Sunday, November 2, 2008

11/2/08

Chicagoist
Election Day Rally Creates Transit Challenges
Chicagoist - Chicago,IL,USA
The CTA, Metra and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications are all working to handle the throngs of people expected to show up at Tuesday ...
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Transit boss feels pain of unhappy riders
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By DAVE DORMER, SUN MEDIA The head of Calgary's transit union isn't surprised the Citizen Satisfaction Survey released by the city on Friday shows 37% of ...
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THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY’S RACIST, ANTI UNION “EX OFFENDER ...
By gangbox
CHICAGO—Over the past year, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) together with Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Democratic Party machine has rolled out an “Ex-Offender Apprentice Program.” Under this program, ex-convicts are hired at a paltry ...
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No Negligence Seen Involving Boy Killed By Bus
Hartford Courant - United States
WATERBURY - Police said Saturday that they don't expect criminal charges will be filed in the death of a 2-year-old boy who was struck by a school bus being ...
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Chowchilla bus hijacked approved for parole
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The men commandeered a bus carrying 26 children near Chowchilla, took them to a quarry near Livermore and placed them in buried furniture van. ...
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Overtaking bus slams into car in Pampanga; 5 dead, 56 hurt
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
(UPDATED 11:54 pm) MANILA, Philippines — At least five people, including a priest, were killed in a head-on collision between a packed passenger bus and a ...
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Beheading threat spooks Greyhound bus passengers in Manitoba
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
WINNIPEG - Joseph Egan doesn't think he'll ever board a Greyhound bus again after a passenger threatened to behead him Friday. "I moved to the middle of the ...
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Three critical after bus rollover in northern BC
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
FORT NELSON, BC -- Three people were critically injured when a Greyhound bus rolled over near Prophet River, BC, about 200 kilometres south of the Northwest ...
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Bus conductor pushes boy to death
Times of India - India
HYDERABAD: A 13-year-old died after he was pushed out by the conductor of a city-based running bus in this Andhra Pradesh capital on Sunday. ...
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Goal.com
Fans Attack Team Bus At Trigoria
Goal.com - Switzerland
And they also awaited their return from Piemonte last night, as news agency Ansa has revealed that around 100 fans were at Trigoria when the bus arrived ...
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15-Year-Old Florida Girl Robbed at Gunpoint at School Bus Stop
FOXNews - USA
TAMPA — A gunman robbed a 15-year-old girl waiting at a school bus stop, according to Tampa police. The girl's mother told The Tampa Tribune that she was ...
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LOCAL NEWS: (UPDATE) 6 dead in bus, SUV collision in Mabalacat
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines
They included the driver and the lone passenger of the Revo and four passengers of the Fermex Bus Lines. The accident, she said, happened after the ...
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UNC health care worker killed by bus
A radiology technician with the UNC health care system was struck and killed by a bus on Monday near the clinic where she worked.
ChapelHillNews.com - News - http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/
CHOWCHILLA Bus hijacker eligible for parole
One of three men who helped kidnap a busload of Chowchilla schoolchildren more than 30 years ago has been deemed suitable for parole.
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Boy dies after being pushed out of running bus
A 13-year-old boy died on the spot when he came under the rear wheels of a RTC bus here on Sunday after the bus conductor allegedly pushed him out of a running bus, police said.
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Foreclosure tour bus rolls into Houston
A tour bus more commonly found in California, Florida, Arizona—the states with the highest number of foreclosures—is in Houston now. Real estate broker Kevin Riles bought the...
Houston, TX News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/news/houston-tx
Bus drivers demand protection
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Similar incidents occur regularly in Brampton, said Stan Dera, the union head there. "There is no border on things like that. ...
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Commuters get no benefit of fuel price hike: Bus operators charge ...
The New Nation - Bangladesh
However, the Traffic Department of police has launched a special drive in the city yesterday to check such incidents. During the drive police will check ...
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Three agencies investigating death of BART worker
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Three agencies are investigating Tuesday's fatal accident involving a Bay Area Rapid Transit worker. BART officials say 44-year-old James Strickland died ...
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SBS Transit fined $9300, SMRT $1000 for lapses in bus services
Channel News Asia - Singapore
SINGAPORE: The Public Transport Council has fined SBS Transit S$9300 and SMRT Buses S$1000 for lapses in service standards in the six months from December ...
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$2.5B estimate for Kobayashi's mass-transit plan
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Mayoral candidate Ann Kobayashi released details yesterday of her new mass-transit plan, saying it would be cheaper and more effective at reducing traffic ...
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Driver, dog injured when car collides with NJ Transit train
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland,NJ,USA
A westbound NJ Transit train, which had just left the Hammonton Rail Station on Line Street a few blocks away, struck the car. The man, who appeared to be ...
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A bus transit power struggle
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Grendahl serves on the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority -- the public transportation provider for Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Savage and Rosemount. ...
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Man charged with assault in transit center stabbing
Seattle Times - United States
A 19-year-old man accused of stabbing another man near the Federal Way Transit Center last month has been charged with second-degree assault. ...
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Busy Rose Quarter Transit Center gets controversial bike lane
Changes are being made to the Rose Quarter Transit Center intended to increase bicycle safety by reducing conflicts between the growing number of riders and TriMet bus drivers using the area. They include rerouting some of the buses and ...
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3 Vying For Transit Agency Job
The region's transportation authority is a step closer to picking a permanent executive director.
TBO News Metro - http://www2.tbo.com/content/list/news/metro/

AFP
Seven killed in Myanmar bus explosion: police
AFP
YANGON (AFP) — Seven passengers were killed and one was injured when a bus exploded in Myanmar's main city Yangon early Monday morning, a police official ...
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Durban bus dispute still unresolved
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Remant Alton buses are still non-operational due to the ongoing bus strike in Durban and if this continues it will resort to its second back-up plan, ...
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Funeral set for student shot on CTA bus
ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA
... and friends were set to gather Monday morning to pay their final respects to a Chicago Public Schools student shot and killed while riding a CTA bus. ...
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Rail passengers to be put on bus between Haverhill and Lawrence ...
Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
Part of the trip will include a bus ride between Haverhill and Lawrence for some trains. Due to scheduled replacement of rails and ties on the inbound track ...
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24 Hurt As Bus Plunges Into Ravine
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
TAWAU, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- Twenty four people were hurt, four of them seriously, when the bus they were in skidded and plunged into a 50-metre deep ravine ...
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(Update) 4 hurt as billboard collapses on QC bus terminal - report
MANILA, Philippines - Four people were reportedly injured after a billboard toppled by strong winds crashed down on a bus terminal in Quezon City Monday afternoon.
GMA News.tv - http://www.gmanews.tv/

Police investigate gun scares on bus, at business
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
HALIFAX - Police are investigating two unrelated incidents involving concealed weapons that the owners inadvertently revealed to witnesses. ...
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