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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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.
News from www.pottsmerc.com - http://www.pottsmerc.com/
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. ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/
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 ...
Manveri - http://flying-angelfox.livejournal.com/
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 ...
short bus chronicles - http://shortbuschronicles.wordpress.com/
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 ...
michigancaraccidentlawyerblog.com - http://www.michigancaraccidentlawyerblog.com/
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, ...
Elyani's Place - http://elyanigunadi.blogspot.com/
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 . ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/
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 ...
Railfanning.org News Wire - http://railfanning.org/news/
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....
San Francisco, CA News RSS Feed... - http://www.yourstreet.com/news/san-francisco-ca
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.
Philadelphia News, New Jersey,... - http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/channel?section=news/local&id=5755561
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/

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