Saturday, November 29, 2008

11/29/08

Bus carrying Washington high school football team overturns
USA Today - USA
SEATTLE (AP) — A charter bus carrying a high school football team overturned Friday in a four-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 south of Seattle, ...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Team bus crash delays playoffs
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The team's chartered bus overturned on Interstate 5, injuring a half-dozen players and causing a nasty traffic jam. The accident forced postponement of ...
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Woman Is Struck, Killed by Truck on Highway
Washington Post - United States
A 49-year-old woman died Wednesday after being struck by a pickup near a bus stop on a busy Charles County highway, authorities said yesterday. ...
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One dead, four hurt in bus crash
BBC News - UK
A bus mounted the pavement and crashed into a hotel, hitting four women, when the driver collapsed at the wheel, police have said. The driver, a 71-year-old ...
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Kentucky man dies on Greyhound bus in Vail
Examiner.com - USA
(Map, News) - A 58-year-old Kentucky man is dead after he collapsed on a Greyhound bus as it was leaving Vail. Police say the bus was departing from the ...
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Metro adds nonstop bus service to and from Bush airport
Houston Chronicle - United States
By ROSANNA RUIZ Metro now offers nonstop bus service to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The fare is $30 round-trip or $15 one way. ...
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Cops look for pattern in bus attacks
Inquirer.net - Philippines
A bus conductor, who was sleeping inside one of the buses, suffered burns. A representative of the bus company declined to comment on reports that ...
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Kentucky traveler dies on bus near Vail
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
By Howard Pankratz A 58-year-old man traveling on a Greyhound bus collapsed and died as the bus was departing Vail this afternoon. The bus was leaving the ...
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Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Cedar Falls reviewing benches at bus stops
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
As the situation currently stands, a person or business submits an application for a permit to install benches at designated stops along the MET Transit bus ...
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News: Desert Bus
By gabe@penny-arcade.com (Gabe)
Gabe : I stayed home today to spend the day with the fam, but I wanted to pop in here real quick and mention the Desert Bus 2: Bus Harder. Watching these kids torture themselves by playing Desert Bus for charity is a real treat. ...
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Bus company De Lijn uses real bus tickets as businesscards
By Duval Guillaume Brussels
Related News items. 31 August 2008 - ‘Save 8 lives’ voted best non profit ad (1); 15 August 2008 - A wet t-shirt campaign thanks to Belgian rain (0); 12 August 2008 - Belgian Olympic Committee welcomes newborn suporters (0) ...
Duval Guillaume News - http://www.duvalguillaume.com/news/
Metro adds nonstop bus service to and from Bush airport
Houston residents and out-of-town travelers can rely instead on taxis, shuttles and now nonstop bus service to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Metro has added nonstop bus...
Houston, TX News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/news/houston-tx
Kaua'i tests free bus rides for workers
A free bus program for Kaua'i County employees that is set to begin Monday has been met with much enthusiasm, Kaua'i officials said. Approximately 180 people signed up this week for the county's free bus pass program, which will end ...
Honolulu Advertiser - Local news - http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/
Team bus overturns on way to Class 3A football playoff game; no ...
SEATTLE -- A charter bus carrying the Bellevue High School football team overturned Friday in a four-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 south of...
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Jewish pupils attacked on buses
Wembley and Kingsbury Times - London,England,UK
... behaviour on route 183 and have downloaded on bus CCTV footage of the alleged incident - every London bus currently has a CCTV system installed. ...
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Could Mumbai-Type Attacks Happen in Manila?
By midfield
5 buses were gutted in the attack, bringing to 9 the number of Victory buses lost in such incidents. 4 bus units were also razed when attackers swooped down on the Victory bus terminal in Quezon City’s populous Cubao shopping district ...
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Community Forum - Minutes
By Jane B
They explained that under Section 59, for certain incidents, a driver can be given a warning, and if given a second one in 12 months, the car can be seized. The driver has to pay a Recovery fee to get his car back. ...
PARWICH.ORG - http://parwich.org/
Mosul Remains One Of The Most Violent Cities In Iraq
By motown67(motown67)
In fact, the number of incidents has increased since the beginning of the year. In January there were 1.65 attacks and incidents a day that led to 3.52 deaths and 11.68 wounded per day. In June, a month into the new security crackdown ...
Musings On Iraq - http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/
Traffic Light: A Journal Written During a Travel
By UP Aguman(UP Aguman)
It’s one hot and sweating afternoon, and I don’t know if this bus I am riding will get to the bus station on time. Maybe it won’t. I’m seeing the traffic light shifting color from yellow to green in a short period of time…30 seconds? ...
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Ex-cop, school official die in accidents
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
In the second incident, a 52-year-old man was crushed to death by a DTC bus in Mayur Vihar area of the East district on Thursday night. ...
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Rain-Slicked Roads Cause Hundreds Of Accidents
News 8 - San Diego,CA,USA
One of the worst accidents was on Interstate 8, where a tour bus with 35 passengers got tangled with several vehicles. Nobody on the bus was hurt, ...
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"Fit buses with
DailyNewsOnline - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
3) carrying the title: “Risky Rides across Tanzania on a bus” had no idea that some ten day later, two separate accidents involving passenger buses would ...
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Bus accident forces postponement of Capital-Bellevue game
By Darrin Beene
The team bus, on its way to Tacoma for a 1 pm game, flipped over on Interstate 5 near Federal Way. No serious accidents were initially reported. Although not official, the playoff game between the two schools will likely be made up on ...
The Prep Blog - http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/preps/
Bellevue High football team bus overturns on I-5 headed towards ...
The bus accident was caused by a chain of events apparently caused by a dropped ladder on the freeway. Lost or unsecured loads are a real frustration to the Washington State Patrol. At least 400 accidents are caused every year in ...
Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog - http://www.seattlecaraccidentlawyerblog.com/
You Can Be Compensated For All Types of Injuries
By RickHendershot
There are automobile, boat, motorcycle, and school bus accidents. In the sports arena there are back, neck, and spinal cord trauma. There are defective products that cause injury, toxic substances in the air and our office buildings. ...
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Adding to the City’s Coffers, One Ticket at a Time
By Rafael Martínez Alequín(Rafael Martínez Alequín)
... impede the flow of traffic and increase the likelihood of accidents,” he said. “We want them to focus on things such as double parking. Vehicles parked in bus stops. No standing. Obstructing a traffic lane. Obstructing a bus lane. ...
Your Free Press - http://yourfreepress.blogspot.com/
Marleaux : 30 ppl on the bus, lit up standing, holding on to the ...
By bounder
Marleaux : 30 ppl on the bus, lit up standing, holding on to the poles and standing in the seats dancing to Wipe Me Down almost caused accidents… Published by, Published by xFruits ...
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Center hearing looms, transit ponders options
Keizertimes - Keizer,OR,USA
By JASON COX As a text amendment allowing a transit center to be built next to city hall in the Iris Capitol goes before the Keizer City Council Monday, ...
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Agencies seek improved transit for disabled riders
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
AP - November 28, 2008 11:45 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Social-service and transit agencies are looking for ways to expand transportation options for ...
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Transit center site depends on future
Keizertimes - Keizer,OR,USA
By BILL QUINN The question posed last week in "In the Ring" in the Keizertimes dealt with the proposed location of the transit center in Keizer. ...
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New York guards against Mumbai-like attacks
Reuters - USA
As it happened, reports of "plausible but uncorroborated information" about a possible al Qaeda attack on New York's transit system had led police to deploy ...
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Man to sue Phila. transit agency over beating
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
AP PHILADELPHIA—A man who was brutally beaten on a Philadelphia subway concourse in September is preparing to sue the city and its main transit agency. ...
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NJ Transit service changes today
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk NJ Transit has made several service adjustments today, Black Friday, which is traditionally one of the busiest ...
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Rapid transit system could expand
BBC News - UK
The rapid transit system is expected to carry 5.5m passengers a year, with a bus arriving every five minutes during rush hour periods.
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NJ Transit's actions drive food vendor totally nuts
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
John Ellis is a train guy, an NJ Transit conductor for 19 years now, and has all the qualities of a good conductor. He's amiable, organized and keeps his ...
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REGIONAL: POLICE, TRANSIT AGENCIES MAKE BLACK FRIDAY SMOOTHER
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
As the biggest shopping day of the year looms close, Bay Area agencies are offering advice on how to make Black Friday safer and easier than ever before. ...
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Re “Not a Moment Too Soon,” by Bob Herbert (column, Nov. 25):
New York Times - United States
This is beyond ridiculous, and both stops me from putting money into a mass transit system I’d like to support and limits my ability to choose the greenest ...
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Guelph VIA Rail station: Parking lot being improved
By shost
VIA Rail has listened and is adding about 20 spaces to the already crowded Downtown Guelph VIA lot. The expansion is coming out of the very large Guelph Train platform — essentially they are taking some of the platform and extending the ...
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Man to sue Phila. transit agency over beating
PHILADELPHIA - A man who was brutally beaten on a Philadelphia subway concourse in September is preparing to sue the city and its main transit agency.
Pennsylvania News Headlines from... - http://www.phillyburbs.com/
New land-use law's message: build near transit
... passage of legislation designed to address global warming by curbing suburban sprawl as a watershed moment, perhaps the state's most important land-use law in more than 30 years. ''It's a ... News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com.
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It's Black Friday in America and Try Transit Day in the Lehigh Valley
By Precious Petty
Express-Times File PhotoA LANTA bus makes a stop in Easton. Save yourself the hassle of navigating Black Friday traffic and get on the bus. It's Try Transit Day in the Lehigh Valley and the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation ...
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News | Canadian Union of Public Employees: Keep Ottawa transit ...
A full 97 per cent of OC Transpo supervisors and special constables voted last night to take strike action if necessary, says their union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
Drupal aggregator - http://2081.cupe.ca/
Ocean City Eyes Bus Service Cuts
The Dispatch - Ocean City,MD,USA
By Bryan Russo, Staff Writer OCEAN CITY – A proposed wintertime scale down of the bus fleet in Ocean City could mean longer and unfortunately colder waits ...
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2 Salpointe students raise funds for bus passes for homeless
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
Salpointe Catholic High School senior David Charles gives bus passes to Efrain Montano at El Rio Community Health Center. Patients at El Rio Community ...
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Man Becomes Violent On CTA Bus
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
CHICAGO (STNG) ― A man who became "rambunctious" on a North Side CTA bus was in police custody Thursday night after injuring a police officer. ...
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Lack of tickets doesn't deter thousands from inauguration
USA Today - USA
The American Bus Association expects a record number of chartered buses to converge on the capital. Airlines have added flights. ...
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BBC News
Festive bus strike action planned
BBC News - UK
First Bus staff in Aberdeen are planning strike action for the three busy weekends leading up to Christmas, it has been announced. ...
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Bus passenger 'racially abused'
BBC News - UK
A man racially abused one bus passenger in Aberdeen and threatened another with violence, police have said. The suspect made intimidating comments to a ...
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Victim of 2006 Cat Tracker bus accident still recovering
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
While riding on the Cat Tracker, a converted school bus that took Wildcat fans to games outside of Manhattan, Chris struck his head on a concrete bridge ...
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Riders want to save bus line
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
By LARRY PARSONS An outcry from riders of a Pacific Grove bus line has budget-trimming officials at Monterey-Salinas Transit backing off a proposal to ...
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Wild weather blows Greyhound bus off road
A bus has been blown off the road by a wild storm in western Queensland.
Weatherzone News - http://www.weatherzone.com.au/
Code of conduct for bus lane bikers
It is believed that Transport for London will launch a new code of practice to encourage bikers to ride considerately when bus lanes in London are opened to them in January. London Mayor Boris Johnson is behind the move to...
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Expanded Bus Service Announced
Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) will begin new service along Route 12 beginning Monday, December 1. DATA will no longer serve NC Highway 54 to the Research Triangle Park due to the move of the Triangle Transit Transfer Center.
News Feed - MyNC.com - http://news.mync.com/site/news/rss
Good News, Bad News
By MeghatronsMom(MeghatronsMom)
The good news first: The procedure went well. I did not have to have a stent or angioplasty. They only found a mild stenosis in the one kidney & it isn't anything to fix yet. There was nothing wrong with my aorta! ...
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A battle against hate
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
... said one incident she is aware of was dealt swiftly by the administration and was not repeated. She said high school students on a school bus with young ...
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PNP airs side on crime incidents in East Samar
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
As to the recent highway robbery hold-up of MIA Bus in Canpidhan, San Julian, (near Putong crossing) which cost the life of an ESSU engineering student from ...
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Four killed in separate incidents
The News International - Karachi,Pakistan
Waqas Ahmed, aged 22, was shot dead by bandits in Pak Colony police limits when he tried resisting the bandits’ demand to extort money from him in a bus. ...
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Breckenridge burglary suspects busted on tape
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
Surveillance cameras were placed on all 32 Summit Stage buses last year after a slew of violent incidents during late-night rides. ...
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9:20 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
Traffic is traveling at 16 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/
The Day After: It’s Not Over As Yet
By ideasmith
I’ve been proud to be a Mumbaiker and faced bandhs, riots, bomb blasts, train explosions, bus stoning incidents, hostile weather conditions and various acts of local violence. All this and I got up matter-of-factly and went to work the ...
Mumbai Metblogs - http://mumbai.metblogs.com/
The rights of criminals still coming first in Britain As thief ...
By jonjayray(jonjayray)
A NORTHERN TERRITORY man has been making his five-year-old son walk two-and-a-half hours to school every day, after he was kicked off the school bus. When Jack Burt confessed that he'd been banned for five days for hitting the bus ...
Political Correctness Watch - http://pcwatch.blogspot.com/
20 Surefire Ways to Beat the Morning Traffic
By Paul
It can start from a few traffic violators, road development projects or even unforeseen incidents, such as accidents or malfunctioning traffic lights. You should be able to anticipate each of these events and have the resourcefulness to ...
Life Hackery - http://lifehackery.com/

NATIONAL: 28-year-old (Darjeeling youth) killed in Blueline accident
By barunroy
FROM THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI : A 28-year-old man was crushed under a Blueline bus on Wednesday evening near Pandav Nagar in east Delhi. Gopal Dev was on his way to Mother Diary in east Delhi on his motorbike when the bus on route ...
The Himalayan Beacon - http://beacononline.wordpress.com/


Thursday, November 27, 2008

11/27/08

7 killed in road accidents
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Albert Sikdar Tota, 22, a first year honours student of mathematics department at Barisal BM College, was hit by a Dhaka-bound bus and later succumbed to ...
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Singida, Dodoma bus accident deaths now 24
IPPmedia - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
By Guardian Correspondent The number of people who died in the two bus accidents on Monday has reached 24, after two more people died yesterday. ...
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JK orders probe into bus crashes
The Citizen Daily - Dar Es Salam,United Republic of Tanzania
By Deogratias Kishombo and Gasper Andrew President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered thorough investigations into the two bus accidents which killed 22 people and ...
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중앙데일리
Bendy bus debacle plagues Seoul
중앙데일리 - South Korea
There were frequent accidents because drivers were not trained on how to use them, the bus operators said. They also complained that components were not ...
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JK orders probe into bus crashes
By Mwanza Guide's newsBLOG(Mwanza Guide's newsBLOG)
President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered thorough investigations into the two bus accidents which killed 22 people and called for legal action against all those operating defective buses. The directive is contained in a condolence message ...
Mwanza newsBLOG - http://mwanzanewsblog.blogspot.com/
Christmas chaos as bus firm axes Wrexham service
A BUS company has axed a Wrexham town centre stop due to consistent delays and accidents.
Evening Leader - News - http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=5263

Businessmen stranded in transit
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok,Thailand
By Pongphon Sarnsamak Many business executives who were only in transit when their plans were disrupted are hoping that Suvarnabhumi Airport will reopen as ...
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Security Stepped Up on New York Subways After FBI Warning of ...
FOXNews - USA
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said police have received the report and as a result have "deployed additional resources in the mass transit system. ...
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No trains, buses on Thanksgiving
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
There will be no Utah Transit Authority bus, TRAX or FrontRunner service on Thanksgiving, but regular service will return Friday -- along with two ...
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Port Authority, transit union reach tentative agreement
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Jim Ritchie The deal between the Port Authority and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 prevents a shutdown of transit service for the nearly 250000 ...
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Thanksgiving Day traffic and transit tips for Staten Islanders
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
by Staten Island Advance If you're heading out the door to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning, here are some traffic and transit tips you ...
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NJ Transit adds extra trains, buses
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
NEWARK (AP) -- NJ Transit is offering extra trains and buses for commuters who want to get an early start to their Thanksgiving holiday. ...
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Closings for the Thanksgiving holiday
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
NJ Transit trains will operate on a weekend/major holiday schedule. There will be no service on the Monclair-Boonton line. Newark Light Rail and the ...
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Road, transit improvements on fast track
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
BY NICK CLUNN Several North Jersey road and mass transit projects will begin ahead of schedule under a $2.8 billion transportation spending plan released ...
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Transit debate has lost its way
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
City of Ottawa staff have a big plan to expand transit dramatically by 2031, but the question is, will city councillors still be debating it then? ...
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Pr. George's Pushes for the Purple Line
Washington Post - United States
Roughly four out of five speakers who addressed Maryland transit officials at the four-hour hearing Nov. 19 at Ritchie Coliseum said they support the plan. ...
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No Labels For The Twins But Their Own
By nytimes
The Olsens are harder to define because they defy the standard categories of American celebrity. The have acted, but acting is now just a peripheral part of their identity. They appear regularly in tabloids, yet they cannot fairly be ...
Transit News - http://transit.com.ph/
PROVINCE MOVES FORWARD WITH FRASER VALLEY TRANSIT STUDY
ABBOTSFORD – One of the province’s fastest-growing regions will benefit from a comprehensive transit study, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kevin Falcon announced.
BC Government NEWS - http://www.news.gov.bc.ca/
Al-Qaeda report leads to boost in NY transit security
By pbtt
NEW YORK - Police bolstered security in subways and trains yesterday after the government said that al-Qaeda suicide bombers were contemplating an attack on New York’s mass-transit systems during the holiday season. ...
Terror News Briefs - http://pbtt.wordpress.com/
RAPID TRANSIT BUSES * USA - As gas prices plunge, DART ridership ...
By truckbus(truckbus)
Plano,TX,USA -The Dallas Morning News, by THEODORE KIM -November 22, 2008: -- Gone are the columns of illegally parked cars near Dallas Area Rapid Transit stations, the teeming rail platforms and the sardine-can train cars at dawn. ...
buses world news - http://busnews.blogspot.com/
Terror Warning: NYC Transit on Alert
Security is heavy at New York's Grand Central and Penn Station terminals, in response to a reported al Qaeida terrorist threat on the city's mass transit system.
R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens - http://www.rnews.com/
Hendrix to talk to Detroit bus riders
Detroit Free Press - United States
By NAOMI R. PATTON • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • November 26, 2008 Detroit mayoral candidate Freman Hendrix will take his first of many city bus tours around ...
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S. Africa's Biggest Fund Seeks Social Pledges, Bus. Day Says
Bloomberg - USA
By Carli Lourens Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund will put more pressure on ventures it invests in to be more ...
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Reports of assaults on bus drivers steady
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By LEVI PULKKINEN AND CASEY MCNERTHNEY As the Metro bus rolled onto the Aurora Bridge 10 years ago Thursday, the deranged passenger said nothing -- he just ...
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Bus crash cyclist seriously hurt
BBC News - UK
A woman has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a bus while she was cycling in Edinburgh. Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses ...
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Deaths in Yemen bus blast
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
Three people have been killed and four others wounded in Yemen after a bomb blast ripped through a minibus at a central bus station in Sanaa, ...
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BBC News
Bus firm strike ballot result due
BBC News - UK
The result of a ballot for industrial action involving drivers and technical staff at First Bus is to be announced. BBC Scotland revealed last month that ...
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Symphony hits high note with bus tradition
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
26, 2008 10:24 AM Although threatened by budget cuts, Phoenix's tradition of wrapping a bus in festive colors for the holidays entered its fifth year this ...
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Armed men attack Philippine bus terminal, six policemen wounded
Xinhua - China
27 (Xinhua) -- Six policemen were hurt when they exchanged fires with a group of armed men who attacked a bus terminal in a northern Philippine town ...
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Pilot route for Georgetown bus system starts Friday
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
By Bob Banta GEORGETOWN — A pilot project to determine whether residents need, or want, a citywide transit system starts Friday with a single bus route ...
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Galt bus routes to end Monday; Dial-a-Ride will still be available
Lodi News-Sentinel - Lodi,CA,USA
Gustovo Reyna, 48, of Galt, started using the bus system in Galt to get around town after his truck was stolen. Reyna waits for his bus Tuesday afternoon at ...
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The Roots Survive Bus Crash, ?uestlove Blogs from Ambulance
''We are sooo alive right now'' wrote ?uestlove as members of the legendary Roots crew escaped a deadly bus crash in Paris. The Roots were involved in a tour bus... News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com.
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Pa. bus driver acquitted over school yard cursing
YORK (AP) — A central Pennsylvania judge says a school bus driver's use of an obscene four-letter word may have shown bad judgment, but he didn't commit a crime.
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Alabama bus crash suits settled
By NBC13.com(NBC13.com)
Several lawsuits have been settled over a Huntsville school bus crash that killed four high school students and left dozens injured two years ago.
Local News for NBC13.com - http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/
Galt bus routes to end Monday; Dial-a-Ride will still be available
On Monday, Gustovo Reyna will not be able to take his regular bus to his doctor appointments or to go grocery shopping.
News from lodinews.com - http://www.lodinews.com/
Bus ridership rises despite falling gas prices
KINGSTON — Even while gas prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than three years, Ulster County Area Transit ridership has increased and demand is expected to remain strong amid a tough economy.
News from www.dailyfreeman.com - http://www.dailyfreeman.com/
Bus drop-off gone wrong leads to policy evaluation
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
But Holly Maue says the blame lies within the bus driver. Right after the incident, Maue found the district's bus riding rules online, and a rule states ...
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AFP
Thai government appeals to army amid coup rumours
AFP
"Several countries are seriously concerned with the incidents happening in our country now -- there is no rule of law," foreign minister Sompong Amornviwat ...
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Waikato Times
Inmates brawl at bus depot (+Isay)
Waikato Times - Wellington,Wellington,New Zealand
In the "extreme incident", Mr Dale said two prisoners released from Mt Eden had come to Hamilton on an InterCity bus. "When they got off the bus they got ...
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$5.2M approved for shields to help protect TTC drivers
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
New buses will come equipped with the shields and older vehicles will be retrofitted. The TTC's entire bus and streetcar fleet is expected to have the ...
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Traffic Pile-Up Kills 5 In Peru
Latin American Herald Tribune - Caracas,Venezuela
LIMA -- A multi-vehicle crash involving a bus and two trucks killed at least five people and injured 17 on Wednesday on the Panamerica Norte highway, ...
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We're thankful
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The ones who drive people who can't or won't or would just rather not -- the bus drivers and taxi drivers and Paratransit Access drivers and all kinds of ...
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findingDulcinea
Commuter Train Collisions Spark Lawsuits, Angst
findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
19 when a city Metro bus ran a red light. As many as 15 train passengers sustained injuries in the collision. The bus was unoccupied. ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Philippines
Incident ID 12660 : To view full incident details click on the link above.
Global Incident Map - http://www.globalincidentmap.com/
Daily Crime Incidents for November 27, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
On 26/11/2008 at 1400 hrs near Karavali circle at Kankanady Mnaglore one Bahseer driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-21-9108 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a Ford Icon car bearing Reg. No. ...
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8:36 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Boiling St
Traffic is traveling at 26 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 94.4; Boiling St.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/
Why I Quit Taking the Bus
By Manveri(Manveri)
If I had been on a train, I could've moved to another car to get away from him after ten minutes of this. All those incidents culminated in my husband's and my refusal to ride that bus ever again, and we've stuck to it for a year and a ...
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Pedestrian crash injures local teen
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
HUNTINGTON -- A 15-year-old student's routine walk to the bus stop ended with significant injury Tuesday morning when a vehicle struck him on Adams Avenue ...
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Victoria dispatchers named the best in Texas
Victoria Advocate - Victoria,TX,USA
Though Smith was not on duty at the time of the bus accident, she listened to recordings of the 911 calls later and found the dispatchers' calmness to be ...
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Teen Hit By Car
WSAZ-TV - Huntington,WV,USA
But accidents do happen. I think right now what both parties need are the prayers and support of everyone. I know I will pray for both of them. accidents ...
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Fertilizers, mine suspected in algae bloom in Hernando bay
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Lately, there have been a large number of letters and news stories about how teenagers are causing accidents because of texting on their cell phones. ...
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Slippery conditions on roadways cause traffic accidents throughout ...
Morning Sentinel - portland,maine,USA
School Administrative District 9 of Farmington and 58 of Phillips allowed bus drivers an extra hour to get students to their schools Tuesday morning. ...
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Count it all joy? 11.26.08
By kiatanee
I thank God for His grace that I didn’t get into any accidents and that I got the one child back to his daycare. On the way back to the bus lot, some ignorant driver wanted to get in my way and I was already irritated because of ...
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Bus Accidents | Bay Area Transportation Authority Bus Injuries
By admin
I recently read about several people who were injured in Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) bus accidents. Four people have been injured this year due to improper safety belts and harnesses which were either not attached to their ...
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Recipe for an accident
By noreply@blogger.com (Elyani)
JAKARTA: A motorcyclist was killed by a Transjakarta bus on Jl. Latuharhari in South Jakarta on Friday morning when she tried to cross a busway lane. The City Police traffic management center reported Sri Wahyuni, from Ngawi, East Java, ...
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11/26/08
By Al M(Al M)
The two most frequent causes of severe bus accidents are drivers drifting out of the lane they’re traveling in and buses tipping over. Mercedes-Benz has two systems that help prevent such things from occurring: the Lane Assistant and . ...
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At least 22 killed in Ghana tanker explosion
By VIBE GHANA
Less than a month ago, a Mercedes Benz bus carrying mourners to Sunyani was involved in an accident on the Sunyani-Techiman road killing 22 of them, he said. The MCE advised the general public and motorists to obey road regulations to ...
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Extra Police in Subways After al Qaeda ‘Discussions’
New York Times - United States
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR The New York Police Department deployed extra officers and stepped up security measures in the subways and other mass-transit stations on ...
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Transit Outrage in Bay Ridge At Proposed MTA Slashes
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Harold Egeln (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-26-2008 By Harold Egeln BAY RIDGE — Bus riders waiting for a Third Avenue bus next year may ...
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UPDATE 1-New York warns of possible al Qaeda attack
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - US authorities have warned of a possible al Qaeda threat to transit systems in and around New York City, a Homeland Security ...
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Al Qaeda may target New York trains, feds say
CNN - USA
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal authorities have received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al Qaeda may have discussed targeting transit systems in ...
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Port Authority, drivers reach tentative agreement; strike averted
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
A strike by Port Authority of Allegheny County bus drivers was averted, after the transit agency and representatives of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local ...
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NJ Transit offering early holiday getaways
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEWARK, NJ - NJ Transit is offering extra trains and buses for commuters who want to get an early start to their Thanksgiving holiday. ...
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MTA launches cell phone transit delay alert service
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
8, 2007, storm that spawned a tornado in Brooklyn and dropped heavy rain in the metropolitan area, crippling transit systems. Many complained about the lack ...
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Transit study will get public look
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
By Craig Wolf • Poughkeepsie Journal • November 26, 2008 NEWBURGH - A major study on improving transit in the area west of the Hudson River has reached a ...
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SF considers congestion tolls on cars
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Drivers interviewed downtown Tuesday said having to pay an additional $6 probably would prompt them to take public transit, drive when the tolls aren't ...
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Metro taking advertisement proposal for another spin
Houston Chronicle - United States
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has about 2000 bus shelters in Houston, and the ads could mean $15 million to Metro in the first five years, according to ...
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Traveling Between NJ Transit, SEPTA Easier Than Ever
By Railfanning.org News Wire
NEWARK, NJ — Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, NJ Transit and SEPTA began a six-month effort promoting the ease of traveling between the two systems — including trips between Philadelphia and New York — with a simple ...
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Transit plan would get motorists out of cars
Drivers could pay $3 to enter, leave or pass through parts of San Francisco during morning and evening commutes under a proposal designed to push motorists out of their cars....
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Holiday Gift for Transit Union Boss
He gave NYers a lump of coal for X-mas in 2005, but the transit union head has a shiny new raise this holiday season.
NBC New York - Local News - http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/
NJ Transit offering early holiday getaways
NJ Transit is offering extra trains and buses for commuters who want to get an early start to their Thanksgiving holiday.
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Garrett Transit Service bracing for funding decrease of $118000
With the announcement from the Maryland Department of Transportation that there will be major cuts to the Garrett Transit Service, effective this fiscal year, adjustments will be made to services that are offered.
Cumberland Times-News-- Local News - http://www.times-news.com/