Tuesday, January 26, 2010

2 DC transit workers killed working on tracks
Washington Post
By SARAH KARUSH AP WASHINGTON -- Two veteran workers on the Washington area's transitsystem were struck and killed by a maintenance truck while working on ...
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Managing LA's mass transit
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles' public transit agency is facing the biggest operating deficit in its history -- roughly $250 million. The results won't only hurt bus riders. ...
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Transbay project receives $171 million federal loan
San Francisco Chronicle
Construction on the new terminal, dubbed the Transbay Transit Center, is scheduled to begin this spring and be completed by 2015. ...
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Detroit's revival hinges on efficient mass transit, PBS documentary argues
Detroit Free Press
But other countries are turning to more efficient, cleaner forms of mass transit, which threatens to leave Detroit and the nation behind, said filmmaker ...
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Streetsblog Capitol Hill (blog)
Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill
Streetsblog Capitol Hill (blog)
Such spending levels would be a far cry from the transit industry's preferred investment of $15 billion (backed by Kirsten Gillibrand, New York's junior ...
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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Bay Area transit supporters urge MTC not to gamble $70 million on Oakland ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Now, after reviewing a civil rights complaint filed by transit advocates against BART, the FTA has decided to withhold Federal funds from the Airport ...
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BNSF Cuts Domestic Intermodal Transit Times
The Journal of Commerce Online
Now, changes at the start of 2010 include cutting transit 7 to 10 hours on BNSF's main transcontinental route between the Los Angeles/San Bernardino area ...
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City of Washington gets $371000 for transit facility
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
City of Washington Transit Coordinator Nancy Basile said the local funds will be used for a $3.5 million Intermodal Transit Center and park-and-ride lot on ...
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LIRR might give East End transit autonomy
Newsday (subscription)
As East End community leaders protested the Long Island Rail Road's plan to eliminate service to Greenport, LIRR officials - for the first time - said ...
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Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com » News Archive » Riders with ...
By Patricia Bauer
From the Detroit News: Disability rights advocates are threatening to file federal ADA complaints over Detroit's para-transit service, saying they regularly encounter unkempt and poorly equipped vans and rude drivers who engage in ...
Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com - http://www.patriciaebauer.com/
Smart Card Players Developing Open Standard for Transit Applications
By Payments News Editor
Smart card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies SA, and chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and INSIDE Contactless SA have announced the launch of an industry initiative to ...
Payments News - from Glenbrook Partners - http://www.paymentsnews.com/
Transit agencies extend free ORCA card offer : The Issaquah Press ...
By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah Press is the local weekly newspaper for Issaquah, WA. Local news, school, sports, business, people, events, classified ads. ... Transit officials said the extended free-card promotion should help ease the transition to ORCA and reduce the rush for the cards at customer service centers. Each of the ORCA partner agencies took special measures, like increased staff at ticket locations, to meet the high demand. Bookmark and Share. Other Stories of Interest: King ...
The Issaquah Press - News, Sports,... - http://www.issaquahpress.com/
CAT considers new location for transit center amid stalled ...
By Eric Curl
Maureen Richmond, a spokesperson for First Transit and Greyhound, confirmed that "talks have been put on hold," but did not elaborate. For CAT riders such as Amanda Stephens, the news that the center's location is again in doubt comes ...
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U-Pass a sticking point in budget | Ottawa and Region | News ...
The pass, subject to approval by the students through referenda, would charge students $145 per semester for cross-city access to the transit system. The city would have to pay just over $3 million for the plan and the audit, budget and ...
Ottawa Sun - http://www.ottawasun.com/?q=Save+Us+From+Berlusconi


Community Transit: Blog Creates Online Forum for Transit News
Riders or interested members of the public can discuss or debate issues and add their own transit-related news. The blog will act as an informal ...
Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the ...
Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table. Wednesday, January 13 2010 @ 02:03 PM EST. Contributed by: The human car. Views: 6 ...
Salt Lake Transit News Thread - Page 107 - SkyscraperPage Forum
Salt Lake Transit News Thread Mountain West. ... The global membership discusses developmentnews and construction activity on projects from around the ...
Bay Area Rapid Transit news in Richmond, CA | Outside.in ...
What's happening about Bay Area Rapid Transit in Richmond: Read recent news and blog posts about Bay Area Rapid Transit in Richmond, CA.
Government Bans Texting by Truck and Bus Drivers
New York Times (blog)
By MATT RICHTEL The Department of Transportation plans to announce new rules Tuesday that will prohibit interstate commercial truckers and bus drivers from ...
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Son of beaten bus driver calls for protection
Seattle Post Intelligencer
By LINDSAY COHEN Three teenagers arrested for beating a Metro bus driver appeared before a judge in court on Monday, as the beaten driver's son called for ...
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Texting Banned for Truckers and Bus Drivers in US
Bloomberg
26 (Bloomberg) -- The US banned texting for commercial bus and truck drivers as part of an effort to combat traffic deaths stemming from distracted ...
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Bus driver fails breath test after passenger calls police
Stuff.co.nz
By MARTY SHARPE - The Dominion Post A bus driver who failed a breath test had taken a wrong turn, had trouble dealing with tickets and reeked of alcohol, ...
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No one injured in bus crash
Bethany Beach Wave
LONG NECK — No injuries resulted from a bus accident occurring early this morning just off Route 24 west of Rehoboth Beach. Delaware State Police troopers ...
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Council bans smoking near Duluth bus shelters
Duluth News Tribune (registration)
Smokers will need to give a wider berth to city bus shelters in the wake of a new ordinance passed Monday by the Duluth City Council. ...
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Seven found guilty over al-Qaeda tourist bus plot in Yemen
Monsters and Critics.com
Sana'a, Yemen - A state security court in Yemen on Tuesday sentenced seven al-Qaeda members to jail terms ranging from 5-10 years, over a plan to attack ...
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2010 US Census Bus Tour to visit Shreveport on January 28th
Best of Times
The 2010 Census awareness campaign heads to Northwest Louisiana with the Portrait of American Road Tour at the Shreveport campus of Southern University on ...
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School Bus Crashes In Fayette Co., Kids On Board
ThePittsburghChannel.com
Police in Fayette County said a school bus carrying two children crashed Tuesday morning in Nicholson Township. Investigators blamed slick driving ...
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JCPS bus involved in injury accident
WHAS 11.com (subscription)
One injury accident has been reported to involve a Jefferson County School bus. The accident happened at I-265 and Preston Highway where bus number 0543, ...
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School Bus Crash On Icy Roadway Injures 2 - Louisville News Story ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two people was injured in a collision involving a school bus on Preston Highway. Tuesday, January 26, 2010.
WLKY.com - Local News - http://www.wlky.com/news/
Residents Voice Concerns On Outsourcing Bus Drivers - Education ...
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. -- The Central Dauphin school board's decision to outsource 130 bus drivers has caused a lot of debate. Tuesday, January 26, 2010. ... News In Pictures ...
WGAL.com - Local News - http://www.wgal.com/news/
Teen ordered held in bus driver beating - Seattle News ...
A juvenile judge has ordered a 15-year-old into detention and two of the teen's friends into home-monitoring after an attack on a metro bus driver over the weekend. - Seattle News at MyNorthwest.com.
MyNorthwest.com - Local - http://www.mynorthwest.com/
Area school bus fleets encouraged to go green | London | News ...
Area school bus drivers plan to give the environment a brake by easing up on theirs.
London Free Press - http://www.lfpress.com/?q=Save+Us+From+Berlusconi
Son of beaten bus driver calls for protection
By By LINDSAY COHEN / KOMO-TV STAFF
Three teenagers arrested for beating a Metro bus driver appeared before a judge in court on Monday, as the beaten driver's son called for additional protection for bus drivers.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News - http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_wsu_new_college.html


DETROIT BLACK PAGES BUS NEWS in DETROIT, MI - Photo-Retouching ...
Business Profile and Photos of DETROIT BLACK PAGES BUS NEWS - Photo-Retouching in DETROIT, MI.
Elementary student hit by bus - WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news ...
WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news, weather and sports | Elementary student hit by bus. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out ...
Metro Bus Driver Beaten Unconscious - News Story - KIRO Seattle
TUKWILA, Wash. -- A female Metro bus driver was beaten unconscious by several people in Tukwila. Sunday, January 24, 2010.
Lawsuit To Be Filed In Fatal School Bus Crash - Connecticut News ...
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A negligence lawsuit will be filed in Hartford Superior Court on behalf of a student who was injured in a school bus crash that left one ...
Worker deaths close Red Line between Rockville, Shady Grove
Washington Post
A bus can carry about 50 passengers while a six-car train can carry about 800 passengers. Commuters were urged to use the nearby Twinbrook and ...
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Boston Globe
Crime down across MBTA
Boston Globe
... in 38 percent of the incidents. The Transit Police oversee a vast system, which includes 279 rail stations, 8500 bus stops, and eight ferry terminals, ...
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Ambridge bus policy called success
Beaver County Times
There has been an amazing change on the buses.” A year ago, Pfeifer said the district logged 231incidents that resulted in approximately 80 suspensions. ...
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Who's the new scapegoat, asks Papuans
Jakarta Post
“At this point we can't say whether these bullets were the ones fired at the bus.” Following the incident, an extra 1500 police and military personnel have ...
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Barrie becoming another Toronto
The Barrie Examiner
They already have their standby station at the Barrie Bus Terminal, that they never have anyone at, but are paying rent for. these incidents occurred, ...
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GazetteNET
Outside help essential to swift response to fires
GazetteNET
A school bus-sized Incident Command Unit brought a number of high-tech gadgets to the effort. Coan said the vehicle has equipment that can cross-patch ...
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Con man claiming to be elderly victims' distant relative wanted by police
Montreal Gazette
Richard Earl Rupert, 54, is suspected in at least 20 incidents, mostly across southern Ontario, in which he would allegedly approach senior citizens posing ...
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Business Travel News
One-On-One With US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood: DOT Targets Tarmac ...
Business Travel News
We know there are many other incidents, some reported, some widely publicized, but many others that have never been reported or widely publicized. ...
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Blustery weather closes schools and cancels events
West Central Tribune
A spokeswoman for the district said one bus did get stuck while taking students home but there were no other incidents reported. ...
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Law and Order
Arizona Daily Star
The girl was walking toward the bus stop near North Romero and West Wetmore roads at 7:50 am when a light-skinned man - who was wearing black sweat pants ...
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indi.ca » 'Minor' Incidents
By indi
PAFFREL says no major incidents, only one where some polling agents were threatened. However, there are 'minor' incidents. It's hard to confirm these reports, so take them as they are. The UNP office got a report that an SLFP MP (Srilal Wickremesinghe) was ... Tikiri Banda: If Vijitha Herath was on abus with 40 armed army deserters, he does deserve to be questioned, don't you think?... Tikir Banda: Dear Indi, Please don't display your ignorance so shamelessly. ...
indi.ca - http://indi.ca/
Tamil Eelam Online » 2010 Presidential Poll: Oh! What a Free and ...
By TEO
**A bus carrying a group of journalists on their way to cover an event at Horagolla, has been detained for some time in Kadawatha police yesterday. A photo journalist who was among the media team who covered the event said they were .... The incidents took place at Galwela Junction in Mahara, Mahabim at Biyagama, Makola, Galwala Junction, Pamuniwila and Malwana Junction, the spokesperson said. He said the party had lodged complaints with the respective police stations and ...
Tamil Eelam Online - http://www.tamileelamonline.com/
More cookies, more milk | New Community Vision
By terry
A different guy, different bus boarded and verbally abused and cursed the driver from the middle of thebus. Her sin? Picking him up differently than he would have liked. I only heard the abuse, and did not see not the incident. ...
New Community Vision - http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/
Con man claiming to be elderly victims' distant relative wanted by ...
By Matthew Coutts
There are currently 20 incidents being investigating from Toronto to Thunder Bay to Western Vancouver. The suspect usually takes thousands of dollars from his victims, but will sometimes settle for petty cash and jewelry hidden in their apartments. ... Dunlop said Mr. Rupert tends to stay in cheap motels and hostels, pays cash, and appears to be taking a bus or train across the country. It is believed Mr. Rupert could still be in the Toronto area. ...
Posted Toronto - http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/default.aspx
Fatalities highlight woes of walking :: Vaughan Today
Two teen pedestrians were killed in incidents last year. (Vaughan Today File Photo). Shocked by a pedestrian death on Jan. 12 and another this Tuesday, Vaughan residents were reminded of the sometimes-grim situation for pedestrians in ... In November, Catherine Tran, 16, was attempting to cross Pine Valley Road when she was killed by a YRT bus. Along Langstaff Road last February, Roseanna Mandarino, also 16, lost her life when an SUV jumped the curb after crashing into ...
Vaughan Today - http://www.vaughantoday.ca/


Drivers reminded of rules as bus incidents continue ...
According to Warren County School District officials, some motorists have been having trouble with that concept when it comes to school buses. ...
Jose Offerman + Violent Incidents = Interesting Rationalizations ...
Jose Offerman + Violent Incidents = Interesting Rationalizations · Grant Desme Retires… Bus Leagues Q&A: Jesse Jack discusses the Alaska Baseball League ...
WAGM-TV 8 - School Bus Protocols - Northern Maine And Eastern ...
Over the past few months, school bus incidents have made headlines with stories ranging from minor school bus accidents to a drunk bus driver in New York. ...
Spring ISD students injured in bus crash / Bus Accidents ...
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Houston, Texas attorneys focused on personal injury and wrongful death cases involving maritime and Jones Act claims, car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents and other common causes of personal injury and ...
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Poor Economy Leads to Drop in Accident Fatalities in Monterey ...
By rreeves
The Monterey area also saw two high profile multiple fatality accidents in 2009. In April last year, a tourbus accident on highway 101 in Soledad killed 5 people, including the driver of the bus. The bus had been carrying a group of ...
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Muni bus crash injured 7 people in San Francisco | Press Release
By SyndicateNews
01/07/2010 Veteran California Motor Vehicle Accident lawyer Mary Alexander alerts-- A San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni) bus veered off the.
Online Free Press release news... - http://news.topwirenews.com/
COLLISON & O'CONNOR, LTD.: Jury Verdict Reporter 1/22/10
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Automobile Accidents: Legal Advice From Expert Ny Car, Auto Injury ...
For example, if the vehicle that hit you is owned or operated by a City, Town, Village or other public agency such as a New York City Sanitation Department truck or NYCTA bus or subway, then you must first file a “Notice of Claim” ...
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News 14 | 24 Hour Local News | Triad | School bus accidents causes ...
School bus accidents causes some property damage |
Bus In Fatal Crash, Cited For Brake Problems, Allowed Back On Road ...
The school bus involved in a fatal I-84 crash on Jan. 9 had been ordered out of service eight months earlier because of brake problems but was not ...
Papua New Guinea bus accident kills 38
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Blueline bus catches fire, no one injured
Hindustan Times ePaper
I: A minor fire was reported in a moving Blueline bus in Bindapur in West Delhi. Police said the fire was reported at 10:05 am on Najafgarh Road. ...
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Mid-Day
Bluelines are killing and alive
Mid-Day
"The Blueline buses were to be phased out by March 2010 as per a government announcement of October 2007. However, as the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) ...
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Around Town | Indian Times Blog
By Top Headlines
A minor fire was reported in a moving Blueline bus in Bindapur area of West Delhi. ... Around Town. Posted by Top Headlines on 1/25/10 • Categorized as Delhi. A minor fire was reported in a movingBlueline bus in Bindapur area of West ...
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