Saturday, July 5, 2008

7/5/08

Police say 14-year-old runaway stole charter bus
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP CROWN POINT, Ind. - State troopers say a 14-year-old runaway from
Chicago stole a charter bus and drove it on a northern Indiana highway until a small ...
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With Some Trepidation, Bronx Bus Riders Test New System of Pay ...
New York Times - United States
By COLIN MOYNIHAN It is not every day that bus riders in the Bronx find themselves on the cutting edge of technological advances, but that was the case on ...
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Metro Transit's bus-fare hike couldn't come at a worse time
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
What's a poor Metro Transit authority to do when the public starts taking the bus in serious numbers? Raise fares. Maybe that'll make 'em stop. ...
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AC jitney bus fares going up
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The cost of riding on a jitney bus will increase to $2.25 from the current $2 on July 16. The aqua-colored mini-buses carry passengers up and down the ...
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No deal as school bus drivers pact ends
Boston Globe - United States
The city of Boston's contract with its 800 school bus drivers expired yesterday as the sides failed to reach an agreement at a last-minute meeting at City ...
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Twenty-five dead as bus drives off bridge in Iran
Reuters - USA
TEHRAN, July 1 (Reuters) - Twenty-five people were killed on Tuesday when a passenger bus drove off a bridge and overturned after the driver fell asleep, ...
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Police find runaway teen, stolen charter bus on I-80
WSBT-TV - South Bend,IN,USA
By Tiffany Griffin That may be the line of reasoning taken by a 14-year-old Chicago runaway who reportedly stole a charter bus in Chicago before being ...
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50-cent bus fare increase proposed for Cleveland
WTTE - Columbus,OH,USA
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A panel is recommending that a 50 cent fuel surcharge be added to the cost of taking a bus or transit train in the Cleveland area. ...
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Three injured when truck hits church bus on I-20 in Bossier Parish
KSLA-TV - Shreveport,LA,USA
BOSSIER PARISH, LA (KSLA) - It was a scary morning for one church group, after their bus was hit by a truck on I-20 Tuesday. Louisiana State Police say both ...
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Walking School Bus News - Go For Gold!
By rod
Congratulations to everyone who used the Walking School Bus service in Term Two, and got extra minutes in the Premiers Sporting Challenge as a result! We look forward to seeing everyone on the Walking School Bus next term and remember, ...
Orange Grove - http://www.orangegrove.org.au

School district has 'no easy options' for bus garage dilemma
MATTOON — Necessity may be the mother of invention, but Mattoon school district officials still aren’t too thrilled with any of the possible revisions to their original plan of demolishing and replacing an aging bus garage.
News from www.jg-tc.com - http://www.jg-tc.com/

Police investigating shooting at bus stop in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY.com) -- Police in Newport News are investigating a shooting that took place Tuesday morning at a bus stop.
Portsmouth, VA News RSS Feed... - http://www.yourstreet.com/portsmouth-va

Getting Around Gas Prices: Car, Bus or Train?
Another day, another record for oil prices. So, starting today and each Tuesday this month, News 25's Jeff Muniz will show us ways area residents are getting around the gas prices.
WEEK - News - Local & Regional - http://www.week.com/news/local

Govt hikes bus fares
By Bangladesh News
The government last night increased bus fares amid a chaos in the capital and across the country as transport operators had been increasing fares feverishly earlier in the day, a day after the former had hiked prices of fuel oil by a ...
Bangladesh News - http://www.bangladeshnews.com.bd

an dies following altercation with transit security in Surrey
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A man who struggled with transit security guards on Friday evening has died in a
Surrey, BC, hospital. The unidentified man was taken to Surrey Memorial ...
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Bus-fare hike couldn't come at a worse time
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
By NICK COLEMAN, Star Tribune I rag on Metro Transit because I've experienced really good transit systems. In my definition, a really good transit system is ...
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Utah Takes NJ Transit Handydowns
Wired News - USA
By Alexander Lew
July 01, 2008 | 2:52:45 PMCategories: Mass Transit They aren't fancy with their limited legroom and lack of power outlets for laptops, ...
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Troy company using Fisher name to develop advanced hybrid transit bus
MLive.com - MI,USA
... carriages and car bodies is quietly resuscitating its brand by developing a lightweight, fuel-efficient 40-foot hybrid mass-transit bus design in
Troy. ...
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It's official: corporate screwup costs me my transit pass
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Times employees who want a transit pass have to sign up for a WageWorks account and that firm mails you the transit pass, provided that you've ordered it ...
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Time for mass transit in Gwinnett
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
MARTA’s ridership is up 7% and Gwinnett County Transits ridership is up 17% (from March 2008 to May 2008) according to one report. ...
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WTC transit hub design changes after agency report
The Associated Press -
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that ...
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World Trade Center transit hub design changes after reports of ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP
NEW YORK: The World Trade Center site's owner announced a major design change to its overbudget transit hub a day after it said most projects there are ...
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Eau Claire Transit looking for federal dollars
Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire,WI,USA
By Alyssa Waters With rising fuel costs and increased ridership, Eau Claire Transit definitely would benefit from $380000 that would be awarded if a bill ...
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Allegheny Co. transit pact goes to fact-finder
Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon,PA,USA
AP PITTSBURGH—About 2100 bus and trolley operators for
Allegheny County's transit agency remain on the job without a contract. Their contract expired at ...
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Caltrans Won't Back Bus Rule
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Erik N. Nelson,...
After sparking the ire of parents, school officials, transit agencies and members of Congress, the state's transportation agency has backed away from supporting a federal rule proposal to ban public transit trips tailored for ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

WTC transit hub redesigned amid delays
The World Trade Centre's owner has announced a major design change to its multi-billion dollar transit hub.
World News Australia - http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/

Man in critical condition after altercation with transit police ...
A man involved in an altercation Friday night with transit police and RCMP officers is now in Surrey Memorial Hospital on life support, and Surrey RCMP are investigating what happened. RCMP have called ...
News1130 - All News Radio - http://www.news1130.com

Transit, Not Access, Getting to be the Problem
By Gary Kim
But there's another issue, not related to fiber but to IP transit costs. If a service provider owns its own facilities, there is not much of a problem on that score. No matter how much Internet bandwidth is required, the incremental ...
IP Business News - Blogs - http://www.ipbusinessmag.com/blogs.php

Utah Takes NJ Transit Hand-me-downs
By falmanac(falmanac)
The Comet cars, built for NJ Transit in the early 70s, will still feature the wood-panel wall papers, the aluminum bar luggage racks and the seating arrangement of two on one side of the aisle and three on the other. Link.
National Railroad News - http://railroadnews.blogspot.com/

Blueline victims' kin seek justice
Times of India - India
In the evening, a prayer meet to remember Morick and several other victims of the killer Blueline fleet was organised by the Victims of Blueline Buses ...
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‘He wanted to be a political leader to change the system’
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
After Morick died on the spot, a mob went berserk and damaged several buses demanding that Blueline buses be taken off the roads. ...
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Your Views Online
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Meanwhile, it didn't take long for trams to get shoehorned into comments on the three-vehicle crash in the guided bus lane. Three accidents. ...
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Safe bridges are no accident
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
The resulting "accident" killed 13, a toll that could have been much higher. A school bus with 60 children, for example, teetered on the edge of the ...
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Extraordinary Life: William M. Hutchinson
Hartford Courant - United States
Bus accidents and lost children pose the worst problems, but irate parents and complicated bus schedules are also part of the job, Lamontagne said. ...
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How Dangerous is Cycling?
By tejvan
Cycling is often perceived as a dangerous activity; part of the problem is that cycling on roads is often a less than pleasant activity because you can feel the potential for serious accidents. However, it is a shame because the risks ...
- http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog

Traffic crackdowns worsening road chaos
By nairobichronicle
Goons have been hired to ward off competition from other bus companies.
Kenya’s police say their objective is to reduce the rate of road accidents in the country and to instill order and comfort in public transport. ...
The Nairobi Chronicle - http://nairobichronicle.wordpress.com

Like I Needed Another Reason To Never Want To Call El Paso My Home
By Jake Hatlin
The EP Times does quote a Harvard study concluding that cell phone use causes 500000 car accidents each year, but forgive me if I’m not shaking in my boots. That’sa nice number, 500K, but it is also nation wide. ...
Old Government Road - http://www.oldgovernmentroad.com

Iran: 25 die in bus crash
Iranian state radio says that at least 25 people are killed and 16 injured in a bus accident near Tehran. The radio says Tuesday's accident took place when the bus flipped over about 22 miles south of the capital and police are ...
Kentucky.com: News - http://www.kentucky.com/news/index.xml

Comment on Bus Riders Warm to Select Bus Service, Drivers Love Red ...
By uSkyscraper
However, it was confusing for pedestrians and there were fatal accidents, so service was stopped. Another parallel is the
Toronto streetcar system. Most routes run in completely normal traffic and the busier lines use proof-of-payment. ...
Comments for Streetsblog - http://www.streetsblog.org

JUTC starts to issue redundancy letters
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
McIntosh said that yesterday's activities went well as there were no incidents. Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) - an affiliate of ...
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More sexual charges against Sen. Marzilli
Metro Boston - Boston,MA,USA
Marzilli, 50, had been arraigned June 4 on charges related to two alleged incidents the day before. Two more women have emerged, giving prosecutors a ...
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Crashes force closure of main roads
Shields Gazette - South Shields,England,UK
A DOUBLE crash and a bus leaking diesel forced the closure of three main roads in
South Tyneside tonight (Tuesday). In the first crash at Moor Lane in ...
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2 found stabbed at CTA stations
Chicago Tribune - United States
Two men were found stabbed in separate incidents of violence at CTA stations late Tuesday night,
Chicago police said. The first man was found around 10 pm ...
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Edinburgh police urge calm vigilance after bomb scares in city
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Mr Dickson said that although both incidents turned out to be false alarms, the public had an important role to play. He said: "We would ask the public to ...
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West Valley police kill man who took clerk hostage
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Incidents like this are "nothing new," but the woman said she was frightened just the same. Just north of the jewelry store, two young parents were about to ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Sri Lanka
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Sri Lanka more info GlobalIncidentMap.com provides details of this incident . To view full incident details you will need to click on the above link.
Close Protection Forum and Surveillan... - http://www.closeprotectionworld.co.uk

Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Sri Lanka
Incident ID 9738 : To view full incident details click on the link above.
Global Incident Map - http://www.globalincidentmap.com

9:30 AM, US-70 W, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Boiling St
Traffic is traveling at 28 MPH at: US 70 BUS W; MM 94.4; Boiling St.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

The Tale of Three Taxis in South Korea
By Becky(Becky)
I've been wrestling for a few weeks with three incidents involving Korean taxis which occurred over the week that my sister visited. I am not new to taxis in
Korea and I've heard all kinds of stories especially involving Incheon Airport ...
The Constant Crafter - http://meverden.blogspot.com/

Yerushalayim Terror Attack
The response was quick as Jerusalem emergency personnel are well trained for such incidents, with police EMS and other first-response units making their way to the scene, about 1.5 blocks from the central bus station as police began ...
Shekinah's Corner of the World - http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FTK0NTEic6MzTnI1Ys9CsR.z.utA

Bus overturns in Chase, Md.; 7 injured
The Associated Press -
CHASE, Md. (AP) — Authorities near Chase, Md. say five adults and two children suffered minor injuries when a school bus overturned. ...
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Teen Runaway Steals Charter Bus for Interstate Joyride
FOXNews - USA
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A 14-year-old runaway from Chicago stole a charter bus and drove it on a northern Indiana highway until a small fire broke out under the ...
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"Screaming too mild a word" - Israeli bus driver
Reuters - USA
JERUSALEM, July 2 (Reuters) - Israeli bus driver Assaf Nadav never got a chance to tell the Palestinian at the wheel of a 20-tonne bulldozer to drive more ...
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Bulldozer driver's deadly rampage
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
A woman is helped from a bus overturned by the Palestinian bulldozer driver during his attack. Photo / AP A Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a deadly ...
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SC governor OKs $19M bill for bus fuel
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
The legislation, passed last week, sets aside the school bus fuel money and $3 million to run the state's elections in November. Both were shortchanged in ...
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SC gov OKing $19M bus fuel bill
WACH - Columbia,SC,USA
It sets aside $19 million for school bus fuel and $3 million for running the state's elections in November. When the state budget was being approved, ...
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Bus Advertisement Decision Comes to a “Wrap”
Madison Commons - Madison,WI,USA
Currently the city permits the complete wrapping of only 20 buses, whereas other buses are partly wrapped, which allows bus windows to be open. ...
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5-year-old Portsmouth boy left on bus for 2 hours
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Portsmouth Public Schools officials are investigating an incident in which a 5-year-old boy was left unattended on a school bus for about two hours. ...
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Student Transportation acquires 200-bus Elgie Bus Lines of London ...
The Canadian Press - TORONTO
TORONTO — Student Transportation of America (TSX:STB) is picking up Elgie Bus Lines Ltd., a 200-bus operator based in London, Ont. Financial terms of the ...
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Man waiting for a bus shot in the abdomen
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
The victim was approached by two people when he was standing at a bus stop, police said. There was a confrontation, and a man wearing a white shirt and red ...
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BUS 374 at Belconnen
By Ryan(Ryan)
Thanks to Martin, we have our first photos of new MAN bus 374 at ACTION's Belconnen Depot. While the bus will be based at Tuggeranong, the bus was spotted there today, likely for the installation of equipment. ...
ACT Bus News - http://actbus.blogspot.com/

Woman who lost her leg after being run over by bus sues TriMet
By Aimee Green; The Oregonian
A 66-year-old woman who lost her leg after a TriMet bus drove over her in a crosswalk is suing the agency and the driver for $6.5 million. Patricia Ann Smith was walking across
Northeast 21st Avenue near Lloyd Center with...
Breaking News Updates from Portland... - http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/

New York, NY - Bus Services Extended for 600000 Passengers ...
The Mayor said, The final bill before me, allows the Department of Transportation, with the approval of the Franchise Concession Review Committee, to extend the operating authority of two unsubsidized bus services who are scheduled to ...
Vos Iz Neias (Yiddish: What's News?) - http://www.vosizneias.com/

Man rams bulldozer into bus
By Ron Bousso, AFP JERUSALEM - A Palestinian man killed at least three people and wounded 30 more when he rammed a bulldozer into a bus and cars in central Jerusalem today before being shot dead, medics and police said. ...
The Times - World News - http://www.thetimes.co.za

Bus schedule to change for Friday
City Utilities buses will operate on a night and Sunday schedule on Friday.
News-Leader.com - Top Stories - http://www.news-leader.com

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