Thursday, November 6, 2008

11/6/08

Fatal bus fire on German motorway
Tehran Times - Iran
Up to 20 people have been killed and several injured in a bus fire on a motorway near Hanover in Germany. The bus had been traveling to Berlin when the fire ...
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Sound Transit hashing out details
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
New routes for the additional 100000 hours of annual bus service on the agency's Regional Express buses must be decided and run by commuters before they're ...
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The other boys on the bus
Financial Times - London,England,UK
FirstGroup's interim results - the first full six-month period to include the rail and bus company's acquisition of Laidlaw of the US just over a year ago ...
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Sixteen-year-old boy killed in collision with empty school bus in ...
The Canadian Press - WAKAW, Sask.
The RCMP say charges are likely in a fatal collision involving a school bus and a 16-year-old boy. The crash happened about 50 kilometres north of Wakaw, ...
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Bus runs between Marshfield and Braintree eliminated
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy,MA,USA
By Sydney Schwartz About two dozen riders who take the bus to the Braintree MBTA station each morning will have to revamp their commutes. ...
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Tulare Union bus involved in crash with two other vehicles
Visalia Times-Delta - Visalia,CA,USA
A Tulare Joint Union High School District school bus going to pick up students from Tulare Union High School was involved in a traffic crash about 10 am ...
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Phantom bus rides cost $100m
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
MORE than $200 million of the State Government school transport subsidy is spent on unused bus rides and providing free bus travel for students who bypass ...
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Bus blast kills at least eight in southern Russia
AFP
The blast tore apart a bus packed with students in a busy main square in the centre of Vladikavkaz, a city in the North Ossetia region of the restive ...
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More than 20 dead in Philippine bus, ferry accidents
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Local television reports say an overtaking truck hit a passenger van head-on on the island of Mindanao. The driver of the truck was injured and taken into ...
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Bus Arson Victims Thank Canberra
By Ryan
The South Australian school and Bus Drivers who were victims of the recent Arson attack have thanked the Canberra community for their help and support. Two coaches were destroyed following the attack in the early hours of Thursday 30 ...
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11 killed in Russian bus blast
A bomb has exploded on a bus in the southern Russian region of North Ossetia today, killing 11 people, Interfax news agency reported, citing an unidentified source in the law enforcement agencies.
ireland.com Breaking News - http://www.irishtimes.com/breakingnews
Marion County deputies investigate shcool bus shooting
By news@scnow.com (SCNow)(SCNow)
Marion County deputies say someone driving by a school bus shot into the windshield. It happened Wednesday on Highway 41 near the Brittons Neck Community.
Local News for SCNow - http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/
Lawsuit filed in bus-truck crash
OCALA - A Marion County woman who pulled her two children from a burning school bus after it was struck by a semitrailer in September is now striking back with a lawsuit against the driver of the truck, his transport company and the ...
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Your Money Bus Tour comes to Albany tomorrow
By Eric Anderson, Deputy business editor
The bus will be at Empire State Plaza from 8 am to 5 pm A symposium on understanding debt, saving and ensuring financial well-being will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, although no location has yet been announced. ...
The Buzz: Business news - http://blogs.timesunion.com/business/
DOH exec: Road accidents 4th leading cause of RP deaths
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
After the deadly road accident, a series of road incidents involving buses transpired in Pampanga, Mandaluyong City and Cavite. - GMANews.TV.
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Govt mulls stiffer penalties on reckless drivers
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
Suansing said they had no prior knowledge that Marianito Madrid, the driver in the deadly Joanna Jesh bus incident, already has seven traffic offenses under ...
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MMDA: Undisciplined drivers usually cause mishaps along EDSA
Balita.org - Minsterley,England,UK
... 21 along EDSA in Quezon City as well as other similar incidents, were due to the recklessness of the drivers, particularly passenger bus drivers. ...
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Teenage girl assaulted on bus in Northampton
Northampton Chronicle & Echo - Northampton,England,UK
Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incidents, particularly a woman with a buggy who was on the bus, to come forward. ...
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Kaplan woman slaps suit on deaf school
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
... after a 16-year-old boy was accused of assaulting an female elementary-school student on a bus. A chaperone was immediately fired after the incident. ...
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Driver leaves child on Route 9
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
Ms. Doyle said she had not been informed of any previous incidents involving her daughter on the bus. Mr. Bent was also unaware of any previous incidents ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for November 06, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 05/11/2008 at 1015 hrs WPI Women PS on rounds arrested one Bindu (32) R/o Prabhakara R/o Kana Surathkal Mangalore who was soliciting for prostitution at public place near Service bus stand at Mangalore. ...
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Collision - Ambulance - Blocking Lane
1:28PM: 1039 A1; 1:26PM: 112-193 /// 2 LANES ARE BLOCKED // ROLL 1185 FB PLZ; 1:24PM: PER ANOTHER INVD PRTY//THE SIL VEH HIT HER VEH - VV:PARATRANSIT BUS/BUS HAS 4 DISABLED PRTYS ON BOARD/RP IS 1023 ON LHS/STATES SHE IS SLIGHTLY BEHIND ...
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Over 5000 killed in 20000 Himachal accidents in eight years
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Police officials said there were 186 bus accidents in 2004 in which 179 people were killed. Of these, 152 accidents pertained to private buses while ...
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1 killed, 16 hurt as bus rams into house in Cavite
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
However, unlike in recent bus accidents, the fatality was not a passenger but rather a resident of one of the three houses that the Jethro Liner bus rammed ...
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Owners overlook vehicle roadworthiness test
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Data from the city's traffic police for 2003-2007 show that Kopaja vehicles were involved in 379 accidents in that period, while Metromini minibuses were ...
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Bus drivers in predawn EDSA collision taken in for questioning
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
Earlier reports quoted passengers of the JRMS Transport bus as claiming Saygo was racing another bus when it hit an HM Liner bus near SM Megamall. ...
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Father of School Bus Crash Victim Angry
Eyewitness News Memphis - TN, USA
The bus driver and the driver of the car will be okay. We asked Memphis City Schools for a list of all the school bus accidents this year. ...
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UT fixes speed for school buses at 40 kmph
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... by the bus operators. There have been many accidents in Chandigarh in the past, which were a result of reckless driving by the drivers of school buses. ...
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Bus franchise in danger of suspension
Inquirer.net - Philippines
... of two bus companies – Joanna Jesh Transport and Fermina Express Bus – after their buses were involved in accidents that left several people dead. ...
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School bus drivers to get safety training
Globe and Mail - Canada
The training is a key recommendation from an independent review called by Premier Ed Stelmach after two fatal school bus accidents. ...
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Himachal begins probe into bus accident that killed 46
SINDH TODAY - Sindh,Pakistan
A police official said that there were 186 bus accidents in 2004 in which 179 people died. Out of these, 152 pertained to private buses while Himachal ...
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Bus conductors 'most likely to crash'
MyFinances.co.uk - London,UK
Bus conductors top the list, with an accident rate of 16 per cent, metallurgists are close behind and GPs come third. The health professions feature heavily ...
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45 killed in HP bus accident
By Indic Post Main Bureau
Shimla, November 4: A bus accident in a popular hill resort in Himachal Pradesh has killed 45 people and left five more seriously wounded. The accident happened after the bus plunged 198 meters into a gorge near the Kufri resort in the ...
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School bus accident east of Omak, Washington
As a precautionary measure, all the students aboard the bus and the driver were taken to Mid Valley Hospital in Omak after the bus accident. The students were examined, treated and released. It appears as if no one suffered any serious ...
Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog - http://www.seattlecaraccidentlawyerblog.com/
TRUCK ACCIDENTS STILL CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY IN ORANGE COUNTY AND ...
Normally truck accidents are associated with speeding, blown tires or weather problems. However a new study by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, has concluded that many trucker and bus accidents are actually caused by sick ...
Southern California Injury Law Blog - http://www.californiainjurylawyerblog.com/
School bus involved in I-75 accidents
Nov 4, 2008 ... WEST CHESTER TWP. — The Hamilton Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol said two crashes — one involving a school bus — on northbound Interstate 75 ...

Sound Transit calls Prop. 1 a gift "to our grandchildren"
Seattle Times - United States
Sound Transit leaders today congratulated Seattle-area voters for giving future generations a regional train system. Proposition 1, the $17.9 billion ...
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Mass Transit Now defies naysayers in big win
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Redmond,WA,USA
Well, King County has finally finished counting most of the votes cast at the polls (over 99% as of this morning) and Sound Transit Proposition 1 still has ...
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Winners of AC Transit, BART board seats
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
(11-05) 07:36 PST OAKLAND -- Two AC Transit incumbent board members coasted easily to re-election Tuesday, as did a BART board member. ...
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Pittsburgh-area transit drivers may walk Dec. 1
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
1 if the Pittsburgh area's transit agency imposes a new contract on them that day. The Port Authority of Allegheny County Board last month voted to approve ...
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Transit Referendum News Roundup
By johnwirtz
The transit measure, Proposition 1, was far ahead in Snohomish County, with close to half the expected mail-in votes counted. It also took a huge lead in King County and was narrowly ahead in Pierce County. ...
Xing Columbus - http://xingcolumbus.wordpress.com/
Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust resists transit ...
>A move to mingle Miami-Dade transportation surtax revenues with general transit dollars is meeting resistance at the county's Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust, where some members insist the county must find a way to keep its ...
Miami Today News - http://www.miamitodaynews.com/
Public Transit Agencies May Pay Billions for Risky Deals with Bankers
San Francisco is suddenly at risk of paying $140 million to bankers who six years ago convinced the city to use its Muni trains in a $1 billion sham tax shelter. Cities such as Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York are suddenly ...
AltWeeklies.com News - http://www.altweeklies.com/
Time to get rolling on rail transit project
In a down-to-the-wire race, voters wisely gave the city's rail transit project the green light — validating the steel-on-steel system as the more prudent course for Honolulu.
Honolulu, HI News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/news/honolulu-hi
150 bus rapid transit stations expected: Radebe
JOHANNESBURG - Some 150 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations will be up and running in a few years from now, transport minister Jeff Radebe said at the launch of the first BRT station in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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High-Profile Mass Transit Accidents Cause for Worry?
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The recent crash involving a bus and semitrailer near Ann Arbor, Michigan is just the latest example of high-profile accidents involving common carriers. ...
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Protecting the public
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Of the 60 fatal bus accidents in this country over the past 10 years, 11 involved buses that were unsafe or illegal, American Bus Association Vice President ...
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21 die in tour bus plunge
By changthai11
Bus driver Jaturong Muangkham, 40, was killed in the accident which occurred about 3.30am yesterday. There were 51 people on board the bus - 43 students, three teachers, the driver and four bus crew. The bus, owned by Jaturong tour ...
Thailand News | Thailand Daily... - http://news.tourthailand.org

City's rail transit briefings for public start Tuesday
The city will hold a series of community meetings from Tuesday through Oct. 23 to further inform residents about Honolulu's rail transit project.
Honolulu Advertiser - Local news - http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com
More than 11000 School Bus and Transit Workers Join the Teamsters ...
By Richard
In just under two years since the Teamsters Union began its intense campaign to organize school bus and transit workers aroung the country, the Union announced this week that it has hit the 11700 worker mark! ...
Union Review - Labor Movement... - http://unionreview.com
Bus shooting suspect denied bail
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
BY ANNIE SWEENEY Crime Reporter Riders diving for cover, a teenager fatally shot in the head and also, outside the bus, Milton Wardlaw, firing the gun that ...
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LAX Flyaway bus service fares to increase
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The price of a bus ticket to Los Angeles International Airport aboard a FlyAway bus will increase on New Year’s Day. The Los Angeles Board of Airport ...
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School bus crash sends 13 to hospital
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg,PA,USA
By ROXANN MILLER Senior Correspondent Rear ended: A Dodge Durango collided with the rear of a Tuscarora School District school bus Friday morning on ...
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One dead in accident involving school bus in Jerusalem Township
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
An Oregon man was killed early Friday when a car and a school bus collided in Jerusalem Township, authorities said. Michael Plasencio, 67, was pronounced ...
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Greyhound cutbacks leave dwindling choices for Vt. bus riders
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
By Sarah Hinckley Times Argus Staff MONTPELIER – Judy Baldwin's last ride on a Greyhound bus involved driving through a construction site, two stops in the ...
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Stoddard County school bus crash seriously injures six
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
By Mike McCoy and Noreen Hyslop Six people in this sport utility vehicle were injured Thursday afternoon after a collision with a school bus in Grayridge, ...
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Bus in Thailand carrying students crashes, kills 22
USA Today - USA
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A bus packed with university students and teachers slammed into a hillside in eastern Thailand before dawn Friday, killing at least ...
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Boston Globe
Rival charged with killing teen passenger on T bus
Boston Globe - United States
By John R. Ellement Stuck in late-afternoon traffic near a major Dorchester crossroad, the MBTA bus was under attack by a furious group of teens, ...
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Contra Costa Transit Center Will Speed Up Bus Travel
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Dana Guzzetti)
Carpools and buses will be easier to use when the new Intermodal Transit Hub and Diablo Valley College transit center are completed.
MassTransitMag.com: Bus News - http://www.masstransitmag.com


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