Wednesday, December 24, 2008

12/26/08

Compressed gas leaks from MBTA bus
Boston Globe - United States
By Globe Staff A leak was discovered this morning in the compressed natural gas tank on top of an MBTA bus traveling in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, ...
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CDTA raises bus fares to close budget gap
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Faced with a $12.6 million budget gap in 2009-10, the Capital District Transportation Authority board voted Tuesday to increase bus fares by as much as 50 ...
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Investigation of bus fire due in early January
Winona Post - Winona,MN,USA
By Cynthya Porter An independent investigation into the school bus fire that rattled a Winona Middle School boys basketball team ten days ago is underway, ...
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Miami-Dade bus driver charged in hit-and-run
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Passengers screamed when a Miami-Dade County bus hit a man on a bike, but police say the driver just kept going. BY JOSE PAGLIERY Passengers aboard a ...
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Greek police: 2 weapons used against bus
International Herald Tribune - France
AP ATHENS, Greece: Greek police say two weapons were used in a shooting attack on a riot police bus in Athens. None of the 19 policemen on board was injured ...
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Readers vent about Metro bus service during snowstorms
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
After several days of intermittent Metro bus service because of the winter storms, some people are getting frustrated. We asked seattlepi.com readers to ...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Bus situation in tatters downtown
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
At the Third Avenue and Pike Street bus stop Tuesday night, passengers stampede a Metro bus headed for Rainier Valley in Seattle. ...
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MIDDLETOWN: Ex-School Bus Driver Sent To Prison In Sexual Assault
Hartford Courant - United States
A former Regional School District 13 bus driver who admitted to having improper contact with elementary school boys on his route, including a kindergarten ...
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CDTA raises basic price for riding the bus
Schenectady Gazette - Schenectady,NY,USA
By Stephen Williams (Contact) CAPITAL REGION — For thousands of riders, the cost of taking the bus will go up on April 1. ...
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Test shows new bus lanes are faster
Aspen Daily News - Aspen,CO,USA
by Curtis Wackerle, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer The new bus lanes on Highway 82 from the Aspen Airport Business Center to the roundabout appear to be ...
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Roadlink bus impounded in FS: South Africa: News: News24
News24: South Africa: News: Roadlink bus impounded in FS: Free State police have impounded an SA Roadlink bus on the N6 between Reddersburg and Bloemfontein.
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Pedestrian hit by bus - Sunderland Echo
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Seven Russian tourists killed in Sinai bus crash - Africa
CAIRO - Seven Russian tourists died and others were injured in a bus crash on a mountain road in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. At least 17 people ...
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Bullets Fired at Greek Police Bus: Bullets Fired at Greek Police Bus
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Daily Herald | Naperville prodding commuters to bus in to Metra ...
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News Video, Scary Seattle bus ride. - Automotive - Sports cars ...
Two chartered buses slid down an icy, snow-covered cobblestone street in Seattle and crashed through a guardrail Friday. They stopped just before they.

Bus refuses to run Ormskirk's St Bede’s Catholic High School
Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser - West Lancashire,Lancashire,UK
In his letter Mr Vickers outlined a series of incidents which had happened on the bus including children throwing paint on the inside of the top deck and ...
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Police blotter
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
She was released pending a court appearance. This report is gathered by Daily Record staff reporters and reflects official police descriptions of the incidents.
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There's no business like snow business (Slideshow)
Daily Astorian - OR, USA
Few weather-related incidents occurred over the weekend in South Clatsop County, according to emergency personnel. A Sunset Empire Transit District bus went ...
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Alcohol-linked 999 calls soar
Newham Recorder - London,England,UK
999 AMBULANCE calls to alcohol-related incidents in Newham have soared 16 per cent in the last year, figures reveal. The increase, the sixth highest in ...
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spdk: Daily Crime Incidents for December 24, 2008
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On 23/12/2008 at 2100 hrs accused unknown 6 perons forming into unlawful assembly near City bus stand at Statebank Mangalore and abused one Roshan Manoj D Souza (30) R/o Farangipete Mangalore in filthy language and assaulted him with ...
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Bus, police car slide on the ice - SalemNews.com, Salem, MA
Bus, police car slide on the ice. By Tom Dalton Staff writer. SALEM — A school bus and a Salem State College police car were involved in separate incidents yesterday on icy streets. The bus slid into a snowbank on Trader's Way at about ...
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AMC projects turning into death traps
By Seo Expert
Ahmedabad has been dug up for storm drainage system and, ongoing Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project, adding to the woes of local residents. Slow pace of work, heaps of dust lying all around and complete lack of safety measures are ...
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Blog Unasur: Estados Unidos: Recomendaciones para viajeros a ...
By Oficina a Distancia
Both incidents resulted in cancellation and/or diversion of flights and other inconveniences to travelers. U.S. citizens planning travel to or from Bolivia should take into consideration the possibility of disruptions to air service in ...
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CTA Press Release - CTA to Test Technology to Prevent Bus ...
CTA to Test Technology to Prevent Bus Accidents by Evaluating Driver Behavior ... As I have made very clear to staff following these most recent incidents ..
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Transit agencies look to Obama for more funds
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
San Francisco, for example, wants money to repair light-rail trains damaged in accidents, build a central control facility, construct new bathrooms for ...
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6 Dead, 6 Injured in Christmas Accidents in Bolivia
Latin American Herald Tribune - Caracas,Venezuela
Police confirmed that the first two deaths occurred on Wednesday night in a collision between an SUV and a bus on the highway linking La Paz with the Andean ...
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Hundreds died or injured in Latin America during Christmas
Xinhua - China
Eight people died and 126 were injured in highway accidents and a lagoon mishap in Colombia. In El Rodadero, Santa Marta, the capital of Magdalena, a bus ...
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After a Catastrophic Bus Accident, Your Bus Accident Lawyer Can ...
In just three days, three major bus accidents have killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more in Texas, Mississippi and Nevada. One common element in two of the crashes was a suspected tire blowout due to a retreaded tire - which ...
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Short Turns: Nightmare before Christmas
By Mike
... to sink to their knees in hillocks of snow to get to the road (where I stopped), and found their bus couldn't make it out of the stop; the buses which died for various reasons; the buses which had been in accidents. ...
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Blueline bus mows down scooterist in Delhi | Daily Times India
‘The driver of the bus Raj Kumar has been arrested,’ the police officer added. At least 115 people have lost their lives in road accidents involving Blueline buses this year. Last year, such buses killed 194 people. ...
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Commercial Vehicle Accident Injures 1 | Lawsuit Funding
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Holiday eve travel here subdued | Rhode Island news | projo.com ...
... warmer temperatures, which reached into the upper 50s yesterday, melted some of the weekend snowfall and ice that had been making roads treacherous, so traffic along Route 95 and Route 195 moved steadily, with few major delays or accidents reported. The Greyhound and Peter Pan bus companies, which offered their regular schedule of buses, were mostly running on time, a Greyhound representative said at the Kennedy Plaza terminal in downtown Providence. ...
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Las Vegas Now | RTC to Make Changes After Bus Stop Accidents
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Gas transit cost via Ukraine's territory not yet set - Gazprom
BSANNA NEWS - Ukraine
A rate of the Russian gas transit through Ukraine's territory makes USD 1.7 per 1000 cu m for 100 km this year, while the rate for 2009 is being discussed, ...
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Metro approves steep cuts in transit service
Collinsville Herald - Collinsville,IL,USA
Meanwhile, Ray Friem, Metro's senior vice president for transit operations, said even with the budget cuts, the agency stands to lose much of its fleet in ...
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Public Transit expands to Ogallala
North Platte Telegraph - North Platte,NE,USA
5, the North Platte Public Transit department is expanding their service with trips to Ogallala and back three days a week. On Mondays, Wednesdays and ...
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Ford developing US version of Transit Connect van
Detroit Free Press - United States
Ford is working on an electric-powered version of its little European Transit Connect delivery van for sale in the United States. The small commercial van ...
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Limited Ottawa transit pickets allowed at world hockey juniors
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A small number of pickets with the union representing transit workers will be allowed, and only in specific areas, outside one of the venues for the world ...
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Aim That Shoe at Albany
New York Times - United States
The commission proposes raising revenues for public transit by installing tolls on Harlem River and East River bridges that do not already have tolls and ...
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Federal minister reviews options in Ottawa transit strike
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
By Jake Rupert December 24, 2008 4:52 PM OC Transpo workers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union have been on strike since Dec. 10. ...
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Holiday schedules for trash pickup, transit, mail - Houston ...
The B-Town BlogHoliday schedules for trash pickup, transit, mailHouston Chronicle - 39 minutes ago• Friday: Thursday's garbage collection, curbside recycling and yard waste collected. Neighborhood depositories and Westpark Recycling ...
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Deal reached in transit pickets of world juniors | Canada | News ...
Striking OC Transpo workers will be allowed to picket outside the world junior hockey championship at the Ottawa Civic Centre but they can't slow vehicle traffic or obstruct pedestrians coming in or out of Lansdowne Park, a judge ruled ...
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Easy Rider has six new buses arriving in 2009 - News, Sports, Jobs ...
The bid specified the right to purchase 12 additional buses, but says those could be assigned to another FTA funded transit agency." Subscribe to Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Member Comments. View Comments: | 1-1 | Post a comment ...
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Yushchenko guarantees stable transit of gas to Europe « For-UA ...
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Christmas Thread « Seattle Transit Blog
by Martin H. Duke. Via Oran, KOMO has posted some video of a 1987 news segment that, in turn, shows some transportation-related video from the 1920s through 1960s. Merry Christmas, everyone. Seattle Transit Blog logo ...
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DC Adds To Planned Inaugural Bus Parking
Washington Post - United States
With the exception of some residential areas, all curbside parking will be set aside for buses; streets will be restricted to charter bus, transit bus and ...
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Pedestrian dies after being hit by Dallas bus
Houston Chronicle - United States
A bus driver called a dispatcher for the DART system about 2:40 pm on Wednesday to report she had hit someone crossing the street, DART spokesman Mark Ball ...
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Travelers Stranded At Greyhound Bus Station
MSNBC - USA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - There were long lines Wednesday morning at the Greyhound station in downtown Sacramento, where many people had to spend the night. ...
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cbs11tv.com - DART Bus Runs Over, Kills Man
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Wedding party bus falls into canal in Gujranwala - GEO.tv
GUJRANWALA: A bus full of wedding guests falls into a canal near Alipur Chatha police station in Gujranwala on Thursday.Rescue teams have been called in, police said. ... News in Urdu · Program Profiles ...
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Stranded Bus Passengers | KULR-8 TELEVISION - Billings, Montana ...
I take a trip and Greyhound bus station is making me hate the trip." says Fields. Greyhound officials say they stopped selling tickets on Monday for trips from Billings to Spokane because of the severe weather. ...
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Striking bus drivers to limit picketing at World Juniors
Striking bus drivers to limit picketing at World Juniors. Patrick Dare, Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 .... The latest world news video from Reuters ...
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1 injured in IndyGo bus crash
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