a $17.8 billion plan to ...
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LIVE from Union Station: Sound Transit Board meets
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Redmond,WA,USA
I'm here at Union Station, where the Sound Transit Board is meeting to consider placing a second Phase 2 proposal before voters. We're currently listening ...
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Amtrak: No cause yet for power dip
Boston Herald - United States
Since Amtrak is in charge of the major commuter rails in the region, its decision to halt service affected regional commuter lines such as NJ Transit. ...
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Transit workers ready to strike
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
By SUN MEDIA Winnipeg bus drivers could walk off the job at any time, after the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) voted to reject the city's latest contract ...
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Power outage delays trains
Baltimore Sun - United States
NJ Transit and Amtrak say train service was restored about
5:45 pm yesterday. Amtrak says train service from Boston to Philadelphia, including New York City ...
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Transit plan levy in works, Doucet says
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
An Ottawa city councillor said yesterday that a special levy will be required to pay for the city's current $4-billion transit plan, though the top city ...
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Competing plans for transit cause delays
Globe and Mail - Canada
As it contemplates road tolls and up to $80-billion in new public transit construction across the
Toronto area, the province's Metrolinx agency is clashing ...
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Light Rail Trumps Bus Rapid Transit
Washington Post - United States
The June 29 Commuter page [Metro section] featured a status report on Maryland's Purple Line transit project, in which I listed some of the arguments for ...
Top News: Light Rail on Fast Track in Madison
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Steven Elbow)
... for a commuter rail system in
Dane County. On Aug. 7, a state legislative study committee will begin work on drafting a bill to allow regional transit authorities - local taxing districts that will manage and fund transit systems.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Transit Tiff (SEE VIDEO)
City councillor Clive Doucet is ruffling some feathers over Ottawa's $4 billion transit plan.
A-Channel News Ottawa - http://www.achannel.ca/ottawa/

$17.8 billion transit plan headed for ballot - Seattle Times
Light rail measure to go before voters Seattle Post Intelligencer Light-rail measure headed to voters HeraldNet Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - KUOW NPR - MyNorthwest.com - Seattle Post Intelligencer all 7 news articles.
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(US) NJ Transit cop faces marijuana charges - Breaking News From New Jersey - NJ.com NJ Transit cop faces marijuana charges An NJ Transit police sergeant was arrested last week after authorities found 4 pounds of marijuana in the back ...
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Transit on Thursday: Switching Sides Edition
>Baseball's trading deadline is July 31, but the District's transportation scene experienced it's own version of a pennant race deal yesterday. Now-former head of DDOT Emeka...
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All lanes of I-10 reopened after accident and fire
WBXH - LA,USA
Several minor accidents have been reported there along 190 all day. One of those involved an 18-wheeler running into the back of a school bus in Port Allen ...
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Study: Unfit drivers lying about their health to keep trucks ...
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
Seven years ago a bus accident in
New Orleans killed 22 people because the driver lied about his health. At that time, the National Transportation Safety ...
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Screaming passengers sent flying in Latrobe Valley bus crash
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
More than a dozen passengers suffered broken bones and cuts in the accident on the
Princes Highway outside Traralgon. The 56-year-old bus driver suffered ...
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Bus drivers: The scourge of the streets?
Al Watan Daily - Kuwait
KUWAIT: Motorists often complain about the way that bus drivers drive in the streets. Many argue that a lot of accidents occur as a result of these bus ...
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Living dangerously
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
Experts have claimed that the poor state of repair of the nation's level crossings is responsible for many accidents, and call for them to be replaced by ...
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Truckers’ Poor Health: More Accidents Waiting to Happen
By Richard G. Danner(Richard G. Danner)
According to the Dallas Morning News, “hundreds of deaths and injuries” have been “blamed on commercial truck and bus drivers who blacked out, collapsed or suffered major health problems behind the wheels of vehicles that can weigh 40 ...
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Congressional Members Tell Federal Regulators They Are Not Doing ...
Truck accidents can lead to catastrophic injury accidents for victims. The force of impact of a large truck or bus striking a pedestrian or the passengers of a compact car can lead to serious injuries, such as severed limbs, ...
Kentucky Injury Law Blog - http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/

Why some people should not be parents
By Steven(Steven)
Furthermore, I am not saying that parents are responsible for tragedies such as school shootings, or bus accidents. However, there are measures that parents should take to watch out for their children. And you want to know the sad fact, ...
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Lawyers shun plea deal in Wilson hazing
Buffalo News - NY, United States
asked
Shelby, whose client also faces a drug possession count for an incident that occurred after the bus trip. Shelby said he doesn’t think that case “is ...
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Passenger anger at first aid wait
BBC News - UK
BMI said it extended its deepest regrets and apologies to passengers affected by the incident while travelling in a Menzies bus to the terminal. ...
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District installs cameras on every school bus
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
"It allows us to go back and review incidents that occur on our bus, whether a driver brings it to our attention or a parent brings it to our attention. ...
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US investigators press for A320 modifications
Flight International - USA
The NTSB adds that the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has examined 14 additional display-blanking incidents involving AC1 bus failure. ...
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Drivers lose ADT tag after violent incidents
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta
The tag of two bus drivers who this morning were found guilty by the Magistrates’ Court of committing a crime during last week public transport industrial ...
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Double-decker bus stoned
Devon 24 - UK
"We are appealing to the wider community to pull together if they have any information and let us know who is behind these incidents. ...
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Five of family killed in grenade blast in Srinagar
Hindu - Chennai,India
In the gruesome attack on the crowded Batmaloo bus stand, five of a family, including four children, were killed and 18 injured.
SRINAGAR: Five people of ...
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7-25-08
By Al M(Al M)
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
China Incident ID 10063 : To view full incident details click on the link above. Global Incident Map - http://www.globalincidentmap.com. Double-Decker Buses in DC Fraught with Peril ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : India
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
India 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

Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : India
Incident ID 10132 : To view full incident details click on the link above.
Global Incident Map - http://www.globalincidentmap.com

Attorney says up to two dozen more should be charged: Wilson
By Hank Nuwer
More than just the three defendants played a role in the incident, both Vona and Shelby said. “I don’t know how many exactly were involved, but there were a lot more than three boys involved,”
Shelby said. Other players on the bus ...
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