Sunday, March 29, 2009

3/29/09

6 killed, 10 injured in east China bus-truck collision
Xinhua - China
NANCHANG, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and 10 others were injured in a bus-truck collision in east China's Jiangxi Province, ...
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Round Rock ISD board approves bus route changes
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
The Round Rock Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to approve changes to hazardous transportation bus routes Thursday night. ...
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Happy Birthday, BoltBus! Premium Bus Line is One Year Old Today
FOXBusiness - USA
BoltBus, a bus line focused on providing exceptional service, luxury and convenience at an amazingly low price, today celebrated its first anniversary. ...
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"School Bus Yellow" Dell netbook leaked - I mean School Bus Orange
ZDNet - USA
... has leaked photos of what appear to be Latitude-branded, Atom-based netbooks, replete with school-happy colors like School Bus Yellow and Apple Red. ...
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Round Rock eliminates some bus routes at 12 schools
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
By Molly Bloom Despite protests from some parents, Round Rock trustees voted Thursday to eliminate selected bus routes at 12 elementary, middle and high ...
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Chesterfield offers to fund Metro bus route
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
A critical bus route west of Interstate 270 that allows hundreds of workers to get to their jobs at nursing homes and hospitals in St. Louis County will ...
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King: Bus routes to be closed; stimulus money can't help
CNN - USA
St. Louis, Missouri, is having to cut back on bus routes. This could devastate some of the area's most vulnerable. BALLWIN, Missouri (CNN) -- For Stuart and ...
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DC's Metro rejects fare hike; proposes bus cuts
Forbes - NY,USA
Instead, board members will look to plug the gap by reducing bus service. Public hearings will be held next month on the proposed cuts, which could affect ...
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School bus driver busted for child porn possession
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
AP NEWARK, NJ - A school bus driver in New Jersey has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. The FBI says 58-year-old William ...
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Bus travelers delayed in Denver by spring snows
Houston Chronicle - United States
AP Texas News © 2009 AP DENVER — Some Greyhound bus passengers who were stuck in Denver because of snowy weather this week are still waiting to get out of ...

Bus crash closes down portion of Arthur Kill Road - Staten Island ...
By Staten Island Advance
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Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.COM |Bus travelers delayed in Denver ...
Local news, weather and sports for Corpus Christi, Texas. ... Bus travelers delayed in Denver by spring snows ... The place to chat about everything from news and sports to music and movies! ...
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£20m boost for rapid bus scheme (From Daily Echo)
Councillor Mel Kendal, executive member for environment at Hampshire County Council, said: “Getting the go-ahead on funding for this first phase of our overall scheme is excellent news for the whole of south Hampshire. ...
Daily Echo | News - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/
95% Favour Allowing Bikes In Bus Lanes Nationwide
An online poll conducted by Peugeot Scooters reveals that public opinion is firmly behind allowing motorcycles and scooters to use bus lanes in towns and cities across the UK, enabling riders to enjoy the safety and convenience benefits already open to cyclists. Prompted by the announcement from London Mayor Boris Johnson that motorcyclists will be able to share red route bus lanes with buses, cyclists and black taxis on an 18-month trial basis. ... Latest News Stories ...
The Latest Motorcycle News - http://londonbikers.com/
Government Innovators Network: Article: T's bus trainees can now ...
Noah Bierman, Globe Staff Boston.com -- Local news. March 27, 2009 ... The most notable obstacles from the driver's seat of this rumbling MBTA bus are the taxicabs - so many of them, each more frenetic than the one before, all steered by fearless drivers darting across lanes with nary a worry in the world. Visit source to read full article ...
Government Innovators Network News - http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/
shyamvenky's woes n views: an ordeal in snow
By shyamvenky
highway was closed due to many accidents and so the bus had to detour. The driver was sensible enough to stop at a gas station for a pit-stop. I was desperately hungry and so grabbed some chips n pepsi. ...
shyamvenky's woes n views - http://shyamvenky.blogspot.com/
Breaking News: 17 Killed in Road Accident - Paknam Web Thailand Forums
By Richard Barrow
Bus accidents are a major public concern in Thailand as they often involve the lives of innocent victims (see Figure 1). It has been estimated that the number of bus accidents constitute some 5% of road crashes in Thailand (Taneerananon ...
Paknam Web Thailand Forums - http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=140079
Irwindale 210 Freeway Eight Vehicle Crash Kills Two - California ...
By California Attorney, Michael Ehline
Quality Bus Accident Lawyers work hard in cities like Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Burbank, City of Industry, Claremont, Covina, Culver City, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Marina Del Rey, ...
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Silobreaker: China Natural Gas Announces Management Change
Thirty-seven people have been killed in two bus accidents in China. Xinhua news agency said 20 people died and 11 others were injured when a bus and two trucks collided on an expressway in the eastern province of Jiangxi. ...
Silobreaker Feed for: United... - http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_81112
Lawyers in Dallas » Two Maryland School Bus Accidents Lead to ...
A number of school bus students were rushed to the hospital this week following two separate Maryland motor vehicle accidents involving school transportation vehicles on Wednesday. An elementary school bus and a pickup truck collided in ...
Lawyers in Dallas - http://www.lawyers-dallas.com/

Many hurt in bus accident
E-Pao.net - Manipur,India
Imphal, March 29 2009: At least 30 persons sustained injuries of varying degrees when the passenger carrier (bus) they were travelling on had an accident ...
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RP TownTalk: [RP TownTalk] Metro F4 bus to bypass RxR crossing ...
By Roland Walker
Prince George's County police and fire authorities along with Metro Transit Police and Riverdale Police are investigating this incident. It is Metro's standard procedure to remove bus operators involved in accidents and to conduct its ...
RP TownTalk - http://rp-towntalk.blogspot.com/
Thoughts. « Loopy, Lonely and Lost
By Laura
I get on a bus. It’s empty, apart from me, and the driver. Something could collide with the bus, I think. It’s big enough for serious damage to happen at one end but for the driver to escape unscathed (don’t want anyone else to get hurt). ... People who want to live but are cut down by terrible accidents. There’s a fundamental difference between us. If you asked me now, ‘live or die?’, and you could guarantee it’d work (and promise not to tell people I’d chosen it), ...
Loopy, Lonely and Lost - http://loopylonelyandlost.wordpress.com/
Escape the Cubicle Farm: Top 10 Reasons to Work From Home | Zen Habits
By Jonathan Mead
No car/bus/train accidents. 2. No money spent on gas/car repairs/tickets/parking. 3. Possibility of getting rid of your car, or second car. 4. More time. Spending 20 minutes to get to work, then 20 minutes driving home wastes between ...
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Take over our buses - Fiji Times Online
By By Riteshni Singh
He said while they were blamed for bus breakdowns and accidents, nobody took into consideration bad road conditions. "I don't think these kind of road conditions can be found anywhere else in the world," he said. ...
Fiji Times Online - Local News - http://www.fijitimes.com/
Adventures of a GoodMan » Small Islands and Big Cities: This and That
By Greg
It’s terrifying to sit in the front of a bus and watch how many near accidents it has on an average journey. When cars pass other cars in the right lane, they come at your vehicle head on and often don’t get back into their lane until ...
Adventures of a GoodMan - http://www.adventuresofagoodman.com/blog/
Bus Accidents Attorney, Lawyer, Law Firm Los Angeles, California
Find attorneys, lawyers, law firms practicing Bus Accidents in Los Angeles, California. Directory of Los Angeles, California Bus Accidents attorneys.
Chicago transit: Ideas to reach 1 billion rides a year
Chicago Tribune - United States
Aaron Renn is a Chicago Transit Authority customer who longs for a transit system that "you can rely on without having to build in ridiculous amounts of ...
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New Golden Gate Transit bus fareboxes flummox Marin riders
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
A learning curve for passengers and drivers grappling with new Golden Gate Transit fareboxes has caused boarding delays throughout the bus system. ...
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Central Arkansas Transit
KATV - Little Rock,AR,USA
Little Rock - Central Arkansas Transit is expanding its North Little Rock bus service to include Sundays. Three routes--McCain mall, pulaski tech and ...
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For transit job bids, how low can you go?
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
The transit agency estimates that this first contract might cost about $200 million. Odds are, the winning bid could be much, much lower. ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Fare is fare
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
New York City isn't the only transit system looking to raise fares. Caltrain's went up in January. AC Transit and the Golden Gate ferry and bus service ...
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Transit Ads Promote Citizen Surveillance for 2010 | Mostly Water
By blackandred
Pre-Olympic transit ads encourage citizen surveillance. CBC News - Friday, March 20, 2009. An advertising campaign aimed at warning transit users to report suspicious activity was launched recently by TransLink in the lead-up to the ...
Mostly Water - "Canadian" and... - http://mostlywater.org/
Committee of NY transit agency votes for fare hike - YardLimits.com
By News Feeds
New York City transit officials are poised to make drastic service cuts and raise the cost of a subway ride a whopping 25 percent, but they're.
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Mississauga Earth Hour (was there one?), the "Let George Galloway ...
By The_Mississauga_Muse
I also went to the Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal and was happy to see both the "301" and "302" Mississauga Transit Enforcement "police package" Dodge Chargers parked out front. I always see that as good news interpreting the ...
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Transit Authority Hopes City Will Help with Funding / 13 News at 6
WIBW KANSAS NEWS LEADER. ... 13 News Weekend · Kansas Voices. Transit Authority Hopes City Will Help with Funding, Save Email Print. Posted: 9:59 PM Mar 27, 2009. Last Updated: 10:12 PM Mar 27, 2009. 2 comments. A | A | A ...
WIBW - 13 News at 6 Headlines - http://www.wibw.com/13newsat6/headlines
App Shopper: Chicago Rapid Transit (Navigation)
Service Advisories (Live travel news) from Chicago Transit Authority is available. - The application is available in English, French, Spanish, and Deutsch. - Updates already in work for this application. This application is authorized ...
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Woman who lost legs in bus stop crash testifies
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LAS VEGAS—A 27-year-old mother of two whose legs were amputated after she was hit by a pickup truck at a bus stop last year testified against the driver. ...
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Pupils hurt as school bus crashes
BBC News - UK
A bus carrying pupils home from an independent school has crashed with a car in Clackmannanshire. The double decker bus was travelling from Dollar Academy ...
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Beansie's Bus Open for Business
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
A sure sign of spring in Burlington Wednesday: The Beansie's bus is open for the season. The fast-food restaurant on wheels has been a Burlington mainstay ...
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On Long Island, Higher Fares May Push Some Off the Bus
New York Times - United States
He said he didn’t see how he could pay more for the bus. Fares are set to increase by 75 percent. You almost can’t live on Long Island without a car, but, ...
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14 die in Russian bus accident-ministry
Reuters - USA
MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed and four injured early on Thursday when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a lorry east ...
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17-year-old girl hit by errant bullet on LA bus
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Authorities say a 17-year-old girl was wounded by a stray bullet that shattered a window on a Los Angeles Metro bus. ...
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CSH schools warn parents about man at bus stop
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
"We recommend that you meet your children at their bus stop while the police continue their investigation of this matter," a statement posted on the ...
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ATA outlines proposed bus service cuts
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By BRAD COOPER Even as it enjoys a ridership revival, the Kansas City bus system is planning to cut service on one-third of its routes and eliminate up to ...
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Examiner.com
Obama throws his teleprompter under the bus
Examiner.com - USA
... Obama threw the Teleprompter of the United States (TOTUS) under the bus and braved last night's press conference without his trusty remote controller. ...
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14 killed in Russian bus-truck collision | Euro News 24
11:16 MOSCOW - Officials say a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in central Russia has killed 14 people. The crash was before dawn Thursday on a main highway near Petushki, about 120 kilometers east of Moscow.
Euro News 24 - News - http://www.euronews24.org/
Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures 23 In Accident, Md. - Baltimore News ...
ACCIDENT, Md. -- The Garrett County Sheriff's Office says a truck driver was killed when the truck and a school bus collide. Thursday, March 26, 2009.
WBALTV.com - Local News - http://www.wbaltv.com/news/
Pols want probe into reinstatement of bus driver who mocked ...
By Saten Island Advance
Real-time News headlines. • Man in Staten Island Election Night rampage asks for exercise time 6:01 p.m. ET; • Pols want probe into reinstatement of bus driver who mocked autistic Staten Island boy 6:25 p.m. ET; • Staten Island's ...
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WMC-TV: News, Weather, Traffic, Radar, and Sports for Memphis, TN ...
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - A Conway school bus manufacturing plant has laid off an additional 170 workers after a round of cuts in January. The cuts by IC Corp. come after the plant laid off 300 workers earlier this year. ...
WMCTV - News - http://www.wmctv.com/global/category.asp?c=4728
WBFF FOX 45 :: Baltimore News
BALTIMORE NEWS. 1 killed in school bus-truck crash. March 25, 2009 21:52 EDT. ACCIDENT, Md. (AP) -- The Garrett County Sheriff's Office says a truck driver was killed when the truck and a school bus collided in Accident. ...
News - http://www.foxbaltimore.com/
Fla. student suspended from bus for passing gas
An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that ...

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