Monday, December 15, 2008

12/15/08

MAN AG Buys Volkswagen’s Brazilian Truck, Bus Unit
Bloomberg - USA
VW Truck & Bus, based in Resende, Brazil, will become part of MAN, Europe’s third-biggest truckmaker, on Jan. 1, the Munich- based company said today in a ...
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Cold temperatures snarl some school bus operations
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
The same problem is snarling bus operations in the Jefferson County School District. A school district spokesperson said some buses won't start and others ...
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SUV pins man in Pasadena bus stop accident
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA
By Brian Day PASADENA - A man waiting for the bus became pinned underneath an SUV Sunday after the vehicle jumped the curb and struck him, officials said. ...
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Two injured in Mahopac Falls school bus crash
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
MAHOPAC FALLS — The driver and a bus monitor were injured over the weekend when a private school bus was rear-ended by a pick-up truck whose driver was ...
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Bus Stop Shooting Leaves 1 Injured
WHIOtv.com - Dayton,OH,USA
DAYTON, Ohio -- Authorities in Dayton said one person were shot Sunday at a bus stop at the intersection of Santa Clara and Wheatley avenues. ...
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Frigid Weather Causes Bus Delays
KWCH - Wichita,KS,USA
USD 266 Maize is on a 2 hour delay this morning due to bus issues. AM Kindergarten is also cancelled. Officials with USD 265 Goddard say some buses are ...
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Bus plunges into Egypt canal killing 55
At least 55 dead after a Cairo bus veered off the road into a canal.
World News Australia - http://www.sbs.com.au/
Bus company boss set to leave
A BUS company boss has today announced his resignation from the post.
Evening Star 24 - News - http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/
Oh cool, it''s an AC bus shelter from Airtel
Partners with BIG Street to launch the facility in Bangalore.
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Fox News Mocks Atheist Bus Campaign: “Need a hug? Go to church!”
By Bram Janssen
Here’sa toe-twister for you. Once again, this makes me so happy we don’t have anyhing like Fox News here in The Netherlands. Apparently, the Christmas spirit should extend only to fellow Christians:
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57 killed in Egypt bus crash
Minya Governor Ahmed Diaa said the bus, with at least 70 passengers on board, swerved to avoid an oncoming pickup truck near a village close to the city of Minya, about 130 miles south of Cairo.
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‘Booze bus’ sweeps up City boys after they drown their Christmas ...
Times Online - UK
... “booze bus” ambulance, in response to the binge-drinking culture and the rising number of alcohol-related incidents which take up valuable resources. ...
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Two more armed robberies linked to bus hold-ups -
Thame - Oxfordshire, UK
Anyone with any information about any of these incidents is asked to contact Det Insp Morton at Oxford CID via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don’t want to talk ...
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11 Murdered in Violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Latin American Herald Tribune - Caracas,Venezuela
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO -- Ten men and a woman were murdered in several incidents over the past few hours in this northern border city across from El Paso, ...
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‘Inadequate’ security for NB-bound buses
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
The security presence at NBSTC bus terminus is also poor. “Minor incidents of crime often occur on these buses. A few months ago, a doctor was put on ...
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UK:‘Booze bus’ sweeps up City boys after they drown their ...
By Smart Partyer(Smart Partyer)
The ambulance service set up the treatment centre, along with a dedicated “booze bus” ambulance, in response to the binge-drinking culture and the rising number of alcohol-related incidents which take up valuable resources. ...
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9:45 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Boiling St
Traffic is traveling at 23 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 94.4; Boiling St.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/
Daily Crime Incidents for December 15, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
On 13/12/2008 at 1830 hrs near Karangalpadi Mangalore one unknown driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-B-3292 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against one Shakunthala R/o Ashoknagar Mangalore a pedestrian and ...
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FEW INCIDENTS DURING DAY OFF
By vhing(vhing)
On the way to the central bus station,there's another incident. I remember that I need to buy a plastic mattress cover of my old woman's bed.I asked the receipt and I staple it in the item.That is my old woman's attitudes every time I ...
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Video Of Picket by First Student UTU 1741 SF School Bus Drivers ...
By Labor Video Project(SF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay))
This company which recently purchased Laidlaw is in a war to bust the unions at these operations by firing bus drivers in violation of the contract and for incidents that have nothing to do with their driving record.
Indybay newswire - http://www.indybay.org/
REGION 2 SCHOOL BUS INCIDENT Release of Minors involved in School ...
Bus Incidents must be utilized for all children who will not be ... school bus incident, must contact the school superintendents in their district to ...
4 stabbed over seat sharing in Blueline
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
New Delhi In a case of road rage, four persons were allegedly stabbed over the sharing of a seat in a Blueline bus in the Nangloi area of Outer Delhi on ...
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Man stabbed in Blueline, robbed
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: Tarun Kanti Bose (46) was allegedly stabbed by three assailants inside a moving Blueline bus near Nath Cinema in Karol Bagh. ...
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Well done, Mrs D!
Hindustan Times - India
But beyond that, she was the chief minister who presided over the Bus Rapid Transit corridor, urban sealing, Blueline murders and repeated terrorist attacks ...
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Two killed in three separate road accidents
Times of India - India
The first was a hit-and-run case near Powai, where a BEST bus driver rammed into a motorcycle on Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road. ...
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Bus Plunges Into Canal: 53 Killed
Sky News - UK
Speeding, careless driving and poor road conditions are blamed for the high number of traffic accidents in Egypt. In August, a new highway code was ...
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AFP
At least 55 drowned as Egypt bus plunges into canal
AFP
Poor road conditions and vehicle upkeep compounded by lax traffic regulations cause thousands of accidents in Egypt each year. A new highway code came into ...
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AFP
At least 52 killed in Egypt bus crash
AFP
Poor road conditions and lax traffic regulations in Egypt cause thousands of accidents every year and a new highway code came into force in August with the ...
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'47 killed' in Egypt bus plunge
BBC News - UK
Poor roads and reckless driving are the cause of many road accidents in Egypt. Some reports said the accident happened when the bus driver swerved to avoid ...
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AFP
46 Egyptians killed in bus crash
AFP
BAHRUT, Egypt (AFP) — At least 46 Egyptians were killed when their bus plunged into a canal south of Cairo on Sunday, one of the deadliest road accidents in ...
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Egyptian bus plunges into canal, at least 47 dead
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
Reckless driving and poor road conditions cause many road accidents in Egypt. A series of road and rail accidents in recent years has sparked repeated ...
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Over 40 killed in bush crash in Egypt
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
Local officials said the bus swerved to avoid a collision with an oncoming truck. Road accidents are frequent in Egypt largely due to reckless driving and ...
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Bus and taxi companies may have to renew licences yearly
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Bus and taxi companies may have to renew their licences yearly and not between five and seven years as is the current practice, said Entrepreneur and ...
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Crime/Accidents for Dec. 12
Marshall Independent - Marshall,MN,USA
COTTONWOOD - No report was in on a school bus stop arm violation was reported at 9:57 am Wednesday on Northwood Drive, the Lyon County Sheriff's Department ...
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At least 51 killed in Egypt bus crash
At least 51 Egyptians were killed when their bus plunged into a canal south of Cairo on Sunday in one of the deadliest road accidents in Egypt in years, officials said. At least 60 people were in the public bus when it swerved into the ...
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51 killed in Egypt bus crash
By tony
At least 51 Egyptians were killed when their bus plunged into a canal south of Cairo on Sunday in one of the deadliest road accidents in Egypt in years, officials said.
Arab News Portal - http://arabnewsportal.com/
Storm causes accidents, road closures
A winter storm-related multivehicle accident involving a school bus caused an unknown number of injuries, but no fatalities, between Cody and Powell on Saturday, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
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from Italy, then France: accidental tourists
By nina(nina)
I never heard that term used for a bus. But it seems that everyone expects a bus. Or, because of the great number of us, perhaps many buses. But as I get my turn at the ticket counter, the agent says no, no bus. ...
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Little Orphan Old Fart !!!!!!!
By The Old Fart(The Old Fart)
I just kept reminding myself that I was going to drive defensively and avoid accidents if at all possible, and if someone run into me by not paying attention then it would be there fault. But watching out for the other driver and ...
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State Projects Not Ready
Hartford Courant - United States
There's only one problem: The most transformative transit initiatives here are not yet ready for construction. Commuter rail service between New Haven and ...
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Sic Transit Bernie Madoff
Forbes - NY,USA
Bernie Madoff confessed on Dec. 11 to running the biggest Ponzi scheme ever. Named for a prominent practitioner, Charles Ponzi (1882-1949), the con artist ...
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Delawareans stick with public transit
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
As an environmentalist, he has a built-in motivation to take mass transit, but started driving anyway for "ultimate flexibility"after his son was born a few ...
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Utahns are driving less, opting for public transit
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The Utah Transit Authority has seen an increased demand for services as the downturn in the economy encourages people to seek alternatives. ...
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Will more riders use expanded bus service? Metro Transit thinks so
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A planned addition to the 95th Avenue park-and-ride lot should add capacity for more north metro commuters to use transit. By MARIA ELENA BACA, Star Tribune ...
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Stimulus Package To First Pay for Routine Repairs
Washington Post - United States
"Unless we push a transit investment, this will end up being a stimulus package that rebalances our transportation strategy toward roads and away from ...
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WMATA On Google Transit: "Not In Our Best Interest"
DCist.com - Washington,DC,USA
It's information-deprived situations like these that lead people to wonder: What's taking so long with that Google Transit integration with WMATA that we've ...
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Metro Closes Doors on Google Transit
Metro needs to reconsider its rejection of Google Transit, according to a local blogger.
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Kitsap Transit tweaks proposed service reductions
The crowd was small but full of questions Tuesday afternoon as Kitsap Transit hosted a community meeting at Givens Community Center to present proposed changes to its routes and fares for next year.
News - Port Orchard - http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/news
Delawareans stick with public transit - The News Journal
By Google News
Delawareans stick with public transit The News Journal, DE - 5 minutes ago The switch to transit isn't having the same effect for Amtrak. Karina Romero, spokeswoman for Amtrak, said ridership boomed when gas prices were high, ... More. ...
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EDITORIAL: Put Mass Transit into High Gear: Even With Falling Gas ...
14--More and more Americans are voting for mass transit with their seats.
  • President-elect Obama should have that in mind when he takes office, and goes to make good on his recent promise to create the biggest public works ...
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  • Transit Soundoff: What are you doing differently? (Ottawa Citizen)
    By Yahoo! News Search Results for antivirus
    After three days of the transit strike, what are you doing differently?
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    At Least 47 Killed in Egypt Bus Crash
    Voice of America - USA
    By VOA News Egyptian security officials say at least 47 people were killed and 10 others injured when their bus plunged into an irrigation canal. ...
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    Will more riders use expanded bus service?
    Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
    read more or even more bus service up on the 252 corridor? More busses can't be added to Noble park and ride because of the parking situation, ...
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    Bus drivers consider new pay deal
    BBC News - UK
    Bus drivers in Bradford are to vote on a revised pay offer ahead of a planned three-day strike this week. More than 500 drivers voted for strike action ...
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    Woman steers school bus plan
    Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron,MI,USA
    The average school bus costs about $75000, Livingston said. But the school has enough in the bus fund to cover the purchase of new buses. ...
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    Cutler Bay provides free shuttle bus service for seniors during ...
    MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
    The town of Cutler Bay is providing a free shuttle bus service to seniors this holiday shopping season. 14-mile route between Cutler Bay senior living ...
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    Wausau Area Transit System Offering Free Bus Rides On Saturdays
    WSAW - Wausau,WI,USA
    The Wausau Area Transit System is offering free bus rides every Saturday through the end of this year. With more than three-quarters of a million people ...
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    North Allegheny school board, bus drivers sign six-year contract
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
    By Rachael Conway, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After nearly a year of negotiations, the North Allegheny school board and the district's bus drivers have agreed ...
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    Town's £3.5m bus station opened
    BBC News - UK
    The station in Halesowen features elecronic doors that open when the bus arrives and is part of a regeneration of the town centre. ...
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    53 killed in Egyptian bus crash
    A bus packed with passengers travelling along a narrow road in southern Egypt plunged into an irrigation canal, killing 53 people, government and security officials said.
    World News - MSN News UK - http://news.uk.msn.com/
    Bus Doctrine Rulers
    By As'ad(As'ad)
    "Instead, we gave power back to corrupt gunslingers who had been repudiated years before. If they helped us chase al-Qaeda, we didn't look too hard at their governing style. Often we helped them monopolize the new opportunities for gain ...
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    Little Red Riding Hood Missed the Bus (Perfect Paperback) newly ...
    ... Missed the Bus (Perfect Paperback)By Kristin Abraham Buy new: $10.00$10.002 used and new from $9.00 Customer Rating: First tagged ''poetry'' by KLA ''KLA'' Customer tags: poets, fractured fairytale, contempor... News widgets and RSS ...
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    At least 45 Egyptians killed in bus crash - World news
    BAHRUT, Egypt – At least 45 Egyptians were killed when their bus ran off the road and plunged into a canal south of Cairo on Sunday, a security official said. At least 60 people were in the public bus when it swerved into the canal to ...
    Euro News 24 - News - http://www.euronews24.org/
    Bus crash in Egypt kills 45
    At least 45 Egyptians were killed when their bus ran off the road and plunged into a canal south of Cairo, a security official said.
    Sky News - Anytime, Anywhere - http://www.skynews.com.au/rss/
    53 killed in Egyptian bus crash
    The Press Association
    A string of fatal accidents and fires have fuelled Egyptian anger at the government because of the belief that many of the incidents are due to official ...
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    Muntinlupa police beefs up security in malls, bus stations and ...
    Balita.org - Minsterley,England,UK
    “We need to make sure that no untoward incidents happen,” Jamias said in explaining the significance of the deployment of police security forces. ...
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    Fire catches Transjakarta bus, again
    By Cempaka(Cempaka)
    This is the third incident involving Transjakarta buses since the mass transportation system started operations in 2004. In February, a fire destroyed a compressed natural gas-powered Transjakarta bus, which was owned by PT Trans ...
    Cempaka Land, Water and Air - http://cempaka-transport.blogspot.com/
    INDIA'S DAILY TERRORISTS GO UN-NOTICED BY THE WORLD!?
    There is a strong need to investigate the correlation between the two incidents- The Mumbai episode & killing of Karkare and the ongoing enquiry into the Malegaon and other such incidents. Why is the media silent about the Malegaon ...
    Upliftthem 360, a Blog by Saint - http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-63aiBacka6qVyRPWST5KGd4S
    Himachal Police – Where is the policing?
    By noreply@blogger.com (Shimlaite)
    In the first incident, 6 Nepalis were caught at Chandigarh, Sector-17 bus station carrying 12 gelatin sticks, 6 detonators, 2 Nobel D-Gel sticks and seven meter of fuse wire in the early morning hours on December 9. ...
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    Wheelchair friendly, but you can’t board
    By Ivan Chew
    For these passengers’ safety, said Ms Tan, “bus captains will not allow them to board if they are not plying wheelchair-accessible routes. This was what happened in the incidents cited by Mr Lee.” ...
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    Drive responsibly — stay alive
    The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
    There is strong evidence that many of those injured or killed in accidents were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident — pedestrians and ...
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    Mobile Mechanical Workshop for Returning Haj Pilgrims
    Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
    “No serious accidents were reported among the bus convoys of the pilgrims since the start of their return from Saudi Arabia.” he said. ...
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    Bus driver honored for extraordinary safety record
    Online Athens - Athens,GA,USA
    Handy sits in his bus at the Multimodal Center on East Broad Street as he completes a loop Tuesday. Handy has been accident-free for the 30 years he has ...
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    Three killed, nine injured in Bihar road accidents
    Times of India - India
    In another accident involving a private bus and truck near Manjihari village in Bihar's Aurangabad district on Saturday under mufassil police station, ...
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    I'm awake... enough already!
    By Ev(Ev)
    They're loud. As well, we live across the street from a mall. By 6:00 am, they have their parking lot cleared. They use snow plows, too. Did I mention that they're noisy? And then there are the sirens. First snowfall = accidents. ...
    Strings 'n Things - http://stringthings.blogspot.com/
    traveling in a developing nation
    By Hannah Murray(Hannah Murray)
    A few miles outside of Puerto Supe, the bus came to a stop. "Flexibility" is my new middle name, and I didn't mind adding some time to our 4 hour bus ride. I assumed there was an accident in the road until we all had to get off the bus ...
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    Bay Area transportation chief Heminger said to be atop short list...
    San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
    At the helm of the MTC, Heminger has been a major proponent of interlinking mass transit systems and also backs the controversial idea of congestion pricing ...
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    New York’s Boom Was Good for Transit
    New York Times - United States
    Instead, virtually the entire increase in New Yorkers’ means of transportation during those robust years occurred in mass transit, with a surge in subway, ...
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    Editorial: Picking up support for transit
    Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
    A local-option plan to expand rail transit in North Texas picked up support last week from a group crucial to its success – one-time critics on the region's ...
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    Transit projects taxpayers can trust
    Boston Globe - United States
    The successful measures included sales tax hikes for transit in both Los Angeles County and the Seattle metro area and property tax hikes for roads in ...
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    All forms of transit require us to pay
    Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
    Whenever I hear opponents of light rail complain that the system should generate revenue, operate without the benefit of taxpayer dollars or that riders of ...
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    Medill Reports: Chicago
    Obama's stimulus plan offers opportunity for Chicago mass transit
    Medill Reports - Chicago,IL,USA
    The commuter railroad exemplifies transit projects across the country in desperate need of funding. Mass transit proponents are looking to President-elect ...
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    Driving less and the case for mass transit
    Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
    Americans are apparently no longer as transit-adverse as we once were. A big switch to mass transit marked past economic slowdowns as well -- with each ...
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    Wolf wants committee for transit issues in Virginia
    Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA
    BY JIM NOLAN Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, is urging Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to name a blue-ribbon commission on transportation to be led by two former Virginia ...
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    Premier urges talks to bring end to Ottawa transit strike
    CTV.ca - Canada
    Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is asking both sides of the Ottawa transit dispute to return to the bargaining table as traffic delays continue to cripple ...
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    Transit remand for Ansari
    Hindu - Chennai,India
    LUCKNOW: The Crime Branch of the Mumbai police on Friday secured an open transit remand for Mohammad Faheem Ansari, an accused in the terrorist attack on ...
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    Transit project unearths artifacts
    Associated Press - December 13, 2008 11:35 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A hint of day-to-day life in Knoxville more than a century ago is emerging from the construction site of a new bus...
    WREG - CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS - http://www.wreg.com/global/category.asp?c=83992
    Sound Transit seeks public comment on East Link light rail options
    Sound Transit has opened a 75-day public comment period on the Draft EIS, including the route alternatives examined in the study to inform the Board as it prepares to identify a preferred alternative next year.
    Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org/
    Obama's stimulus plan offers opportunity for Chicago mass transit ...
    By Google News
    Obama's stimulus plan offers opportunity for Chicago mass transit Medill Reports, IL - 3 hours ago France’s TGV (train à grande vitesse, or high-speed train) runs entirely on electric power and can regularly reach speeds of up to 200 ...
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    Don't lose sight of mass transit gains - The Connecticut Post Online
    By noreply@blogger.com (Christopher Zurcher)
    Don't lose sight of mass transit gains - The Connecticut Post Online: "The high cost of a gallon of gasoline for most of this year moved many Americans to use mass transit, including here in Connecticut. With the price of gasoline ...
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    Obama's stimulus plan offers opportunity for Chicago mass transit ...
    By new orleans streetcar - Google News
    Obama's stimulus plan offers opportunity for Chicago mass transit Medill Reports, IL - 3 hours ago That’s the same as the ninth ward of New Orleans.” Turner would like to see the line extend along the Union Pacific Railroad , “through ...
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    Children die in Nepal bus crash
    BBC News - UK
    A crowded bus has veered off a highway in southern Nepal, killing more than 20 people, most of them schoolchildren, police have said. ...
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    4 Killed in Shooting by US At a Bus Carrying Afghans
    New York Times - United States
    By AP KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — United States soldiers opened fire on a bus carrying civilians Friday in central Afghanistan, killing four passengers after ...
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    CAR, SCHOOL BUS COLLIDE
    Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
    An East Patchogue man was seriously injured when his car hit a school bus in Medford Friday, police said. No children were on the bus. ...
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    Las Vegas bus stop study looking at safety issues
    San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
    Officials say the safety of more than 3000 bus stops in and around Las Vegas is being studied after several recent deaths from vehicles crashing into bus ...
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    8th Annual Year in Ideas One-room School Bus, The
    New York Times - United States
    By PAUL TOUGH Kids who live in the tiny timber community of Grapevine, Ark., spend up to three hours a day riding the yellow school bus to and from Sheridan ...
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    Public Citizen: Bus drivers know strike may ruin their Christmas
    Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
    Are the hardships caused by the bus strike really getting you down? Please let us know. Contact: thepubliccitizen@ thecitizen.canwest.com.
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    8th Annual Year in Ideas
    New York Times - United States
    By CLIVE THOMPSON You arrive at the bus stop to catch the ride to work, but the bus isn’t there. Your destination isn’t very far, so you think, Hmm, ...
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    Driver, occupant of car that hits bus hospitalized
    Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
    Cops: Vehicle hitting school bus lost control in snowy Hazle Twp.; moderate injuries for men in car. By Edward Lewis elewis@timesleader.com HAZLE TWP. ...
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    Danville launches new bus service for $1 a ride
    WZTV - Nashville,TN,USA
    (AP) -- A Danville bus service once reserved just for the elderly and disabled is preparing to open its doors to the general public for $1 a ride. ...
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    13-Year-Old Girl Struck While Walking To Bus Stop
    KRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
    LITTLETON - A 13-year-old girl walking to a bus stop was flung into the air and seriously injured Friday morning when she was struck from behind by a ...
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    Car smashes into Hazleton Area school bus
    JEDDO — Three men and at least two school children were hurt when a car slammed head-on into a Hazleton Area School District bus along Route 940 in Japan Jeddo on Friday morning.
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    Portland parents speak out against losing bus service
    PORTLAND — A number of parents are beset by anxiety over the prospect of losing the only school bus service they have known.
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    Changes in bus driver policies
    The Loudon County School Board is making some changes regarding its policies on hiring and drug testing bus drivers.
    WATE - __Local/State/US News... - http://www.wate.com/global/category.asp?c=71403
    Calif. adopts tough bus, truck pollution rule
    The state Air Resources Board unanimously approved the new rule despite warnings that it could cause many of California's small trucking companies to stop operating. Many of them rely on the older, di... RSS news feeds and Widgets on ...
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    NATO troops kill 3 Afghan bus riders
    Troops with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan killed three bus passengers Friday after the vehicle veered toward their patrol, the force said in a statement.
    World News by Speeple - http://news.speeple.com/
    Fire catches Transjakarta bus, again
    Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
    Nurmansjah Lubis, the secretary of City Council Commission B for economic affairs, blamed the poor management of Transjakarta for the incidents. ...
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    HOP bus involved in early morning accident
    Daily Camera - CO,USA
    Blacksher said HOP buses have been involved in four minor incidents this year, only one of which involved another vehicle.
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    :. "Resolve conflicts, ensure peace" Fazl-ur-Rehman
    Kashmir Watch - Islamabad,Pakistan
    ¡ñ Talks are going on between the two countries but it is very unfortunate that whenever there is a forward movement some untoward incidents takes place ...
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    City's population suddenly jumps as Census Bureau admits mistake
    San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
    If it suddenly seemed a lot more crowded on your Muni bus or at the neighborhood grocery store Friday, it's because an additional 34209 people were suddenly ...
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    Another trip to Boston…
    By Trakmaniak(Trakmaniak)
    In slew of making it out to Boston many multiple times in May of last year, I had many different incidents with the various ways I have transported myself to and from, most of all the very bus incidents that I have endured. ...
    Crazy Bandana - http://trakmaniak.blogspot.com/
    9:21 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
    Traffic is traveling at 23 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
    NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/
    Do we Still need Proof of Terrorism?
    By CriticalRebel(CriticalRebel)
    4108 terrorist incidents occurring in India between the years 1970 and 2004. During this period, India ranked sixth among all countries in terms of terrorist incidents (behind Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, the United Kingdom and Northern ...
    Modern Indian - http://criticalrebel.blogspot.com/
    Of the short memory of the people of Tamil Nadu and its leaders ...
    By vkms(vkms)
    Do the People of Tamil Nadu, living peacefully now want incidents of this nature happen in their own land? Had not the Mumbai disaster atleast, taught a lesson to Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, that terrorism is not a thing that should be ...
    Sandeshaya Blogspot - Latest... - http://sandeshaya.blogspot.com/

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