Tuesday, July 21, 2009

7/22/09

Rosenker Resigns From NTSB, Was Ethan Allen Spokesman
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
On the board since June 2004 and including for the Ethan Allen report, Hersman has been the member on scene at 15 major transportation accidents, ...
See all stories on this topic
New York Times
What to Do With Drivers on the Phone
New York Times - United States
We can give people the option, for a fee, of demonstrating that they can drive while speaking on a cellphone without causing accidents. ...
See all stories on this topic
New Bedford woman struck and killed by bus at downtown terminal
South Coast Today - New Bedford,MA,USA
He will be tested for alcohol and drugs as a standard procedure in all bus accidents. Meanwhile, New Bedford and state police detectives along with state ...
See all stories on this topic
Rosenker Says He Will Stay On Until Hersman Appointment Becomes ...
School Transportation News - Redondo Beach,CA,USA
“[The NTSB] is an agency that truly makes a positive difference every day, saving lives by preventing accidents, not only in our great nation, ...
See all stories on this topic
Uganda: 'Mbarara Accident Victims Recovering'
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Mbarara — All the 50 passengers injured in a bus accident on Saturday at Ruti on Mbarara-Kabale highway are improving, medical officers and the Police have ...
See all stories on this topic
Parents' agony over daughter's death
Independent Online
According to the service manager of Batswana Gare bus company, Jan Kruger, who spoke to the Pretoria News in 2008, the accident happened when the pupils ...
See all stories on this topic
Politicians, can you hear me now?
Boston Globe
A 2003 Harvard study found that cellphone use was involved in 636000 accidents, causing 330000 moderate to critical injuries, 2600 deaths, and $43 billion ...
See all stories on this topic
timesofmalta.com - Iklin accident: Council lists its actions
There was no mention of another potential accident when on Saturday 11/07 in the evening a bus turning the Qawra Road bend close to Triq il-Qala, just spilled its passengers onto the ground!!! david j Cassar (6 hours, 45 minutes ago) ...
timesofmalta.com - http://www.timesofmalta.com/
Police: Rafting accident in Swiss Alps kills 2 tourists from US ...
By Bureau News
Pacific Mwy southbound Cornwall exit; cannonade jt_edancorkill: Determined to reduce traffic accidents, Tokyo bus co. made 53 of its bus drivers learn about Zen. treser Characteristics of pole impacts to side of passenger cars in ...
Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
Defective Truck Tires & Other Equipment - A Cause Of Some Truck ...
Defective Truck Tires & Other Equipment - A Cause Of Some Truck Accidents :: Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog. ... Any tire on the front wheels of a bus, truck or truck tractor must have a tread groove pattern depth of at least 4/32nd of an inch at any point in a major tread groove. All other tires must have a tread groove pattern depth of at least 2/32nd of an inch when measured in a major tread groove. Motor vehicles cannot be operated with loads that exceed a weight greater ...
Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog - http://www.georgiainjurylawyerblog.com/
California Appellate Report: Diaz v. LA County MTA (Cal. Ct. App ...
By Shaun Martin
Now, maybe in 1940 or whatever, bus accidents were almost always the fault of the bus driver, or you couldn't figure out why, but no way that's true now. Nowadays, these are just like any other accident; either driver might be at fault, ...
California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/
No Win No Fee Accident Claim Solicitors Call free 0800 197 3560 ...
By No Win No Fee Solicitors
If you met with a serious bus accident then you have legal right to avail accident compensation from the guilty third party. In order to get maximum compensation the sufferer can claim on the bus company for irresponsible behaviour of ...
No Win No Fee Accident Claim... - http://no-win-no-fee-excalibur-solicitors.blogspot.com/
Designing the Future - High Speed Rail and Federal Aid to Mass Transit
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA
And indeed, this first year so far has seen substantial increases in Federal funding for high-speed rail and other mass transit project, to the tune of X ...
See all stories on this topic
Finally, SEPTA's getting 'smart'
Philadelphia Inquirer
By DAN GERINGER Philadelphia, the last major American city where transit riders line up to pay cash for tokens, is on the verge of getting a high-tech fare ...
See all stories on this topic
Trolley crimes could be linked
San Diego Union Tribune
By Mark Arner The robbery Wednesday of two transit security guards at the 62nd Street trolley station in San Diego may be linked to Saturday's shooting of a ...
See all stories on this topic
Md. halts transit audio surveillance proposal
WTOP
Mass Transit Administrator Paul Wiedefeld says many of the video security cameras now in use can record sound and other large transit agencies have decided ...
See all stories on this topic
Corre Caminos transit gets stimulus funds
Silver City Sun News
... take a load off your feet and travel in comfort with the Corre Caminos transit line, part of the Southwest Regional Transit District. ...
See all stories on this topic
Crowds down but riders still taking light rail
Seattle Post Intelligencer
By SCOTT GUTIERREZ Tracy Glenz lived in Seattle in 1996 when residents voted to build Sound Transit's Central Link light rail. Back in Seattle last weekend ...
See all stories on this topic
The Transit Connect: Ford's Euro answer to an American small ...
Los Angeles Times
Ford thinks it's got a little help coming, though, in the form of its new Transit Connect. As part of Ford's new "Check out all this cool stuff we've been ...
See all stories on this topic
Newsday
Neil Best
Newsday
An NJ Transit train pulls into the new station outside the new New York Giants and New York Jets stadium during an inaugural run of the train in East ...
See all stories on this topic
Light rail: Is Sound Transit wrong on parking and noise?
Seattle Times
I hope Sound Transit can find a remedy to the screeching noise or realize that any future expansion of the system must be underground so others are spared ...
See all stories on this topic
KSTP.com
Metro Transit Bus Driver Maced By Passenger
KSTP.com
It is a first for Metro Transit, but not one anyone's bragging about—for the first time in the agency's history, a passenger went after a bus driver with ...
See all stories on this topic
State Halts Transit Audio Surveillance Proposal - Baltimore News ...
BALTIMORE -- The state's transportation department pulls the plug on a plan to install audio recorders on buses and trains. Tuesday, July 21, 2009.
WBALTV.com - Local News - http://www.wbaltv.com/news/
Wrigley Concert Transit Easy On CTA, But Not Pace | Chicago News ...
By Rick
Chicago residents will have easy access to the Elton John and Billy Joel concert at Wrigley Field Tuesday evening, but Pace bus riders from the suburbs might run into trouble.
Chicago News on Twitter - http://chicago.newstwit.me/
Web News Site » Blog Archive » Baltimore transit wants to use ...
By Cory Doctorow
The Baltimore public transit system is trying to get the legal go-ahead to use microphones to record the conversations of passengers and drivers on the buses and trains. Shocking, huh? Watch how fast this becomes everyday -- just like ...
Web News Site - http://webnewssite.com/
Police say driver at fault in Interstate bus crash - WCAX.COM ...
WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Police say driver at fault in Interstate bus crash. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY Google ... The Green Mountain Transit Agency bus was approaching a traffic slowdown for road construction when it rammed multiple vehicles on May 15. Vermont Department of Motor Vehicle inspectors determined there were no mechanical defects or failures with the bus. ...
WCAX - Local News - http://www.wcax.com/global/category.asp?c=18197
Transit for Livable Communities
By Katie Eukel
Ellison Secures $750000 for Two Local Transit Projects. 07/21/2009. By Katie Eukel, Communications Manager. Just ran across this press release from Congressman Keith Ellison's office. Great news from Washington: ...
Transit for Livable Communities Blog - http://tlcminnesota.typepad.com/transit-for-livable-communities-blog/
TBI cleared alleged child rapist to drive school buses
Oak Ridger
The charges reportedly stem from an incident last Wednesday, and other incidents last August. Lockhart worked as a bus driver for Bailey Transportation in ...
See all stories on this topic
WILSON: Two more hazing-related civil suits filed
Niagara Gazette
During a second bus ride, on April 22, 2008, John Doe 1 was forced to lie on his stomach and was beaten and assaulted, the suit says. After the incidents ...
See all stories on this topic
Police arrest eight in PT Freeport bus torching case
Antara
However, he said the arrested suspects were not linked to the shooting incidents which had killed tree people, including two employees of PT Freeport, ...
See all stories on this topic
'The Bachelorette': Shut UP, Dave!
Zap2it.com
I was hoping he'd been hit by a bus by now. We kick it off with a pre-recorded interview between Chris and Jillian. They touch on Tanner and his foot fetish ...
See all stories on this topic
Biden's Big Chance: Kyiv Visit Offers Opportunity to Combat Racist ...
Huffington Post
Standing at the bus stop near Shuliavska metro station, I was suddenly attacked by a group of young men. One of the attackers first hit me with a metal bar ...
See all stories on this topic
One dies, seven injured in separate incidents
Republica
The accident took place when a Katari-bound bus (Na 3 Kha 7138) from Kathmandu and a truck (Na 2 Kha 3287) heading to Kathmandu from Hetauda collided with ...
See all stories on this topic
Illinois: 100-Year Sentence in Fatal Bus Shooting
New York Times
... teenager who pleaded guilty to shooting to death a high school student, Blair Holt, 16, and wounding several others on a bus in Chicago two years ago. ...
See all stories on this topic
Teen arrested in bus-stop shooting that killed woman
Kansas City Star
By CHRISTINE VENDEL Kansas City police arrested a 16-year-old boy in the death of a woman hit by a stray bullet at a bus stop early Sunday. ...
See all stories on this topic
Examiner.com
Disney World bus system experiences no substantial changes after ...
Examiner.com
The Walt Disney World bus system is running as usual after one Disney bus crashed into the rear of another near Disney's Contemporary Resort last week, ...
See all stories on this topic
MyFox Washington DC
Photo Shows Metro Bus Driver Reading
MyFox Washington DC
By MAUREEN UMEH/myfoxdc WASHINGTON, DC - There's more trouble for Metro after a rider snapped a photo of a Metro bus driver reading behind the wheel. ...
See all stories on this topic
Durban bus service operations to start soon
Independent Online
The decision to resume Durban's bus service would be taken on Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Bheki Cele said on Tuesday. "We expect to announce the ...
See all stories on this topic
Bus driver attacked with pepper spray is back on job
Minneapolis Star Tribune
A Metro Transit bus driver is to return to work today after a teenage passenger sprayed him with a chemical irritant Friday in St. Paul. ...
See all stories on this topic
Prescription Assistance Bus Rolls Through SWM
WSJM
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance is bringing its "Help is Here Express" bus to Southwest Michigan this week to help uninsured and financially ...
See all stories on this topic
Commissioners approve El Paso-Las Cruces bus service
KVIA
by ABC-7 Reporter Darren Hunt EL PASO, Texas -- Bus service between El Paso and Las Cruces has been a long time coming. Monday, thanks to a 4-1 vote by El ...
See all stories on this topic
RT enters the Israeli bus battle of the sexes
RT
“I would get on the bus, sit in front and then some guy would come and just tell me 'go to the back', he wouldn't even ask, he'd just tell me 'you have to ...
See all stories on this topic
Bus passenger sues over injuries suffered in collision
Madison County Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA
By Kelly Holleran A St. Clair County woman has filed suit against a woman, a transportation company and a bus driver after she says the bus got into a ...
See all stories on this topic
IIT Delhi engineers' improved bus design may save fuel while ...
By Ani
Related News. Indian students stand second in non-US division of NASA supersonic design contest. July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sahaj Panchal and Dhrumir Patel from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India, ...
Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
Girl hit by bus - local-news - auckland | Stuff.co.nz
By By LISA HONEYBONE - Auckland stuff
Get the latest Local news on Stuff.co.nz. ... Girl hit by bus. By LISA HONEYBONE - Auckland stuff. Last updated 09:43 21/07/2009 ... Next Local News story: Added risk of swine flu ...
Stuff.co.nz - Local News - http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Metro Transit bus rider sprays Mace in driver's face - TwinCities.com
By By Mara H. Gottfried mgottfried@pioneerpress.com
The Pioneer Press is happy to host community conversations about news and life in the Twin Cities. As hosts, we expect guests will show respect for each other. That means we don't threaten or defame each other, and we keep conversations ...
News - http://www.twincities.com/news/
JUST IN: School bus crashes in Redlands - PE.com - Daily News Digest
By PE News
JUST IN: School bus crashes in Redlands. By. PE News. on July 20, 2009 1:27 PM | Comments (0). Five children were aboard a school bus that crashed during the lunch hour at a busy Redlands intersection, but no one was hurt, according to ...
PE.com - Daily News Digest - http://blogs.pe.com/news/digest/
Police arrest teen in stray-bullet death at bus stop - Kansas City ...
Kansas City police arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of a woman by a stray bullet at a bus stop early Sunday. Police said the teen was in a vehicle and was shooting at occupants of another vehicle about ...
Kansas City Star: Breaking News - http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/rss.xml

No comments: