Saturday, March 7, 2009

03/07/09

Cable Barriers on I-10 may have saved lives in morning accident
KFDM-TV News - Beaumont,Texas,USA
Preventing accidents along Texas roadways, and saving lives. Troopers say the pick-up truck driver is in serious, but stable condition. No one on the bus ...
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School bus seatbelt use a perennial debate
Interlake Spectator - Gimli,Manitoba,Canada
In rollover bus accidents, proponents say, seatbelts can be the difference between survival and serious injury. The National Coalition for School Bus Safety ...
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Police Investigate Accident Involving 2 18-Wheelers, 1 Bus and 1 ...
KBMT ABC 12 - Port Arthur,TX,USA
Shortly after 6 am Friday an 18-wheeler and a passenger charter bus collided on Interstate 10 just West of Winnie. A Dispatcher tells KBMT 12 news there are ...
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Bus, 18 wheeler collide on Interstate 10
KFDM-TV News - Beaumont,Texas,USA
According to the Chambers County Sheriff's Office the charter bus is operated by Coach USA. I-10 West is down to one lane in the area near the accident. ...
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By admin
stupid people on the bus part 2 · stupid people on bus part 3 · stupid people on school bus part 1 · This Could Have Been a BIG Train Accident! Nothing But EXTREME!!! Microsoft Sam reads Stupid and Weird Signs THE SIXTH ...
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Guatemalans Resist Mega-Mines, Hydropower Dams
By info@ecologicalinternet.org (Environment...
Between the media's coverage of assassinations, bus accidents, and illegal security organizations that murder with impunity, there is an occasional story detailing the small gains made in the countryside, as ordinary Guatemalans stand ...
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Very Heavy Motor Accident,crash - Video
By kingarab
Bus Crash Test 02:49 · Bus Crash Test 1 min ago. Rated 0.0 | 0 Views. Have you ever wondered what a bus looks like when its crash tested?? Thanks to the TRC team for their contributions to the NHTSA Database. ...
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CAROLINA NATURALLY: Bus driver charged with egging on snowball attack
By nacktman
Police said the driver got on the bus' PA system and offered varying amounts of money to students to either throw snowballs at the 13-year-old or stuff snow down his shirt. Several students did throw snowballs at the boy, ...
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Suggestions about Prevention of Accidents in Children « Health ...
By kishorji
Disasters. Prevention of roadside accidents:. Safety education must be given in schools and by parents. School bus drivers, need to be specially trained for safe driving. Children and teachers should be trained for first aid. ...
Health Awareness blog - http://healthsuggestion.wordpress.com/


Utah gets $58 million for public transit
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
The US Department of Transportation has awarded Utah its share of mass-transit dollars from the stimulus package approved by Congress. ...
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Transit labor dispute looms in Philadelphia
MSNBC - USA
SEPTA hasn't made an offer for wages and benefits, but officials have said economic woes will affect the transit agency's ability to meet labor's requests.
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Stimulus providing Pa., NJ with $800M for transit
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
New Jersey will receive $652 million for highways and bridges and about $452 million for transit, Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced Thursday evening. ...
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Ten-mile stretch of transit system absent from package
Houston Chronicle - United States
The Metropolitan Transit Authority will look to the Federal Transit Administration for help funding the University line. The FTA has yet to approve Metro’s ...
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Senate panel approves raiding transit fund
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
And the pro-rail transit organization, GoRailGo, said the bill would "balance the state budget on the backs of Oahu taxpayers. ...
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US sees deal on Tajik transit for Afghan cargo
Reuters - USA
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - The United States and Tajikistan expect soon to finalize an agreement that would allow the transit of non-lethal supplies to ...
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Public Transit Gets a Boost
Whitehouse.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
A future that strengthens our transit system, makes us more energy efficient and increases safety," said Vice President Joe Biden. ...
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Senate Majority Courts GOP on Transit Plan
New York Times - United States
By WILLIAM NEUMAN and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE With support among Senate Democrats for a financial rescue of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority far from ...
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Mansfield transit gets $1.3M in stim funding
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced Thursday that Mansfield will receive $1281024 in mass transit funds with $179808408 for Ohio communities overall. ...
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NJ Transit projects slated for stimulus funding
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
_ Proposed train tunnel under the Hudson River, which officials say would double the number of eastbound trains that enter New York's Penn Station every day ...
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Muni Diaries » Blog Archive » Transit News Digest 3.6.09
By jeff
Transit News Digest 3.6.09. opossum The Examiner reports on Nathaniel Ford’s stating of the obvious: that service will suffer due to a deteriorating fleet of buses and trains if millions aren’t found in funding to shore up the vehicles. ...
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Google Maps "500% Greener," Includes More Mass Transit
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In one year, the total number of cities for which people can plan transit trips with Google Maps has grown to more than 250 -- 500% more than last year. In North America, we've grown from supporting around 20 agencies to 115 ... RNC Chair Michael Steele, who's made all of the wrong kinds of news this week after... Google · Aaron Greenspan Why I Sued Google (and Won). Like most Americans, I use Google's search engine several times a day without so much as a second thought. ...
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Gas tax powers up transit - The Mississauga News - Mississauga.com
The Mississauga News and Mississauga.com - The primary source of news and information for those who live, work and play in the City of Mississauga and its surrounding areas. News, Classifieds, Jobs, Real Estate, Pictures, Video, ...
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The Money Train: Philly Transit Upgrading With Federal Stimulus Money
By The Huffington Post News Editors
"This money is a use-it-or-lose-it opportunity," Casey told the Daily News, "and if you're not ready to use it, you shouldn't be running a transit agency. Read the whole story: Philadelphia Daily News. AWAITING THE late-spring arrival ...
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MacNN | TrainCrop threatens developer over Transit Sydney app
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Don't rush to judgment in school bus attack
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
It's our job, our responsibility, in the media to report on such incidents. Yet based on readers' comments, I worry people aren't putting this in proper ...
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Hennepin County prosecutors charge teacher's aide, bus driver in ...
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
She got home about 5 pm The girl refused to ride the bus the next day and told a friend about the alleged incident. The friend told bus officials, ...
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Bus station not allowed to relocate because of crime
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
From 2003 to 2008, there were 931 incidents involving police at the station. That number disturbed board members such as Chris Whitson. ...
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Greyhound passenger lawsuit in the works
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
... buses between provinces ... the federal government knows or should have known about other violent incidents on buses and put proper resources in for safety.
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Hennepin County prosecutors charge teacher's aide, bus driver in ...
By By David Hanners dhanners@pioneerpress.com
Hennepin County prosecutors charge teacher's aide, bus driver in separate incidents with students. In another case, driver accused of keeping girl on bus. By David Hanners dhanners@pioneerpress.com. Posted: 03/06/2009 12:01:00 AM CST ...
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spdk: Daily Crime Incidents for March 06, 2009
By spdk
On 04/03/2009 at 1430 hrs in front of Ganesh Medicals at Kankanady Mangalore one driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-A-2521 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a Honda Activa scooter bearing Reg. No. ...
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Desecrating the Atheist Bus Ad
By matthew
I noticed this on my way home on the subway last night, and am actually surprised it's the first I've seen (considering the Athiest Bus ad campaign has been around since the middle of... ... Has anybody seen any other incidents of sign modification? I think it's kind of cute. I didn't have my camera with me, so I took the pic using my Macbook. If you see any other vandalism, snap a pic and add it to the Flickr pool. Comments (3). Recommend This (X). Print This ...
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SCV Sheriff - News Room: 12-Year-Old Behind Bars After Stealing Car
By Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station
Deputies located the bus traveling westbound on Soledad Canyon Road and conducted a traffic stop near Langside Drive. The subject was located on the bus and was taken into custody without incident. The passenger, who was detained in the ...
SCV Sheriff - News Room - http://incident.scvsheriff.com/news_room/
theblogprof: Kalamazoo Student Attacks Bus Driver (With Video)
By The blogprof
This is just another in a line of incidents that points to the moral decline in our society. I wrote this in that prior post:. Is this surprising in this day and age? I don't think it should be. This nation has been in decline ever ...
theblogprof - http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/
Minor injuries in bus-truck crash
Houston Chronicle - United States
AP Texas News © 2009 AP BEAUMONT, Texas — Only minor injuries are reported from the Friday morning collision of a charter bus and a tractor-trailer rig on ...
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Bus driver charged with egging on snowball attack
The Associated Press
(AP) — A school bus driver has been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after she allegedly offered students cash to throw snowballs at ...
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Two teens honored for helping stop attack on school bus
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
Kenneth and an 18-year-old man from Parchment, who asked not to be identified, pulled a 16-year-old Kalamazoo boy off a Kalamazoo Public Schools bus driver ...
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Unlimited UH Bus Pilot Program Advances
MSNBC - USA
Students would pay $20 a year for a pass that would allow them to use the bus system around Oahu. The Associated of Students of the University of Hawaii ...
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Bus driver abandons girl, 5, alone at Queens stop
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY Bill Hutchinson A 5-year-old girl stranded at her school bus stop by an impatient driver wandered alone through the streets of Queens until she found a ...
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Bus Driver Charged for Inciting Snowball Attack
Washington Post - United States
The frazzled bus driver tried to intervene. Then came, according to authorities, the driver's offer to the entire bus: $20 to anyone who would bombard one ...
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Judge rules bus beheading suspect mentally ill
CNN - USA
(CNN) -- A man charged in the beheading death of his seatmate on a Greyhound Canada bus last summer is not criminally responsible because he is mentally ill ...
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Bus driver's husband knew his wife's attacker
WWMT - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - For the first time since the attack on the school bus, the husband of the victim is going on the record. On Thursday, Newschannel 3 ...
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16-year-old rear ends Mobile Co. school bus
MSNBC - USA
(AP) - A crash involving a car and a school bus in Mobile County sent a 16-year-old female to the hospital with serious injuries. ...
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Sri Lanka invites Pakistani bus driver who saved players
Hindu - Chennai,India
Islamabad (PTI): Mehar Mohammad Khalil, the Pakistani bus driver whose timely action saved the lives of the Sri Lankan cricket players during the terrorist ...
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Ryanair to start bus route in Sweden: source - The Local
In Västerås, about 100 kilometres west of Stockholm, there are already several bus companies which fly passengers to Uppsala and Arlanda, among other places. Attempts by the TT news agency to reach Ryanair were unsuccessful. ...
The Local - Sweden's news in English - http://www.thelocal.se/
Bus Driver Charged Gas To School System - Nashville News Story ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A former Metro school bus driver charged thousands of dollars in gasoline on the school system's credit card. Friday, March 6, 2009.
WSMV.com - News - http://www.wsmv.com/news/
Cerebral Palsy Wrexham girl told to get off bus because seats full ...
Cerebral Palsy Wrexham girl told to get off bus because seats full - A YOUNG Wrexham girl with cerebral palsy was forced off a bus because the disabled seats were full... of able bodied passengers.
Evening Leader - News - http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=5263
School Bus Beating Suspect Charged As A Juvenile (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP -- Prosecutors have authorized an assault charge against a 16-year-old Kalamazoo boy accused of repeatedly beating a Kalamazoo Public Schools substitute school bus driver Tuesday, authorities said. .... The parents were on the news. He is black. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:42 PM on 03/05/2009. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them All. - + Bexstarr See Profile I'm a Fan of Bexstarr I'm a fan of this user permalink ...
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Bus company staff will go bananas » News » This Is Guernsey
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Island News, Sport, Community & Lifestyle. ... Island News, Sport, Community & Lifestyle. Site Search:. Home; | About us; | Contact us; | FAQs; | Site Map. Skip to content. News · Business · Sport · Community · Lifestyle · Entertainment ...
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Two schoolchildren injured in Noida accident
By Ians
According to police sources, Kshitij and Satyam - both students of Army Public School in Sector 29 - were going to their school at 8.00 a.m. when their Maruti Esteem car was hit by a private bus at a crossing a few metres from the ...
News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
Muni bus crashes into vehicle in Marina, injures three
The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco,California,USA
The driver of the bus was tested for drugs and alcohol and placed on non-driving duties, which is standard procedure following accidents, True said.
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Aston Villa fan sacked after 10 bus crashes
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK
Today Mr Pullen, who claimed compensation for unfair dismissal and breach of contract for unfair treatment, insisted not all of the accidents were his fault ...
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Muni operating on borrowed time
The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco,California,USA
Cindy Chew/The Examiner SAN FRANCISCO – Service will suffer unless Muni shells out $18 million to repair trains and buses sidelined by accidents, ...
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School bus driver fined for wild ride
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Justice Charles Vaillancourt said there were no accidents, near misses or high speeds in the July 2007 incident to warrant the jail time as the Crown sought ...
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Thirteen Marines Injured in Bus Crash : Legal News
By Ryan
Investigators say that the buses were on their way to Bataan Strike Group for a training exercise when the accident happened. Two buses in front stopped for traffic but the third one did not and slammed into the second bus, ...
Legal News - http://www.legalinfo360.com/
REB 802 « coffee mug
By banggigay
there about 300meters away from the accident scene, the red car driver alighted his car fuming and yelling at the criminal. he cussed him for running away from what he did. this guy got my highest admiration. our bus stopped and we saw ...
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GMANews.TV - 2 killed, 1 hurt in motorcycle accidents in Metro ...
MANILA, Philippines - Two people were killed and another was seriously injured in two separate motorcycle accidents in the cities of Marikina and Caloocan before dawn Friday, radio reports said. ... 33 dead after bus plunges into river in India. 2009-02-25 14:20:36. More Related Stories · Man on motorcycle killed in smashup with truck in Caloocan. 2009-03-06 06:57:44. Car figures in road mishap in Quezon City. 2009-03-04 07:12:05. Kidnap-for-ransom rap filed vs suspect ...
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Three People Injured Thursday in San Francisco Muni Bus Crash
By vashton
MARCH 5, 2009 – Three people were taken to San Francisco hospitals early Thursday morning after a 91-Owl bus collided with another vehicle in the Marina District, authorities have reported. The Muni bus accident happened at about 1:25 ...
California Injury Attorneys Blog - http://esteybomberger.com/blog/
Driver Ticketed for ‘Negligent Operation’ in Massachusetts Bus ...
Driver Ticketed for ‘Negligent Operation’ in Massachusetts Bus Crash :: Boston Car Accident Lawyer Blog.
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