2/28/08

Delhi drivers to train on corridor driving
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
But what about Blueline buses already running over dividers on the Bus corridor in a bid to beat the traffic. Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Head of Road Transport, ...
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India Diary
Bus transport is still mostly the same. Blueline buses killed more than 50 people last year. This year they have already killed more than 15, I hear. Main problem is intense competition amongst bus drivers, many of them bid for the ...
Neeraj Garg's Ramblings - http://ngarg.spaces.live.com/

Yahoo! Answers - Are Blueline Buses in Delhi Really Above the Law?
Do You thinTTC to move ahead with light-rail transit
Globe and Mail - Canada
Toronto's $6-billion plans to spread light-rail rapid transit lines across its inner suburbs are going ahead, the city's transit agency said yesterday, ...
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A transit coup `out of the blue'
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
In Peterborough, a delighted mayor, local businesses and residents are lauding MP Dean Del Mastro for achieving what they've sought for nearly 20 years – a ...
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Migrants using NZ as 'transit lounge'
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Migrants are using NZ as a "giant transit lounge" to gain citizenship before abandoning it for Australia, NZ politicians say. United Future, which has two ...
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Metro Transit fires 8 guards
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By SCOTT GUTIERREZ Eight security guards in King County Metro Transit's downtown tunnel were fired last month after the Sheriff's Office discovered they had ...
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MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM ANNOUNCES TRANSIT EFFECTIVENESS PROJECT (TEP ...
California Chronicle - Los Angeles,CA,USA
"If Muni works the way it can, all of San Francisco is going to work the way it should, and our ultimate reward will be a great transit system that improves ...
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Transit Villages: A great way to reduce greenhouse gases?
Red Bank Hub - NJ, USA
To wit: We must plan for increased use of transit by creating places that encourage more zero-car and one-car households and dramatically reduce the number ...
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Killer found guilty in transit slaying
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY — A Calgary judge says a woman who pushed a teen in front of a moving transit train must spend at least 12 years in jail before becoming eligible ...
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Competing agendas threaten transit planning
The Independent Weekly - Durham,NC,USA
As the Triangle's Special Transit Advisory Commission attempts to wrap up its work this spring, pushback from Wake County officials threatens to undermine ...
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Rising construction costs push back NYC transit megaprojects
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK - Rising construction costs have caused New York City's transit agency to push back the dates of several major transit projects. ...
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Will Stadium Overwhelm Transit?
Washington Post - United States
The transit authority plans to enhance that service starting in March so it will serve as a baseball shuttle, providing fans with a direct link to the Blue, ...
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Canadian Federal Budget Takes Major Positive Steps to Support Transit
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Canada NewsWire)
The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) is delighted that today's Budget commits significant new support to invest in public transit infrastructure. "The allocation of $500 million in 2007-08, dedicated to public transit, ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Council Takes Up Transit Development
Bill introduced by the Hannemann administration hopes to guide development around Oahu’s proposed mass transit line.
KHON - News - Local - http://www.khon2.com/news/local

Probe reveals criminal pasts of 8 Metro Transit security guards
An investigation by the King County Sheriff's Office has revealed troubling details about security guards working for Metro Transit. The investigation uncovered the criminal records of eight security guards, two of whom had outstanding ...
KOMO 1000 - News - Local - http://www.komoradio.com/news/local

NEWS (Feb. 27): Forums set for mass transit
The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority wants to hear area residents’ opinions about mass transit.
The Herald Bulletin--Pendleton News - http://www.heraldbulletin.com

MTA board approves $30B in LIRR, transit upgrades
(02/27/08) MANHATTAN - The MTA board voted unanimously Wednesday to upgrade the Long Island Rail Road and New York’s transit system, a move that may shorten commutes for thousands of Long Island residents. ...
News 12 Local as local it gets - http://www.news12.com

Teenage girl killed in bus crash
The Press Association -
A schoolgirl has died and her cousin critically injured when a lorry crashed into their school bus on a notoriously dangerous Northern Ireland road. ...
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Bus Carrying Middle School Students Flips Over, Conflicting ...
FOXNews - USA
RIVERDALE, Md. — A school bus carrying middle school students flipped over on its side, with conflicting reports about how many were injured in the spill. ...
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Bus brawl results in mother's rage.
CBS 42 - Austin,TX,USA
The bus driver (right) grasps onto the student (left) she fought during a routine, after school bus drive. A mother releases her rage about a bus brawl that ...
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Lead wanted in school bus sexual assault case
USA Today - USA
(AP) — Police are asking students to come forward with information after a school bus video camera showed a freshman girl being sexually assaulted by an ...
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Mixing pills led to scary school bus ride: lawyer
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
A Saskatoon school bus driver has pleaded guilty to impaired driving for swallowing a dangerous mix of anti-depressants and painkillers that led to a ...
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SC stays order stopping bus service
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Punjab government order stopping Faisalabad’s Kohistan Bus Service (KBS) from operations in the province, ...
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Vacationing by bus: Savings not worth the headaches
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
To ride from the Adirondack Trailways (associated with Greyhound Bus Lines) from Glen Falls, NY, to Atlanta would take approximately 26 to 28 hours. ...
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8 hit in LA bus stop gunfire
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Five children and three adults were shot Wednesday afternoon by a gunman who opened fire at a busy South Los Angeles bus stop minutes after classes were ...
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School Bus Overturns in Pr. George's
Washington Post - United States
By Nelson Hernandez School bus 1156 was going too fast. That much was clear to the 44 students heading to William Wirt Middle School in the Riverdale area ...
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Girl critical after bus collision
BBC News - UK
Nicola Murray, a pupil at St Ciaran's High School in Ballygawley, died in the collision between the bus and a lorry. Her cousin, Grainne Mallon, ...
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Smart Card plan for bus travel
BUS passengers will soon be able to travel on some services without handing over cash.
The Bolton News | Bolton News - http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk

Teenage girl killed in bus crash
A schoolgirl has died and her cousin critically injured when a lorry crashed into their school bus on a notoriously dangerous Northern Ireland road.Five other children and the bus driver were hurt when the articulated lorry ploughed ...
MSN UK News | Latest UK and World News - http://news.uk.msn.com

New bus route to be named 'HealthLine' in $6 million deal
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals will pay more than $6 million for the naming rights to a special bus route along a major downtown traffic corridor.
News - http://www.wsyx6.com/

9 injured after truck crashes into tour bus on expressway
By The Mainichi Newspapers(The Mainichi Newspapers)
KAMEYAMA, Mie -- Nine tour bus passengers were slightly injured after a large truck crashed into the rear of their vehicle that was at a standstill on an expressway Thursday, police said.
Japan National News - http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/

Chico bus stops vandalized
By localnews@chicoer.com (GREG WELTER - Staff Writer)
At least seven bus stops on East and West East avenues have had their glass panels shattered since Tuesday, said Jim Peplow, a spokesman with B-Line Butte Regional Transit.
Breaking News - http://www.chicoer.com

Past on-the-road incidents surround van driver
Marshall Independent - Marshall,MN,USA
19 Lakeview School bus crash was apparently involved in a driving-without-a-license incident in which a man was cited in Kandiyohi County in January, ...
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Bad bus behavior irks parents
The Landmark - Holden,MA,USA
She said the district has an excellent policy on bullying, but incidents need to be reported to the principals. She said bus drivers are not district ...
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Midlands buses undergo fire, shooting - and more
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
A school spokesperson says no one was injured, and the bus was towed away. These two incidents aren't the only times Midlands school buses have been damaged ...
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County-by-county: Storm damage updates
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
... and be transported to their normal bus stops. The Gwinnett County Fire Department reported four incidents in which trees caused heavy damaged to houses. ...
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Gun Control Claims More Victims
Lew Rockwell - Burlingame,CA,USA
As is obvious from all such incidents, the police arrive too late to prevent multiple killings. That’s not to disparage the police. ...
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Students stranded in storm
The Hook - Charlottesville,VA,USA
Such incidents might become a thing of the past after March 24 when 25 bus stops get the electronic finders. In the meantime, Watterson advises curious ...
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Past on-the-road incidents surround van driver
MARSHALL — The woman charged with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide in the Feb. 19 Lakeview School bus crash was apparently involved in a dr...
The Independent - Marshall, MN - http://www.marshallindependent.com

Monday's Incident...
By JMD(JMD)
While that incident was a few years ago, last year I was heading down to Utah County. I took the first 40 bus (now 45) over to the TRAX station. It turned out that there was a train of the UTDC cars broken down near the 3900 South ...
Transit In Utah - http://transitinutah.blogspot.com/

Lil’ Wayne pleads not guilty in his drug and gun possession case
By fuXor
... inside of his tour bus. With all of these charges faced against Weezy, he has kept his cool as he feels he is innocent. Check out what Lil’ Wayne recently had to say in regards to his most recent incident that took place in Arizona: ...
The Rundown - http://www.therundown.tv

PTO president: Bus incident 'ridiculous'; driver should have been ...
PTO president: Bus incident 'ridiculous'; driver should have been aware | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean.

Netlets for Thursday, Feb. 28
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The school bus accident in Cottonwood last week is searingly sad. If the van driver is found to be negligent she should be punished as the law allows. ...
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Government should consider a more realistic, affordable bus fare ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
This bus is an answered prayer to the daily overcrowding of the roads, the accidents, headaches and daily commutes to work. ...
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Cops on buses to check the Blues
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
The traffic police had tried a similar method last July, following massive protests against Blueline buses due the rising number of accidents. ...
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Road accidents kill five, injure 10
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
One man was killed and eight others were injured in a road accident when a passenger bus from Chapainawabganj rammed a 'Noshimon' on Godagari road at ...
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Man released in fatal bus probe
BBC News - UK
The driver of a lorry involved in a fatal collision with a school bus in County Tyrone has been released from police custody. A 16-year-old girl, ...
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Plea to drivers after crash on KZN road
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The bus driver and the only passenger in the bus sustained minor injuries. Five emergency vehicles went to the site of the accident and the jaws of life had ...
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Teenage girl dies after Co Tyrone school bus crash
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
A teenage girl has died following a collision between a school bus and a lorry in Co Tyrone this morning. Another child is in a critical condition after the ...
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Bus Driver in Liberty School Bus Crash Escapes Criminal Indictment
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... high-profile and complex personal injury and wrongful death cases in Missouri and nationwide, including catastrophic truck, bus, and automobile accidents.
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Speed kills: bad ads on TV causing bike accidents
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Of course, many of today’s bikes are capable of revving up to 60 km an hour in a second or two, and even avoiding a head-on collision with a truck or a bus ...
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Malaysiakini: Report card II: Excellence, glory, distinction
By jfakuantan
The most devastating incident to date is the Bukit Gantang express bus disaster which claimed 22 lives in August 2007 - the country’s worst traffic accident. Government agencies that regulate public vehicles have been accused for not ...
Justice For All Kuantan - http://justice4allkuantan.wordpress.com

Immigration doesn't cause car accidents
By Lawyer(Lawyer)
Like everyone else, I am grieved by the deaths of four children in a van-school bus accident in Cottonwood last week. I am also grieved by the demagoguery that this accident is giving some an excuse to exhibit. By way of example, ...
Information about Lawyers - http://lawyersinfos.blogspot.com/

Road accidents kill five, injure 10
By jane
However, the picnic bus managed to flee. Our Magura correspondent adds: At least two people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Magura yesterday. A rickshaw-van puller was killed and two others were injured ...
From me to you about Mias - http://miakirshner.edgereport.com

Regularising striking drivers not possible, says DTC chairman
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
New Delhi, February 26 As the strike called by DTC bus drivers continued for the sixth day, commuters had to wait for a long time at the bus stops and rely ...
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Are Blueline Buses in Delhi Really Above the Law? - Yahoo! Answers ...
1 Yahoo! Answers - Are Blueline Buses in Delhi Really Above the Law? – Discover the answer for this question and EParamedics' aid may cut transit delays
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
But that number should decline significantly since the TTC reached an agreement with the transit workers' union last year to allow a "spare board" system, ...
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Contribution to transit called a good fit
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
He also committed $500 million to specific infrastructure projects, including $66.7 million to TransLink's $1.4-billion Evergreen Line rapid-transit project ...
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Transit center crimes on the rise
KING5.com - Seattle,WA,USA
By JESSE JONES / KING 5 News SEATTLE – Sound Transit’s own numbers show a dramatic rise in major crime at two of its busiest centers. ...
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Residents warm up to transit agency’s proposed changes
Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA
By Ashley Fielding GAINESVILLE — Most of the people who attended Tuesday’s public transit meeting indicated that they can get behind the proposed changes to ...
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Tri-Cities gets Federal transit money
CKNW - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
METRO/CKNW(AM980) - Tri-Cities residents should be pleased the Federal Budget acknowledged the Evergreen Transit Line. Translink Board Chair Dale Parker ...
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Transit riders say security measures are paying off
Calgary Herald - Calgary,Canada
Calgarians riding the C-Train say they're starting to feel safer with all of the security measures being added by transit officials. There have been several ...
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BC gets transit, police money in federal budget
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
In a federal budget that contained few surprises, British Columbia will get more money from Ottawa for policing and transit. Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan ...
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Transportation bill is good news for Kandiyohi Area Transit
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
By Carolyn Lange, West Central Tribune WILLMAR — Passage of the transportation bill this week is good news for the Kandiyohi Area Transit system. ...
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Federal Budget Takes Major Positive Steps to Support Transit
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
26 /CNW/ - The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) is delighted that today's Budget commits significant new support to invest in public transit ...
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Federal budget ignores TO transit goals: Miller
CTV.ca - Canada
The federal budget falls short in terms of providing Canada's largest city with permanent sustained transit funding, Toronto Mayor David Miller said on ...
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Downtown LA Rail Battle a Street Fight
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Cara Mia DiMassa,...
A battle is looming in the depths below downtown Los Angeles as transportation planners try to find a way to smooth out the commute for thousands who take rail into the city center each day.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Transit Control Card for Galápagos
A Galápagos Transit Control Card must be purchased, at a cost of US$ 10, by all persons traveling to the Galápagos Islands, whether they are tourists or not, and has been implemented as an additional measure to control the migration to ...
Metropolitan Touring Travel News... - http://www.metropolitan-touring.com

New buses for Valley Transit
New buses made possible by donations feature new amenities; buses will provide dial-a-ride service.
KLEW - News - Local & Regional - http://www.klewtv.com/news/local

North corridor rail in transit plan
Plans are moving forward for a commuter rail line from uptown Charlotte to southern Iredell County. The Charlotte City Council approved an engineering contract Monday night.
News 14 Carolina Top Stories - http://news14.com

Oh My God, It's Finally Here: The Transit Effectiveness Project ...
By Greg Dewar
For the better part of a year, news of the ongoing Transit Effectiveness Project has been kicked around as meetings, studies and whatnot have been devoted to try and figure out where and what MUNI needs to change in order to be useful ...
The N-Judah Chronicles - http://www.njudahchronicles.com/

'Bus stop killer' gets life in prison
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Ms McDonnell had been travelling on a bus before she was attacked near her home in Hampton, Middlesex, in February 2003. Ms Delagrange had just gotten off a ...
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Suicide bomber kills 8 in Iraq bus attack
Reuters UK - UK
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a bus on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, as the vehicle stopped at a checkpoint near ...
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Ariz. School Bus Driver Charged In Brawl
ABC News - USA
By LIZ SINTAY, KIRAN KHALID AND IMAEYEN IBANGA Gilbert, Ariz. police want a school bus driver charged with assault for getting into a shoving and hair ...
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Bus tour will highlight foreclosed homes
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Some bus tours visit celebrity houses; others haunted houses. The Jacksonville Foreclosure Bus LLC will show off foreclosed houses. Roger Robles and several ...
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Saskatoon bus driver pleads guilty to dangerous, impaired driving
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
A school bus driver accused of taking a group of children on an erratic off-route ride last May surprised a Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday by pleading ...
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Man pleads innocent in fatal shooting at Federal Way bus stop
Seattle Times - United States
The 38-year-old SeaTac woman was walking across a bus lane at the time. Authorities say it's the first homicide at the transit center in Federal Way, ...
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Car slams into teenagers waiting for bus near Rome; 5 dead
International Herald Tribune - France
AP ROME: A car slammed into a group of teenagers waiting for a bus to school near Rome early Tuesday, killing four girls and the car's driver and injuring ...
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Survivor celebrates as bus-stop killer is given maximum jail term
Independent - London,England,UK
Bellfield, 39, who preyed on young women at bus stops, was found guilty on Monday of murdering Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22, ...
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Suicide bomb kills 8 riding bus near Mosul
Houston Chronicle - United States
By SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt inside a bus in northern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring ...
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Children injured in bus accident
BBC News - UK
Eight children and a driver have been injured in a collision between a school bus and a lorry in County Tyrone. The accident happened as the bus was turning ...
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Walking School Bus News.
By rod
Everyone who catches the bus will get an entry form in our first ever WSB Colouring Competition to take home and hand back to the operators the next time they catch the bus. The competition will run until the end of Term, ...
Orange Grove - http://www.orangegrove.org.au

7 year old girl raped on school bus by teenager
Every Parent Should Watch This. The case seems to have been thrown out by the Ohio courts.
Mixx: News - http://www.mixx.com

Arizona Teen Speaks About Bus Brawl
A brawl between students and a bus driver aboard a Gilbert, Ariz., bus last week has sparked controversy across the country.
General News for MyFox Chicago - http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox

North County Exchange: Foreclosure bus tour offered
Prudential California Realty of Encinitas will host a free bus tour from 10 am to 2 pm Saturday. The tour will visit neighborhoods in the Carlsbad and Encinitas areas, giving homebuyers an opportunity to view houses of various sizes and ...
/business/news from www.nctimes.com - http://www.nctimes.com/

Bus services for airport terminals
Perth airport has arranged for bus services to take passengers arriving at the domestic and international terminals to the city this morning in response to a planned strike by taxi drivers.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

PTO president: Bus incident 'ridiculous'; driver should have been ...
Daily News Journal (subscription) - Murfreesboro,TN,USA
However, Linda Bell, a Riverdale High parent, was shocked and concerned that the incident happened on a school bus under adult supervision. ...
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Lil Wayne Blames Himself For Arizona Tour-Bus Bust
MTV.com - USA
Everybody has incidents, everybody's human. I made a mistake. I did make a mistake. A big mistake. I made a mistake with that, but things get better. ...
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Yobs trash disabled children's school bus
Evening Leader - Wrexham,Wales,UK
"A small minority are causing havoc to local residents' personal life and property. ensure enforcement is robust and that these incidents are acted upon ...
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Bachmann writes to ICE regarding Cottonwood bus crash suspect ...
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
He says the incident in Cottonwood is tragic, and ICE continues to work with law enforcement agencies to help minimize the possibility of future incidents.
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Abuse Of Special-Ed Students Hasn't Stopped
NewsChannel5.com - Nashville,TN,USA
One incident happened in December. A 15-year-old girl said she was fondled by a 12-year-old boy on her bus. The other incident last week involved an ...
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Metro lays it on the line to bus baddies
The Mercury - Tasmania,Australia
Video cameras may operate on or around this bus and anti-social incidents may be recorded and handed to police. Food, beverages or alcohol must not be ...
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Recent Incidents of Persecution
Compass Direct News - Santa Ana,CA,USA
Later they were waiting at the Arugere bus stand to return home when 15 to 20 Hindu extremists belonging to the Bajrang Dal, began questioning them about ...
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Rockwall buses involved in traffic incidents
By Dawn Redig
At the time of the incident, five students were on the bus as well as one adult bus monitor and the driver. All students were secured with seatbelts. As a precautionary measure, all students were transported to Presbyterian Hospital ...
neighborsgo - http://neighborsgo.beloblog.com/

12:25 PM, I-95 S, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 27 MPH at: I-95 S; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

War News for Tuesday, February 26, 2008
By whisker(Cervantes)
A suicide wearing a vest riding a bus was heading to Syria from Mosul city detonated his vest bomb as an Iraqi military checkpoint asked passengers to go down for search, killing 14 and injuring 15. ...
Iraq Today - http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

The Daily Incite - February 26, 2008
By Mike Rothman
The first piece deals with reporting on incidents. The reality is we all have incidents and sweeping them under the rug is exactly the wrong thing to do. We need to accept accountability and ensure we learn from those issues. ...
Mike Rothman's blog - http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman

PTO president: Bus incident 'ridiculous'; driver should have been ...
PTO president: Bus incident 'ridiculous'; driver should have been aware | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean.

Special Report: Are school buses safe enough?
Hillsdale Independent - Hillsdale,NY,USA
The DMV also eviews every bus accident At Chatham Central School, Mr. Dreher, transportation director for 12 years, said that every bus driver must take a ...
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School bus safety tops meeting agenda
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
She said the distraction of children misbehaving could cause bus accidents. Mrs. Roberts also said her child was repeatedly bullied and that his schoolwork ...
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In our view: Restraints needed on school buses
Joplin Globe - Joplin,MO,USA
That undoubtedly is what is happening in the community of Cottonwood, Minn., and surrounding towns in the wake of a school bus accident that killed four ...
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Long-distance buses posing threat to travellers
Assam Tribune - Guwahati,India
The recent spate of accidents involving coaches plying in various parts of the State, reveal worrying news for travellers. ...
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Immigration doesn't cause car accidents
By Barbara Jones, Associate Editor(Mark Cohen, editor)
Like everyone else, I am grieved by the deaths of four children in a van-school bus accident in Cottonwood last week. I am also grieved by the demagoguery that this accident is giving some an excuse to exhibit. By way of example, ...
Minnesota Lawyer Blog - http://minnlawyer.blogspot.com/

MY MOM!!
By Jennifer
She is past accidents for the most part and if she does have accident at home it is standing in front of the toilet unable to get her pants down. We are going to try to leave the light on in the bathroom there tomorrow thinking maybe ...
The Life of a School Bus Driver! - http://www.ladylike4.com

Almost Pretty Funny ( surviving robbery, landslides and bus accidents)
By hpc(hpc)
Last week I had to travel to Quito for Reconnect (an official Peace Corps meeting) and our bus was in some kind of accident. This accident remains vague because I was fast asleep when we were flung up into the air and came crashing back ...
HannahMeetsEcuador - http://hannahmeetsecuador.blogspot.com/

Hue - Hue, Vietnam
Every now and then the bus even went off road. I assume to avaoid pot holes, but possible also accidents which appear to be frequent. I meet a guy from Morroco called Marwane on the bus and having arrived at 6am we ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates - http://www.travelpod.com

weekend wander - part I
By kimy(kimy)
I took the metro to the pentagon to catch the bus out to my folks; I arrived at the bus platform only to find the bus I needed to catch speeding off. it was thirty minutes before the next bus. another woman got there the same time I did ...
mouse medicine - http://mousemedicine.blogspot.com/

2/26/08

Inside delhi
Hindu - Chennai,India
Delhi wears its patience thin. Over-speeding cars, rashly-driven Blueline buses and red light-jumping motorists have become more a rule than an exception. ...
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‘Delhi watched’ as goons beat him for hearing aid
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
Five days after he was cornered in a Blueline bus, collared off it, beaten with rods mercilessly, robbed, and left bleeding and unconscious — and all ...
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Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi City Chronicle - The Mall-Made Mess The leafy Nelson Mandela Marg is being sacrificed to Shining India; ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

Delhi HC terms Blueline buses as 'killer'
The Delhi high court has termed Blueline buses as.

Bus-stop killer lands in girl's murder probe
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
LONDON: A former nightclub doorman was found guilty yesterday of beating two female students to death near bus stops in London and will now be questioned ...
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Van Driver ID'd in Fatal Minn. Bus Crash
The Associated Press -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Immigration agents say they've learned the true identity of a van driver charged in a Minnesota bus crash that killed four children. ...
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Officials Release Real Name of Immigrant Van Driver Charged in ...
FOXNews - USA
A woman who identified herself as Alianiss Nunez Morales was driving a van that failed to stop at a stop sign, hitting a school bus, police say. ...
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Student-delegates robbed in bus
Inquirer.net - Philippines
Chief Insp. Reynante Cabico, Carmen police chief, said the victims were headed for Cagayan de Oro City on board a Rural Transit Bus from Koronadal City when ...
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MMTC plans to import truck-bus tyres from China
Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India
Feb 25 Encouraged by the growing market share of imported tyres in India, the state-run trading major MMTC is planning to import truck-bus tyres from China ...
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Toronto teen dies in bus stop crash
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Police allege the driver lost control of the vehicle and it fishtailed southbound in the northbound lanes, crashing into an empty Toronto bus shelter. ...
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Bellfield gets life for bus stop murders
AFP -
Both Delagrange and McDonnell were hit on the head with heavy objects near bus stops late at night. Sheedy was left for dead after Bellfield ran her down in ...
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Johnnie Carr, 97, Is Dead; Was Active in Bus Boycott
New York Times - United States
(AP) — Johnnie Carr, an early civil rights activist who joined a childhood friend, Rosa Parks, in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and stayed involved in ...
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Eight die in bus accident
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Eight people were killed and three were injured in a bus accident along the R612 between Brema and Sawoti on Tuesday morning, KwaZulu Natal traffic ...
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Bus bomb in north Iraq kills 14
BBC News - UK
Reports say the attacker boarded a bus and then detonated a device. The Iraqi government and US military believe that al-Qaeda militants have regrouped in ...
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Free bus passes... but routes face axe
WE'VE got our free bus passes - but will we have a bus to use them on?
Bournemouth Echo | Latest News - http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

UK & World News: Bus stop stalker facing life terms
Bus stop killer Levi Bellfield, the prime suspect in the Milly Dowler murder, is facing three life sentences.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Home - News - http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/

School bus run off road
A SOUTHAMPTON school bus has been run off the road after yobs repeatedly threw bricks at it. During just six weeks pupils and teachers from Redbridge Community School were attacked five times as they travelled to Thornhill's Eastpoint ...
- http://www.bullying.co.uk/

Get on board the O2 double decker bus
SHOPPERS enjoyed an array of entertainment when a mobile phone company stopped in Warrington on its national tour.
This Is Cheshire | Warrington news - http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk

Study suggests fixed bus routes
A feasibility report recommends the city’s public transportation provider switch to a fixed bus route system because it would reduce operating expenses, expand service and accommodate growth.
CNJOnline.com - HEADLINES : News - http://www.cnjonline.com

Abuse, obscenities caught on tape
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
We look at every one of these incidents," says Ken McDonald, Muni's chief operating officer. McDonald says using abusive language is a serious offense, ...
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Madrid bus strike bring transport chaos
Typically Spanish - Malaga,Spain
A total of 16 incidents were noted, double the number on the first day, with management making claims of ‘indirect sabotage’. The strike action is over pay, ...
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Responders learn to save lives
WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN,USA
One class deals with response to large trucks and school bus incidents class. "What we are doing at this time is teaching them how they can best save lives ...
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Brick throwing yobs bring end to school bus service
Daily Echo - Southampton,England,UK
No one was hurt during the incidents as the glass was reinforced but the attacks have left some pupils and staff feeling shocked. ...
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Officer celebrates 40 years of service
Auckland stuff.co.nz - Auckland,New Zealand
The incident occurred in Glenfield the mid-1990s when it was the job of traffic officers to issue driving licences. He was taking a young woman for her bus ...
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11:39 AM, I-40 E, Maintenance, Lane Closed
The left lane of US 421/Bus 40 East bound will be closed at the Colfax exit for guardrail repair.
- http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

S.C. school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress - Topix
S.C. school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress. Posted by The State 14 min ago | Bookmark and Share. “It takes a lot to drive a bus -- not just the ...

Parent disputes official account of bus incident ...
Feb 12, 2008 ... In what was initially reported as a minor incident, a school bus that bounced through a ditch in the road last week has led to bitter ...

S.C. school bus incidents rare - News, photos, topics, and quotes ...
SC school bus incidents rare – related articles, blog posts, photos, quotes, and links to related topics.

Two killed in accidents
Times of India - India
BANGALORE: Two persons were killed in separate accidents in the city. Hanumanthappa (35) was killed when the private bus he was travelling in collided with ...
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Reporter's Notebook: The United States of TMI
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
Also, bus accidents provoke sensational, prurient interest; they make the news far more often than car accidents, making them seem more common than they are ...
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Negligent driver-cum-victim entitled to less compensation: SC
Times of India - India
... bus was awarded a compensation of Rs 12.32 lakh by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) which held the driver of the bus negligent for the mishap. ...
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Nasty weather: It's baack
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
The Waterloo Police Department reported a handful of accidents in the area, said Lt. Carroll Kienol. One involved a school bus. In the school bus accident, ...
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2 accidents reported this morning in Oklahoma City area [2 mins ago]
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
School bus involved, but it's not known if students are on the bus. Additional details on these accidents were not available immediately, but motorists ...
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Nick Coleman: The bus tragedy has turned into a political one
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Fatal accidents caused by irresponsible driving always upset us, whether the party at fault was playing with an iPod or driving drunk, driving a luxury car ...
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12 killed in Sonapur bus mishap
Assam Tribune - Guwahati,India
The ill-fated bus has been retrieved and human error is suspected to be the cause of the accident. It needs mention that the NH-37 portion of the area is ...
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Links I liked
By Chris Blattman(Chris Blattman)
Interesting but a bit cold: Using Indian bus accidents to understand health and economics. Oops, don't call your blog academic. Nation Of Andorra Not In Africa, Shocked US State Dept. Reports. Some interesting articles on the Bush visit ...
Chris Blattman's Blog - http://chrisblattman.blogspot.com/

Daily Crime Incidents for February 25, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Moodabidre Police Station. On 24/02/2008 at 0920 hrs at Aliyuru Valpady village Mangalore Taluk one Padmaprasad Jain driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-20-D-101 drove his vehicle ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Another Greyhound Bus Crash With a Happier Ending
By Daryl Dixon
This time the Greyhound Bus Wreck was in Pennsylvania instead of Bowling Green Kentucky. A Greyhound Bus flipped and injured more than Forty Passenger.
Personal Injury Legal News -... - http://www.injuryboard.com/

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Culpeper to become a regional transit hub?
Culpeper Star Exponent - Culpeper,VA,USA
Officials with Virginia Regional Transit say Culpeper will play an important role in the region’s transportation future. That future will be centered around ...
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PM vows to build 9 electric mass transit rail routes
Thai News Agency MCOT - Bangkok,Thailand
BANGKOK, Feb 25 (TNA) – Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Monday pledged to develop Bangkok's mass transit system, particularly by construction of the nine ...
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Bus rapid transit on agenda
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
By Judy Rife SUGAR LOAF — The Tri-State Transportation Campaign will visit Orange County this week to discuss bus rapid transit, one of the mass transit ...
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Public hearing on transit needs set for today
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... hearing by the city of Sioux Falls at 3:45 pm today will consider projects eligible for federal assistance from the Federal Transit Administration. ...
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Pay more attention to public transit
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
... of the CTA's Blue Line, car-pool lanes on the Reagan Tollway and I-290, and a bus rapid transit line from Schaumburg through DuPage County on I-355. ...
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Lucy ads are much more fun than actually promoting transit usage
blogHOUSTON - TX, United States
They should know what their transit options are. But a system map posted in the lobby won’t do the trick: it shows too much information, ...
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Public transit comes with hefty price
Shelby Star - Shelby,NC,USA
There’sa major push on to increase public transit funding in North Carolina. A former transportation secretary is pushing public transit systems to spend ...
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Chairman hopes to help resolve food service, transit issues
Carroll County Times (subscription) - Westminster,MD,USA
Another thing would be transportation with [Carroll Area Transit System]. We try to find out if there is adequate transportation, because my experience with ...
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Transit Brainstorming Camp on the Peninsula
KCBS - CA,USA
(KCBS) -- A two-day "Transit Camp" drew about 100 people to Palo Alto this weekend. The participants watched slide shows and compared graphs, ...
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Rapid transit system hits protest wall
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
COUNCILLORS, protest groups and residents have urged the Federal Government to assist in the planning of a rapid transit system for the Gold Coast before an ...
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Transit head keeps system on track
In the mass-transit world, time waits for no man, even one who reigns supreme in Prague’s integrated public-transportation kingdom.
Czech Business Weekly - online... - http://www.cbw.cz/

Riders take to new transit mall
Bus riders Saratoga Roberts and Beau Ramsay said Sunday they’re delighted with the bus service from C-Tran’s three-month-old 99th Street Transit Center. “It’s th...
- http://www.columbian.com/

Transit Brainstorming Camp on the Peninsula
A two-day "Transit Camp" drew about 100 people to Palo Alto this weekend. The participants watched slide shows and compared graphs, all with the understanding that America is running out of oil, and may be running out of money to fill ...
KCBS Bay Area News - http://kcbs.com

Congestion pricing fate could depend on a ‘transit lockbox’
By Benjamin Kabak
A week ago, in the Daily News Liu penned a piece on the concept of a transit lockbox. He laid out a convincing argument for the congestion fee provided that all funds go to a transit lockbox so that the State or City cannot later decide ...
Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging... - http://secondavenuesagas.com

Hall transit system on the move
GAINESVILLE — After garnering nearly 450 responses from the general public last fall, the Gainesville-
Local - http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/section/6/

Greyhound bus en route to Toronto flips on Pennsylvania highway ...
The Canadian Press -
Police say more than 40 people were injured Sunday after a Greyhound bus heading to Toronto flipped over on an Interstate highway in northeastern ...
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14 wounded in Sri Lanka bus bomb
Scotsman - United Kingdom
AT LEAST 14 people near the Sri Lankan capital were wounded yesterday when a bomb exploded on a bus. A bigger disaster was only averted because a passenger ...
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Bus companies unhappy with school contracts
ABC Online - Australia
Tasmania's independent bus and coach operators will seek legal advice on the new Transport Commission contracts for rural school bus services. ...
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Twelve die as bus falls into stream
Hindu - Chennai,India
Photo: AP THE REMAINS: The bus that plunged into the stream being pulled out at Sonapur on Sunday. Guwahati: Twelve passengers died early on Sunday when a ...
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Police specify charges in Higley bus brawl
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
By Emily Gersema A Gilbert school bus driver and three teens whose fight was captured on a bus videotape and made national headlines will each face a charge ...
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At least 18 dead as bus plunges into river in India
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By AP A bus veered off a road and plunged into a river in northeastern India on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and injuring one more, officials said. ...
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Greyhound bus en route to Toronto flips on Pennsylvania highway ...
The Canadian Press -
A Greyhound bus bound for Toronto flipped over on Interstate 380 in northeastern Pennsylvania early Sunday, injuring more than 40 people. ...
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Stagecoach boost for bus and rail
BBC News - UK
Transport operator Stagecoach has reported a rise in revenues at both its bus and train businesses. The firm said like-for-like UK rail revenues - which ...
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Police specify charges in Higley bus brawl
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
A Gilbert school-bus driver and three teens whose fight was captured on a bus videotape and made national headlines will each face a charge of disorderly ...
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Bus driver, conductor shot dead in Maguindanao
Inquirer.net - Philippines
By Edwin Fernandez GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao, Philippines -- Two unidentified men shot a bus driver and his conductor in front of horrified passengers here ...
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Bus station facing axe under town masterplan
BASILDON will lose its bus station under radical plans to reshape the town centre.
Echo | South Essex news - http://www.echo-news.co.uk

Bulgarian Truck, Tourist Bus Crash in Austria, 16 Hurt
A total of 16 people have been injured in a heavy crash between a Bulgarian truck and a tourist bus that occurred Sunday night in Vienna. According to immediate reports the bus was transporting Romanian tourists. ...
Sofia News Agency (novinite.com) - http://www.novinite.com/

Greyhound Bus Flips Over On Pa. Interstate; 41 Injured
Two people are hospitalized after a Greyhound bus flipped over on Interstate 380 in northeastern Pennsylvania early Sunday morning, injuring more than 40 people.
Local News for MyFox Philadelphia - http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox

Bus companies unhappy with school contracts
Tasmania's independent bus and coach operators will seek legal advice on the new Transport Commission contracts for rural school bus services.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

Father pushes to fill school bus safety 'gap' Urges EpiPen ...
The Daily News of Newburyport - Newburyport,MA,USA
But the incident struck a fear in Chace, who is now pushing for changes statewide in how bus drivers are trained to respond to such emergency situations ...
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Buses attacked by yobs
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
By Helen Korn Police said the incidents could have causes a serious accident leading to the death or serious injuries to passengers or pedestrians. ...
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OAP attacker escapes jail
Eastbourne Today - Eastbourne,England,UK
An alcoholic who attacked an 80-year-old man on a bus has escaped jail by a whisker. Robert Hayes, 46, of Claremont Road, Seaford, assaulted the pensioner ...
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7 months, 9 days
By thingmebob82
This was just one of many embarrassing incidents caused by my mother that I had to describe to my sponsor yesterday. As I described them I found myself laughing hysterically. For the first time in my life, I could see the funny side of ...
The road to recovery - http://thingmebob82.wordpress.com

News of the Day for Sunday, February 24, 2008
By Cervantes(Cervantes)
I have identified specific incidents under the locations. The fighting in northern Kurdistan between Turkish forces and the PKK also continues. I'm going to post information on the Turkey-PKK conflict first, unlike our usual practice of ...
Iraq Today - http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Killer bus-truck drivers are murderers and should be so punished
The New Nation - Bangladesh
The bus was carrying 50 people - garment workers and their family members - from the Chittagong area. In another tragic accident after the last Eid festival ...
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At Least 18 Killed in India as Bus Plunges Into River
FOXNews - USA
GAUHATI, India — A bus veered off a road and plunged into a northeastern Indian river Sunday in an accident that killed at least 18 people and injured one ...
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At least 18 killed as bus plunges into river in India
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
AP GAUHATI, India (AP) - A bus veered off a road and plunged into a northeastern Indian river Sunday in an accident that killed at least 18 people and ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for February 24, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
KA-41-7899 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-F-2227 driven by one Damodara M. Naik (55) R/o Kankanady Mangalore. As a result both vehicle got damaged. ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Peru FCO travel warning - 24.2.08
By covert munkey
The main type of incident for which British nationals require consular assistance in Peru is theft of money, passports or personal effects and involvement in bus accidents. There is also a risk of "express kidnappings". ...
Close Protection Forum and Surveillan... - http://www.closeprotectionworld.co.uk

Teens and Automobiles
By Phresh(Phresh)
As a father, I worry about her every moment she is out on the road, fatal accidents happen each day and things can go wrong so fast out on the highway. I preach and harp on this fact all of the time, because I need her to understand ...
The Devil and My Muse - http://phreshsblog.blogspot.com/

Situation Sunday - February 24th
By Jennifer
People don’t really stick around for accidents do they?? I would not know who was driving the car, nor would the cops have ever seen me. That would be almost any situation in a city driving. I would have turned on my turn signal and ...
The Life of a School Bus Driver! - http://www.ladylike4.com

Press TV - Indian bus accident claims 12
At least 12 people have been killed and 4 seriously injured in a bus accident in northeastern Indian state of Assam, officials say. ...

Blueline driver wants to adopt Goltu
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: The tragic story of Goltu, the three-month-old baby who lost both his parents to the Blueline menace in the Capital on Wednesday had another ...
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Life in a metro…..
By admin
Thanks to a blueline that stopped at middle of a blind turn, That day amul lost his mobile in another blueline bus. I came to know that there are only 2 buses in delhi that are notorious for theft and pickpockets namely 423 and our very ...
Blog of Damanpreet - http://www.damanpreet.com/

Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi City Chronicle - The Mall-Made Mess The leafy Nelson Mandela Marg is being sacrificed to Shining India; ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

Is the time ripe to privatize our urban mass transit systems? YES ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
You may not know it, but Disney does mass transit. That's right -- Walt Disney World visitors are transported through the theme parks and hotels via a bus ...
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Lines forming for free transit rides
Southtown Star - Chicago,IL,USA
By 11:18 am, Krajewski had become the latest senior citizen to apply for a pass that allows her to ride the Chicago Transit Authority, Pace and Metra for ...
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Is the time ripe to privatize our urban mass-transit systems?
Daily Camera - CO,USA
Calls to privatize urban mass transit systems must be seen as just part of an overall agenda that won't be satisfied until it gobbles up every public asset ...
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Rail revolution: Teacher leads program that could change views on ...
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY DAN SCHNEIDER • DAILY MINING GAZETTE • February 24, 2008 Lautala came to Michigan Technological University in 1996 as a graduate student seeking a ...
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Road Map Needed For Two-Track DOT
Hartford Courant - United States
Yet transit planning and operations have all fallen under the same umbrella as highways at the DOT, and have inevitably not gotten the attention they ...
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Lawmakers urged to override veto, pass legislation for roads and ...
Workday Minnesota - St. Paul,MN,USA
The sorry condition of our roads, bridges and transit services "...has a negative impact on every worker and business in the state," Hunter said. ...
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Penticton and Okanagan-Similkameen Transit System Makes ...
The Penticton and Okanagan-Similkameen Transit System is now fuelled with five per cent biodiesel in their 8 conventional transit vehicles during the winter months, and twenty percent for the remainder of the year.
CivicInfo BC | Local Government News - http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/20.asp

Netherlands is Transit Country for Drugs, Shelter for Mafiosi
By Bad News Blogger(Bad News Blogger)
The annual report of the Italian anti-Mafia Commission states that the Netherlands is a warehousing and transit country for cocaine which the Italian mafia imports from Colombia to Italy. In the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany ...
Bad News from the Netherlands - http://badnewsfromthenetherlands.blogspot.com/

Light Rail in Kansas City, and some transit potluck
By C. Briem(C. Briem)
Funkwatch: Sam's favorite politician: Kansas City Mayor Funkhouser has been in the news of late talking about regional transit issues out there. For more it is interesting to take a look at local KC political blog Prime Beef. ...
Null Space - http://nullspace2.blogspot.com/

BREAKING NEWS: REPUBLICANS DELAY ENDORSING TINGLESTAD DUE TO VOTE ...
By Michael B. Brodkorb
According to a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed, Republicans in HD 49B have delayed endorsing Representative Kathy Tinglestad due to her vote for the DFL transit plan. There was no future date set for Tingelstad to be ...
Minnesota Democrats Exposed - http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com

News briefs Feb. 22, 2008
COG interviewing 8 for new transit directorSHENANGO VALLEY — Mercer County Regional Council of Governments received 35 resumes from people hoping to replace William A. Jones as transit manager of Mercer County Community Transit.
The Herald, Sharon, Pa.--Local News - http://www.sharonherald.com

Arizona Driver, Students Charged in School Bus Fight
FOXNews - USA
Security video shows the fight involving Higley Unified School District bus driver Kim Sullivan and the three youths. Gilbert police released a copy of ...
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Florida School Bus Driver Arrested After Students Receive Sexual ...
FOXNews - USA
A Florida bus driver on Friday was arrested for allegedly sending high school students text messages with explicit sexual content, MyFOXOrlando.com reports. ...
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Civil Rights Leader Carr Dies at 97
The Associated Press -
(AP) — Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and became a prominent civil rights activist over the ...
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In Maryland, the No. 37 Bus Uprising
Washington Post - United States
37 Bus Uprising. Several weeks ago, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) proposed budget cuts to deal with a deficit, including slashing bus ...
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Las Vegas ‘Foreclosure Express’ bus tour
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
One such “hook” that has popped up in a few places all over the country such as Stockton, San Diego, Palm Springs and now Las Vegas, are foreclosure bus ...
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25 Die in Saudi Arabia Bus Crash
The Associated Press -
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A bus plunged over a cliff Saturday in southern Saudi Arabia, killing at least 25 people on board, the state-run news agency ...
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12 killed in bus accident in northeast India
Xinhua - China
24 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and four seriously injured in a bus accident in Indian northeast state Assam Sunday, officials said. ...
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Missing man found boarding bus
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
... searched the beach and water without success. But police said Mr Southee was found this afternoon, about to board a bus on the Gold Coast to return home.
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‘Time waiting for the bus can be used for meditation’
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
THE SUBJECT for today's Debriefing is travelling by bus. So what do you know about buses? I am now the proud owner of a National Entitlement Card. ...
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Civil Rights Leader Johnnie Carr Dies at 97
NPR - USA
The moment sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and drew national attention to the fight against segregation and a local minister named Martin Luther King ...
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SCV Bus Driver May Face Charges
KHTS receives information that the DA is planning on pressing charges after deadly collision.
Hometown Station News Feed - http://www.hometownstation.com

Arizona Driver, Students Charged in School Bus Fight
By jetjet
"Security video shows the fight involving Higley Unified School District bus driver Kim Sullivan and the three youths."
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic... - http://www.nowpublic.com

18 killed after bus fell in the river in Gauhati
By admin
18 people were killed & one injured in an accident when a bus skidded off the road & fell into a river in northeastern India on Sunday. Rescue team is searching for the passengers in the river near the town of Sonapur. ...
Daily News - http://www.dailynews365.com

City bus system ending shuttles to Indianapolis races
Motor racing fans no longer will be able to use nonstop city bus shuttles to get to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
WISH - Local News - http://www.wishtv.com/global/category.asp?c=1506

School Sled: Ice Hovercraft School Bus Is Coolest, Worst News for ...
This ice hovercraft school bus has to be the coolest and worst news ever to descend upon children all over.

Bus service suspended
E-Pao.net - Manipur,India
Faced with the precarious situation, the transporters feared that ugly and unwanted incidents may result from their inability to fulfil the monetary demand. ...
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Howrah heists
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
No one has been arrested in connection to the incidents. The police said unidentified goons snatched Rs 5 lakh from Mr Adhesh Singh, near Howrah bus ...
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Pass problem for morning bus journey
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
... to Mrs Holmes further about these incidents. “In South Yorkshire, the free senior bus pass can be used after 9am, but in West Yorkshire it is 9.30am. ...
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4 coaches fired over student incidents
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Earlier in the school year, a 7-year-old elementary school student hanged himself and a 9-year-old was left on a bus in 20-degree weather, Sbrana said. ...
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Vigilant passenger prevents carnage at Mount Lavinia
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
... evacuating the commuters from the bus as they located the parcel and taking the bus to a safer location. This incident has proved beyond any doubt that ...
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KILLER ILLEGAL ALIEN HAD PAST DRIVING INCIDENTS
By Peter
Keding says Morales, now in custody after the school bus accident that killed four kids, was more than an inexperienced driver. “It was very obvious to me she didn’t not know how to drive,” she says. The combination of Minneapolis and ...
- http://texasholdemblogger.wordpress.com

SC school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress
By breleard(breleard)
SC school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress The State - Columbia,SC,USA “You have to be extremely qualified to get it.' But the numberof qualifications, the high stress of the job and the low paymake it a hard position to fill ...
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TitusOneNine - S.C. school-bus incidents: Driving a busload of stress
S.C. school-bus incidents: Driving a busload of stress. Posted by Kendall Harmon. Duct tape is used to seal the mouths of unruly children on a Ware Shoals ...