Saturday, July 11, 2009

7/11/09

Billboard warns of 'Death by cell phone'
State-Journal.com - Frankfort,KY,USA
By Keren Henderson Smaller words direct drivers to watch online stories about a boy and a grandmother killed in vehicle accidents involving cell phones. ...
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Metro briefs
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Both transit agencies are currently dealing with the aftermath of recent fatal accidents in which operator performance is under investigation.
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uw: Really, I just care about your safety...
By Manda
Do you know why the bus pulled away?.. because she just about caused that bus driver to squash her like a bug. Many bus drivers say that all those near accidents with pedestrians are very worrisome. So if you run in front of their bus, ...
University of Washington - http://uw.livejournal.com/
Motorcycle Accident Kills New York Woman :: New York Injury Talk Blog
June 19, 2009 7:00 AM Fatal New York Work Site AccidentA 35-year-old worker was killed in a New York on-the-job... June 17, 2009 7:00 AM Greyhound Bus Accident Injures SixSix people were hurt in a bus accident in Robinson,. ...
New York Injury Talk Blog - http://www.nyinjurytalk.com/
School bus operators in Chandigarh go on strike
The administration had taken this decision in the wake of increasing road accidents. After the installation of speed governors, no bus driver can drive beyond the speed of 50 km per hour. A senior official, who did not want to be named, ...
Daily Education News - http://www.prokerala.com/news/people/education/
Class 1 student dies in Jharkhand bus accident
By Ians
RANCHI - A Class 1 student was killed and six children injured when a truck rammed into a school bus here Friday morning.
Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
Passengers Injured In SoCal Bus Accident | Los Angeles Accident ...
By RichmondJ
Numerable passenger injuries were sustained in a SoCal bus accident involving a car and bus.
Los Angeles Accident & Injury Law Firm - http://www.rezat.com/
LA buses, rail synced to Google Maps in new partnership [Updated]
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The MTA is the latest transit agency to join forces with Google to connect transit information on the interactive maps. According to the MTA, users will be ...
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NJ Transit officer indicted for having 4 pounds of marijuana in car
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
by Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau IRVINGTON -- A suspended NJ Transit police officer has been indicted for having nearly four pounds of marijuana in his ...
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LAist
Who's Next on Google Transit? A Sampling
LAist - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Metro, the county's behemoth transit agency, officially announced their partnership with Google. But the county is large and there are various partner ...
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Getting there: Where to park or how to take public transit
Chicago Tribune - United States
You'll be far better off taking public transit, but if you must drive, opt for the Cubs shuttle bus, which will run on both concert nights. ...
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Public transit can carry political ads: Supreme Court
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
By Philip Ling, Canwest News ServiceJuly 10, 2009 12:28 PM OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the decision by two British Columbia transit ...
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BART trains still rolling after deadline passes
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains continue to roll after leaders of the transit system's two biggest unions agreed to let their members vote on the latest ...
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Baltimore Sun
MTA bans driver phones
Baltimore Sun - United States
(Baltimore Sun photo by Gene Sweeney Jr. / July 8, 2009) By Michael Dresser Baltimore Sun reporter In the wake of fatal transit accidents across the nation, ...
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Transit District gets funding for new buses
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
By Tribune Staff • July 10, 2009 Some $1.2 million in federal Recovery Act dollars will go to the Great Falls Transit District to buy four 29-foot low-floor ...
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BART strike threat on hold
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
With less than an hour to go before the labor pacts for BART's 2800 unionized workers expired at midnight Thursday, leaders of the transit agency's two ...
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BART makes contract offer; no strike while unions consider
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Denis Cuff and Kristin Bender By Denis Cuff OAKLAND -- BART trains will continue running for at least several more days while the transit district's ...
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The Online News Page » D.C. Area Transit Agency Adopts Zero ...
By Editor
D.C. Area Transit Agency Adopts Zero-Tolerance Policy on Texting by Operators (source: Washington Post). Metro has toughened its policy against texting by train or bus operators, following the release of a video showing a train operator ...
The Online News Page - http://www.rocketnews.com/
News Roundup: 8 days - Seattle Transit Blog
By Martin H. Duke
As the train becomes less theoretical (and the large costs remain abstract in most people's minds), I think enthusiasm is building, at least among those who aren't invested in hatred and/or distrust of Sound Transit: ...
Seattle Transit Blog - http://seattletransitblog.com/
NewsChex - Michigan News » Blog Archive » Whimsical transit center ...
By NewsChex
The $22.5-million center packs a lot into a tight space at the corner of Michigan and Cass: 15 bus bays for 21 Detroit Department of Transportation bus ... A sneak peek into Detroit's Rosa Parks Transit CenterThe Detroit News ...
NewsChex - Michigan News - http://michigan.newschex.com/
Reviewing Ford's 2010 Transit Connect - Riverside CA Inland Empire ...
By Craig Fiegener
The Transit Connect has been in Europe in several years, soon you may see it on streets here in the United States. transitconnectimage.jpg. Ford has unveiled a mid-size delivery vehicle that gets 22 miles to the gallon in the city, ... Riverside News for the Inland Empire is on InstantRiverside.com © 2008 Instant Inland Empire Media, Inc. Close. Social Web; E-mail. del.icio.us; Digg; Furl; Netscape; Yahoo! My Web; StumbleUpon; Google Bookmarks; Technorati; BlinkList ...
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'Noisy' stars mask planet's true size | Silver Scorpio ...
By admin
Although the transit method isn't the best method for detecting exoplanets, it provides a reliable estimate of its size and mass. According to a report by ABC News, PhD student Stefan Czesla of the Hamburg Observatory in Germany, ...
Silver Scorpio - International... - http://silverscorpio.com/
China's BYD said to buy bus firm for at least $293 mln
Reuters - USA
HK) is seeking to buy a bus making company in Hunan, central China, to increase production of alternative fuel vehicles, according to the Hunan Economic ...
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Azure stock gets lift from US hybrid bus deal
Forbes - NY,USA
Azure, which partnered on the contract with bus body builder StarTrans Bus, did not disclose the value of the 16-vehicle deal, but said the customers will ...
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New York Times
Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
New York Times - United States
Bogotá, Colombia, has implemented a bus rapid transit system, which improves traffic flow and reduces smog at a fraction of the cost of building a subway. ...
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Sixth downtown bus-pedestrian mishap prompts safety review
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
A witness, Scott Vanscoy, said the bus was briefly atop the woman's leg, and he yelled at the driver to back up. "He seemed like he was in shock," Vanscoy ...
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Extreme makeover enterprise edition: move that bus!
ZDNet - USA
More advice on avoiding the much-maligned enterprise service bus, this time from a surprising quarter: an ESB vendor. ZDNet colleague Dana Gardner quotes ...
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MPS alters start times, bus routes
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
Under new bus route reimbursement rules, the Department of Education will not reimburse school systems for the cost of busing magnet students, ...
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Prosecutors consider charges in I-80 resort bus crash
Reno Gazette-Journal - Reno,NV,USA
Pablo Olivas, 25, of Reno died April 4 when the bus taking him and more than two dozen other employees to the Resort at Squaw Creek hit a guardrail and ...
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Zimbabwe: Bus Driver Injured
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Harare — A bus driver was injured after his vehicle, which had passengers on board, burst the front right tyre and veered off the road before crashing into ...
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Bus-pedestrian accident is DART's 6th in two years
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
The driver of the DART bus was ticketed, bus officials said, and will undergo a mandatory drug and alcohol screening as part of the investigation. ...
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Bus company ignores safety protocols - union
Independent Online - Cape Town,Western Cape,South Africa
"Drivers are working one per bus instead of two. For example, in a Johannesburg to Cape Town trip, drivers drive continuously in excess of 12 hours without ...
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Bus stops to get $17.4 million for upgrades - PE.com - Daily News ...
By PE Politics
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this afternoon Riverside Transit Agency will receive $17.4 million for upgrades to bus stops to make them safer and more appealing to bus riders. The money, which goes directly to the bus ...
PE.com - Daily News Digest - http://blogs.pe.com/news/digest/
Showbiz - News - Ronson 'insulted by Star Tour bus guide ...
Samantha Ronson has joked that she might have to move house after being verbally abused by the guide of a celebrity homes tour bus. The on-off girlfriend of Linsday Lohan has revealed that she was furious to learn that her Los Angeles ...
Showbiz - Digital Spy - News - http://www.digitalspy.com/
State @ Oxegen – Daily Updates - State Magazine | Music | News ...
By Niall Byrne
A shuttle bus service will operate between Naas and the Punchestown Site over the course of the day. Buses will travel from site to Naas town centre via the R411 (Ballymore Eustace Road) through the town centre to the Drop Off / Pick Up ...
State Magazine - http://www.state.ie/
Stimulus money flows to RIPTA for hybrid buses - Projo 7 to 7 News ...
By Katebramson
GOOGLE 'COST OF HYBRID BUS'... with a premium price from the 3 companies that build hybrids of $500000 per vehicle, how does 24 MILLION or 36 MILLION translate to 20 buses and support? WHO IS KEEPING THE CHANGE? ...
Projo 7 to 7 News Blog - http://newsblog.projo.com/
Magnitude-6.0 quake in southwest China kills 1, injures 324, over ...
By Bureau News
The truck hit the bus after the bus driver slowed for warning signs set up where another truck hit a roadside barrier earlier, the Xinhua News Agency said. Moderate quake shakes China's northwest, no injuries immediately reported ...
Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
3 Wilson JV players to press civil suits
Buffalo News - NY, United States
... and there were allegations that similar incidents had occurred in the past. “I have no doubt there was some noise and chaos in the back of the bus, ...
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DART Recently Made Big Safety Push
KCCI.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
He said that several of the incidents happened near the bus staging area on Walnut Street, where pedestrians need to be especially careful. ...
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NLRB files complaint against Ardsley Bus Co.
Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY,USA
He is accused of kicking an employee during one of the incidents in June 2008, the document said. Since last summer, the company has negotiated in bad faith ...
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mta's New Zero Tolerance Policy For Cell Phone Use
WJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA
There have been concerns about operators being distracted by cell phones after several incidents around the country, and in the last three weeks, ...
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Violence by Muslim group PFI in Mysore, curfew in parts of the ...
By jagoindia
The windscreen of the luxury bus was smashed in the incident that occurred behind LIC Office. Police and RAF rushed to the spot and launched a hunt for the miscreants but to no avail. However, normalcy returned to Ashoka Road after some ...
Islamic Terrorism in India - http://islamicterrorism.wordpress.com/
Small dogs vs. human beings and civil rights « Spokane Police ...
By Arroyoribera
The sort of story about which people comment to total strangers on the bus or in the lunch room at work. The type of incident which leaves many clear in a belief that “of course surveillance cameras are a good thing”. ...
Spokane Police Abuses: Past to Present - http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/
Latest Metro Fail: Sleeping on the Job | MyMetroStop.com
By admin
As Metro adopts a no tolerance policy for bus and train operators using cell phones and PDAs on the job, pictures of a sleeping Metro operator surface… Metro announced the new policy Thursday after at least one incident caught on camera ...
MyMetroStop.com - http://www.blog.mymetrostop.com/
MATT HELMS New transit center an airy gem
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY MATT HELMS • FREE PRESS DRIVING COLUMNIST • July 9, 2009 The new Rosa Parks Transit Center, set to open Tuesday, is an open, airy space designed to ...
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MTA chief does the right thing
Baltimore Sun - United States
The Maryland Transit Administration chief took about a half hour to think it over and then he did the right thing. Confronted with the reality that the ...
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BART talks set to resume as deadline approaches
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Contract talks between union reps and Bay Area Rapid Transit officials are set to resume as a deadline for reaching a deal approaches. ...
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NJ Transit light rail vehicle collides with garbage truck this morning
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com - Jersey City,NJ,USA
by Paul At around 6:30 this morning, a southbound NJ Transit light rail vehicle collided with a garbage truck that ran a red light on New York Avenue, ...
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Losses in Lutherville
Baltimore Sun - United States
At least that's what the evidence collected so far by the Maryland Transit Administration would seem to indicate - but it also raises some disturbing ...
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PREVIEW-Nabucco transit deal nice, but where's the gas?
Reuters - USA
By Sylvia Westall and Orhan Coskun VIENNA/ANKARA, July 9 (Reuters) - A transit deal for the Nabucco gas pipeline will bring political fanfare at its signing ...
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MTA hands over accident probe to Baltimore County police
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Michael Dresser Shortly after the mother of one of the boys killed in Sunday's light rail accident questioned the objectivity of Maryland Transit ...
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Media to get sneak peek at Detroit transit center
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP DETROIT - A three-story, 25700-square-foot transit center in Detroit will open to the public Tuesday. But before that, members of the media on Thursday ...
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T riders face nearly 20 percent fare hike
Boston Globe - United States
Advocates have warned that higher prices will drive people away from public transit when the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is struggling to ...
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NJ Transit Meadowlands link to serve fans starting July 26
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit will open its new rail link to the Meadowlands Sports Complex from Hoboken Terminal and Secaucus Junction July 26. ...
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NJ Transit News - 7/9/2009 - Hoboken 411 » Hoboken's Leading Web ...
By hoboken411
Hoboken NJ most popular community portal of daily news, real estate, business reviews and user discussion. Find out what is happening at bars and restaurants in Hoboken, New Jersey's hottest city as well as the New York City tri-state ...
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Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. » Public transit ...
By Mike Lillis
Now, as Senate Democrats are preparing to unveil their own sweeping climate-change proposal, a growing chorus of voices is calling for an increase in public-transit funding to eliminate the need for so much additional driving. ...
Minnesota Independent: News.... - http://minnesotaindependent.com/
Salisbury News: Three Firms To Compete to Build Dover Transit Center
By joealbero
Dover -- Three firms were selected from a list of 13 applicants to submit proposals to build the first phase of a new Dover Transit Center, to be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). ...
Salisbury News - http://sbynews.blogspot.com/
Malarky News - Pure Torture
By GlobalSecurity.org
Russia Allows Transit for US Troops. July 8th, 2009 by GlobalSecurity.org · No Comments · News, Syndicated. No description. Share/Save/Bookmark. Related posts: Russia to cut troops in Abkhazia, S.Ossetia · US transit center will have ...
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Police say train hits vehicle near Detroit, killing all 5 in car ...
By David Runk
June 23rd, 2009 DC transit train smashes into another, killing 9WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Fire Department has raised the death toll to nine in Monday's collision of two Metrorail trains. ... were injured when the men, who were not authorized to operate the electric train, drove it into a goods train at Vyasarpadi Jeeva station on the outskirts of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting railway officials. ...
Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/


Seattle Post Intelligencer
Former bus drivers get light rail on track for opening
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By SCOTT GUTIERREZ If Seattle-area residents had voted to build a rail transit system 40 years ago, John Helm might not have been a bus driver. ...
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BBC News
Acas talks over bus strike plan
BBC News - UK
Talks with the conciliation service Acas are to be held in a bid to avert a bus strike in Aberdeen. Staff at First Bus voted for industrial action, ...
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Brevard bus system fights to keep routes
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA
She has a car and can afford to drive to work, but Houston still doesn't want routes on the countywide bus system to be cut. “I can be flexible, ...
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Time is running out for buying school bus passes
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
The state Department of Education is encouraging parents to purchase bus passes for their children before the start of the 2009-10 school year. ...
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Look who's on the Google Chrome OS bus
Gotta Be Mobile - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
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Ben Franklin Transit Money to Use Stimulus Money for Bus Fares
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
McMullen says $280000 isn't enough to improve bus fares or get back the bus routes that have been taken away. You must be logged in to rate this story. ...
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Bus tour of Jackson sites planned in Gary
Fox 28 - South Bend,IN,USA
GARY, Ind. (AP) -- A tour bus company is planning a trip that will take Michael Jackson fans to his boyhood home in Gary and other Jackson family related ...
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Owner drove bus in crash
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
By ROBERT GAVIN, Staff writer LAKE GEORGE – The bus that crashed on the Northway early Sunday, taking one life and injuring nine others, was driven by the ...
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Tourist dead in bus crash – Stuff.co.nz :: Wow My News - Breaking ...
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Breaking News, Weather, Business, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel, Science, Technology, Local, US & World News.
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$137000 bus? | Augusta News, Augusta Weather, Augusta Sports ...
Well let me fix my grammer, I am more concerned about all the teachers that just lost their jobs that could be teaching our kids rather than the state looking for funding for a hybrib school bus. Is an education not better? ...
WAGT - News - Local - http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local
Man pulls gun on Metro bus in Bellevue - Bellevue Reporter
Man pulls gun on Metro bus in Bellevue. Jul 07 2009, 8:10 PM · UPDATED. Click here for more information at SeattlePI.com. COMMENTING RULES: We encourage an open exchange of ideas in the PNWLocalNews.com community, but we ask you to ... Jul 02 2009, 12:37 PM · UPDATED; Victim of freak car wash accident in serious condition | Police considering award for witness who came to his aid · BELLEVUE REPORTER Jul 06 2009, 6:01 PM · UPDATED. more local news from around Washington » ...
News - Bellevue Reporter - http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news
Eighth-graders visit Washington, D.C. and New York City : The ...
The SnoValley Star is the local weekly newspaper for Snoqualmie and North Bend, WA. Local news, classifieds, weather, mountain pass and contact information. ... Next, the students took a bus to New York City. The Snoqualmie Valley group perused Fifth Avenue, FAO Schwarz, Tiffany's, Trump Tower and Rockefeller Center. They saw “The Phantom of the Opera,” and got their photo taken in Times Square amid the blazing city lights. “It was absolutely shoulder to shoulder,” ...
The SnoValley Star - News, Sports,... - http://snovalleystar.com/
VIDEO: Tight Fit: Japanese bus company makes the most of its ...
By Chris Shunk
↓↑report. BoxerFanatic 14. BoxerFanatic 2:25PM (7/08/2009). Japanese bus parking as a news item... Just when I thought I couldn't be more amazed about what makes headlines... Reply. 2 stars ↓↑report. Dude 15. Dude 2:29PM (7/08/2009) ...
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Australasian Bus News Trader Business Media
By including buses as public transport vehicles in the heavy vehicle categorisation the legislation fails to recognise the bus industry's unique status ...



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