2/6/08

Blueline runs over 1 at CNG station
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: The Blueline killer run continues unabated. On Monday, the conductor of a Blueline bus was mowed down by another Blueline at the CNG filling ...
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Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Reflective getaway from the city’s chaos and confusion; by Mayank Austen Soofi Viewpoint – Mrs. Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

Ready to buy the new Tata Nano?
By Sharique
Tata claims to have conducted the crash tests on Nano (Delhi’s blue line bus drivers might be eager to conduct their own tests once Nano hits road in August). The car has the spare tire in the front (the engine is at back) for better ...
Serendipity - http://www.shaarique.com

Purpose-Built: Ford Transit Connect Delivers Unique Compact ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
Purpose-built for small business owners, the Ford Transit Connect is a versatile compact van that offers a fuel-efficient alternative to full- size ...
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Bush budget includes $100M for Sound Transit
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
AP WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is pledging $100 million to help Sound Transit build a light-rail line from downtown Seattle to the University of ...
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Regional Municipality of Durham gets $2.5 million for development ...
Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The federal government has provided its $2.5 million contribution to the Regional Municipality of Durham for the development of a long-term transit strategy ...
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DRI Corporation Announces Transit Security Order Valued at ...
FOXBusiness - USA
The video security systems purchased on behalf of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Transit fleet will help officials there to ensure passenger and driver ...
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Proposed bill would discount transit on red-burn days
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
AP Posted: 8:12 AM- Utah commuters could get free or discounted transit rides on inversion-thick red-burn days if one Utah lawmakers gets his way. ...
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Transit planning ten new Otago projects
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New Zealand
By STEVE HEPBURN TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND has earmarked more than 10 new projects it wants to carry out in Otago but there is no guarantee any of them will go ...
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Top News: City Panel Delays Vote on CTA Real Estate Tax
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Gary Washburn,...
A frustrated City Council committee Monday delayed a vote to increase the real estate transfer tax, as part of a public transit bailout, amid aldermanic concerns about writing the Chicago Transit Authority a blank check.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Regional Municipality of Durham gets $2.5 million for development ...
The federal government has provided its $2.5 million contribution to the Regional Municipality of Durham for the development of a long-term transit strategy.
News - Daily Commercial News - http://www.dcnonl.com

Police looking for witnesses to stabbing on transit bus
Surrey Mounties are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a stabbing on a transit bus last week. RCMP say last Tuesday around 5:20 pm two men waiting at a bus stop at King George ...
News1130 - All News Radio - http://www.news1130.com

NYS announces $30.7 million in transit funds
The Spitzer administration is announcing more than 30 million dollars in government funding for public transportation systems across New York State.
NBC3 - Local News - http://wstm.com/news/news_category.aspx?category=Local

Federal officials to recommend Perris Valley Line project
By PE.com
The Federal Transit Administration announced today that it would recommend that Congress allocate millions of dollars for four mass transit projects in Riverside and Los Angeles counties. The recommendations are part of a proposal to ...
PE.com - Daily News Digest - http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/

Twelve South African hospital patients killed in bus crash
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Twelve South African patients were killed when the bus they were being transported in was involved in an accident, police said today. ...
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Pedestrian killed by bus in downtown LA
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer A Los Angeles city bus struck and killed a woman who was walking downtown this morning, ...
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Ghaziabad bus robbery: 1 held
Times of India - India
GHAZIABAD: With the arrest of a man, police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the robbery in a Delhi-bound DTC bus here during which a bus conductor was ...
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Two students taken to Rice after BBE bus, semi collide on US ...
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
By Carolyn Lange, West Central Tribune NEW LONDON — A school bus and a semi collided Monday afternoon sending two Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa students to the ...
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Drivers pocket bus fare money
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
POLICE have prosecuted four bus drivers for pocketing thousands of dollars in fares and are considering charging more than 20 others in a fraud that's ...
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Students Hurt In Bus Accident
Hartford Courant - United States
FARMINGTON — - Four students on a bus traveling to East Farms School suffered bruises Monday when the bus slid into a utility pole, police said Monday. ...
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City bus kills woman crossing SoCal street
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Fire officials say a Los Angeles city bus hit and killed a woman this morning as she was crossing a downtown street. ...
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Bus drivers threaten lane protest
BBC News - UK
Belfast bus drivers plan to stage a series of protests throughout the city in a row over dedicated bus lanes. The union, Unite, said Metro drivers were ...
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Bus operators to stage dharna
Hindu - Chennai,India
KOCHI: The All-Kerala Bus Operators’ Organisation will hold a dharna in front of the Secretariat on Wednesday to draw the State government’s attention to ...
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Rudy's Bus Pal Admits Paying Mob
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
Among the disappointed was Staten Island transportation mogul Domenic Gatto, the king of the city's school-bus operators. Gatto topped out in donations to ...
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Bus Madness this morning…
9 Bus (Broadway) and wait for a new bus, with dozens of other passengners for over 30 minutes BEFORE the transit-supervisor, who was across the street looking at them, told them that hey, indeed, NO MORE 9 busses were coming their way.
Digg / World News / upcoming - http://digg.com/world_news

Judge blasts bus attacker's poor etiquette for not giving up seat
By The Mainichi Newspapers(The Mainichi Newspapers)
KYOTO -- A man who punched a female passenger because she repeatedly admonished him for not removing luggage from a bus seat so an elderly passenger could sit down has been ordered to pay her 670000 yen in compensation by a court here.
Japan National News - http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/

Grant would provide $22 million for bus line between downtown and SDSU
SAN DIEGO - A grant in President Bush's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year would provide $22 million for an express bus line between downtown and San Diego State University, it was announced today.
/news/sandiego from www.nctimes.com - http://www.nctimes.com/

Six people killed on bus in Pakistan by suicide bomber
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide bomber blasted a military bus Monday in Rawalpindi, killing six people, and a gunman fired on a political gathering in the south, stoking fears about security ahead of this month's crucial parliamentary ...
BG News - http://www.bgnews.com

Tension in the Arena
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... a section of the walls at the newly opened bus centre. During that same week, a stabbing incident involving a group of high school boys occurred. ...
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New Jersey Transit Corp. Selects Intergraph for Public Safety ...
FOXBusiness - USA
This enhanced functionality will enable NJ TRANSIT police to more effectively and efficiently respond to emergency incidents. ...
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Yobs who dropped stones on vehicles hunted by police
Burnley Citizen - UK
In the first incident a First Group bus, travelling into Burnley from Rochdale, was targeted as it drove under the viaduct on Yorkshire Street, ...
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Bus bosses to face grilling
Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK
The public consultation highlighted incidents where bus drivers have uncooperative with regard to wheelchair or severely disabled potential passengers. ...
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China to crack down on fake drugs amid snow-havoc relief efforts
Xinhua - China
... implement report and disposal system on severe food safety incidents; lay emphasis on food supervision at rail and bus stations, airports, ...
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Sangh Parivar activists arrested for blasts in RSS office
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
The power to the area was disconnected before the incident. According to Sanjeev Kumar, IG, South Zone, the bomb blast inside the new bus stand was planned ...
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Spotlight on a Kappa - Kevin St. Peter
By Holman
Two of Kevin’s most memorable incidents are very touching. On October 8th, 2004 in Caribou, ME, a 13-year-old girl was getting off a school bus right in front of her house. A truck lost control on the road and as soon as the girl got ...
The Kappa Talk - of Kappa Delta Phi - http://www.kappatalk.com

Police working several accidents
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
There was no immediate word on the number of children on the bus, or if any of them were injured. The accident was reported at 6:50 am at NW 10 and Doris ...
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Fog creates road hazards
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
The accident occurred about 3:30 pm on northbound Illinois Route 41 in Avon. The Avon school bus, driven by Gary C. Greenlief, 61, of Avon was stopped at ...
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11 dead in roadside 'warzone'
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The mini bus had been on its way from Upington to the Kimberley Hospital Complex with 26 outpatients on board when the accident occurred. ...
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Feds: Fung Wah bus won't blow up
NYU Washington Square News - New York,NY,USA
Despite these measures, a few well-publicized accidents involving Fung Wah buses have made the company synonymous with cheap but dangerous transportation. ...
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Driver dies in one of several fog-related crashes
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign,IL,USA
By Noelle McGee Fog is to blame for several accidents on Monday, including a deadly crash between a semitrailer and a car west of Catlin, ...
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Thunderstorms amid fog rains chaos for Central Illinois
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
Phil Shelton, superintendent of the Mount Pulaski school district, said no students or bus drivers were injured in those accidents. ...
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Three people killed in 2 accidents
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: Three people were killed and five were injured in two accidents in the city on Tuesday. A bus driver and conductor were burned alive, ...
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* Four Sri Lankans killed in two road accidents
Colombo Page - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Meanwhile, a mother of two was killed when a privately owned public transport bus ran over her in the Panadura area this morning. Following the accident ...
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Icy Roads to Blame for Several Accidents
Action 3 News - Omaha,NE,USA
And on the side roads, an icy hill near 50th and Blondo was no match for a school bus this afternoon. There didn't appear to be any kids on the bus though.
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UCF Considering Plan To Have Bus Transport Students From Bars
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
Two 18-year-old freshman students at UCF died in different accidents trying to get home from local bars. Austin Gilpin was walking across Alafaya Trail when ...
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Is BMTC a killer vehicle?
By The Bangalorean(The Bangalorean)
“Whenever a road accident occurs involving a bus, the first thing people do is to set the bus on fire. They vent their ire on the bus involved, irrespective of whether the driver is at fault or not,” said Dastagir Sheriff, chief traffic ...
Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore - http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/

Daily Crime Incidents for February 05, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal road accident has been registered in Sullia Police Station. On 04/02/2008 at 1245 hrs at Gundyadka Halegate Sullia Taluk one Vivekananda driver of KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-F-2460 drove his vehicle in a rash and ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

2/5/08
By Al M(Al M)
"Bus accidents are common in Zimbabwe , blamed on shortages of replacement tires and spare parts. The heaviest seasonal rains since colonial-era records began a century ago have also left poorly maintained streets and highways pitted by ...
- http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

The Polka Bus
By rss@youtube.com (Rakkadeisen)
Old lady falls off the polka bus. Author: Rakkadeisen Keywords: faceplant polka bus funny fall accident crash boom old raisin svensk swedish norsk norwegian norway Added: February 4, 2008.
- http://youtube.com/rss/tag/+accidents.rss

It Is That Time Around
By melyong
With the amount of bus accidents, I am a little worried as I will be traveling by bus to uni. That would certainly be very nervous. The thought of “What If I Die?” comes to mind and I really couldn’t stop thinking. ...
Liberated Woman - http://melyong.wordpress.com

2/5/08

Blueline buses have no right to kill, says SC
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
New Delhi, Feb 01: Taking a tough stand against "killer" Blueline buses, the Supreme Court on Friday said refused to interfere with a High Court order ...
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SC roots for people’s rights, ‘come what may’
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Balakrishnan made the remarks as a Blueline bus operator quoted Justice Markandey Katju’s judgment on judicial overreach to argue that Delhi High Court was ...
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Sound Transit may get $100 million boost
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By DEBERA CARLTON HARRELL Sound Transit's University Link could receive a $100 million boost, thanks to an announcement made Monday by the Bush ...
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Borders, Transit Top Security Spending
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Preventing terrorists from hacking into computer systems that run the nation's power grid and other vital networks gets a new emphasis in ...
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Kazakhstan Hikes Gas Transit Prices
The Moscow Times - Russia
Kazakhstan said Monday it had raised the price for shipping gas to Gazprom by 27 percent. Gazprom agreed to pay $1.40 for shipping 1000 cubic meters of gas ...
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Students take advantage of free trips by NJ Transit
RU Daily Targum (subscription) - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
Free Transit Week is here again, attracting many University student commuters and city-goers to ride New Jersey Transit rails or buses to and from New ...
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Critical mass: Agat resident fed up with public transit
KUAM.com - Dededo,GU,USA
Borden says she has reached her boiling point, explaining that none of the issues she brought to the attention of public transit officials have been ...
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Free tours of Brunei for transit passengers
micebtn - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) in conjunction with Brunei Tourism Board, has launched “Window on Brunei” a tour program for passengers in transit through ...
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Weather causes transit delays for some students
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The drivers of campus shuttles are all contracted through First Transit. Beverly Edwards, vice president of central region for First Transit, ...
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Port, transit security money doubles
San Mateo County Times - San Mateo,CA,USA
By Erik N. Nelson, Staff Writer The Bay Area will receive twice as much federal security funding for port and public transit facilities as it did last year ...
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Urban transit will need $40 billion in next five years for upkeep ...
The Canadian Press -
OTTAWA - The country's municipal transit systems will need $40.1 billion for upkeep and expansion over the next five years, the Canadian Urban Transit ...
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JJ Hospital shooting accused sent to Mumbai on transit remand
Hindu - Chennai,India
... in the 1992 JJ Hospital Shooting case in Mumbai, was on Monday sent to the metropolis on a three-day transit remand for his production in a court there. ...
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SEPTA's New Chief Maps Route to Better Service
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Paul Nussbaum,...
Casey, takes the helm at an unusually auspicious moment in Philadelphia transit history. Ridership is up. Dedicated funding is a reality. The overdue, over-budget Market El reconstruction is nearly finished. And a new, transit-friendly ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

$100 million in President’s budget moves University Link toward ...
In its strongest endorsement to date of Sound Transit’s University Link light rail project, the Bush administration today included $100 million for the project in his proposed FY 2009 budget.
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

Feds OK Grand Rapids’ ‘New Start’ Transit Funds
Just when it seemed Michigan was hitting a dead end on transit, one of the state’s top bus systems got a hot lead on a New Start: Grand Rapids won as much as $29 million from Washington to build the Auto State’s most advanced public ...
MLUI News - http://mlui.org

State of the Region: Goal of Double Ridership on Metro Transit by 2030
The Metropolitan Council cited progress toward improving the transit system in the Twin Cities metro and ridership growth in Monday’s State of the Region speech.
Local News for MyFox Twin Cities - http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox

Bus bombing kills 12, wrecks Sri Lanka celebrations
Times Online - UK
The 60th anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence was marked with more carnage today, when 12 people were killed by a bombing on a crowded bus after a ...
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Bus rider grabs steering wheel, forcing bus off Highway 1
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
An unruly bus passenger grabbed the steering and forced the Santa Cruz Metro bus off Highway 1 in Watsonville. The bus was heading en route to Santa Cruz on ...
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Snow stalls bus service in Ogden area, several schools closed
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Posted: 7:05 AM- School bus service in the Ogden Valley has been suspended due to the 12 to 24 inches of snow that fell Sunday, according to television ...
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12 civilians die, 17 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast
Hindu - Chennai,India
PHOTO: AP A nurse carrying a child injured in the bus blast in Sri Lanka on Monday. COLOMBO: At least 12 civilians died and 17 injured in a claymore ...
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10 killed, 30 hurt in suicide attack on military bus in Pak
Hindu - Chennai,India
"It was a suicide attack... a man on a motorcycle rammed into the bus," a military official said. The powerful blast completely destroyed the bus carrying ...
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City bus and two cars crash in Los Angeles, 12 injured
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Authorities say a city bus and two compact cars have crashed in Los Angeles, leaving a dozen people with minor injuries. ...
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New owner takes wheel of Micro Bus
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Premier Group of Companies, a consumer business conglomerate and property developer, has diversified into the public bus service after acquiring a licence ...
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Six kids on bus suffer minor injuries in crash
London Free Press - Canada
By SUN MEDIA An afternoon bus crash sent six children to hospital with minor injuries yesterday, police said. Thames Valley District school board officials ...
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Women immigrants become bus drivers
Norway Post - Bærum,Norway
There is a serious shortage of bus drivers in Norway, and the National Labour Office (NAV) has started a course in Oslo, designed to qualify immigrant women ...
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Bus crash investigation under way
BBC News - UK
A bus driver and several passengers have been taken to hospital after a crash on a minor road near Dumfries. The Stagecoach service operating between ...
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Healthy alternative: Take mass transit; Walking to bus or subway ...
Then get out of your car and hop on the bus or train. That's the message from some transit agencies that are appealing to drivers' health concerns. "All the new research over the last five years indicates pretty clearly the health ...
Government Innovators Network News - http://www.innovations.harvard.edu

More bus routes facing axe
ANOTHER two communities are reeling from the news that vital transport links are due to be axed.
This is Hampshire | Hampshire News - http://www.thisishampshire.net

Suicide attack on Pakistan army bus kills six
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - A suicide attacker rammed a motorbike into a Pakistan army bus taking medical staff to work in the garrison city of Rawalpindi Monday, killing six people and wounding 38, officials said.
Military Space News, Nuclear... - http://www.spacewar.com/

Three hurt in bus crash on Brewerton Road
By Douglass Dowty
A 16-year-old student and two others were injured after a school bus turned in front of an oncoming car and crashed Monday afternoon on Brewerton Road, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies said. A school bus aide, Billiejo Iden, ...
News from The Post-Standard on... - http://blog.syracuse.com/news/

Detroit Bus Hits Two Kills One
By jon8105
A City bus hit two pedestrians. The bus killed one of the victims, while leaving the other one in critical condition. The Detroit City Bus was making a turn when it struck two pedestrians that were in the cross walk, according to police ...
Current World News - http://currentworldnews.net

Bombs mar Sri Lanka independence day
CNN - USA
The government immediately blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the attacks, which killed 12 civilians and one soldier in separate incidents. ...
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Bus Driver Arrested for Indecent Liberties With a Child
WJLA - Washington,DC,USA
The incidents occurred when the victims were under his care. Robinson has been held without bond and is pending a hearing in the Juvenile and Domestic ...
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Rawalpindi blast
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
At least six people died when a suicide bomber, riding a motorcycle, rammed into a bus carrying personnel of the defence department outside the building of ...
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Report supports street cameras
The Chronicle Journal - Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada
Because of the surveillance system, police defused 78 incidents and made 69 arrests last year. Monitoring staff were also responsible for 13 medical ...
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Officers who ignored yellow lines could get tickets
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
It is the latest in a series of incidents in which police have been caught parking on double yellow lines, on pavements and even at bus stops. ...
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8:51 PM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 29 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Guest Posting By A Man At The Bus Stop - My Neighborhood
By A Simple Jew(A Simple Jew)
I don't hear of much friction – there is an occasional story that makes the rounds of a rock thrown at a Jewish school bus, or other occasional incidents like that, but overall I am not aware of any real visible hostility. ...
A Simple Jew - http://asimplejew.blogspot.com/

Explosions rock Sri Lanka on independence day, killing 13
By dukea
The government immediately blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the attacks, which killed 12 civilians and one soldier in separate incidents. A roadside bomb ripped through a bus in northeast Sri Lanka Monday, killing 12 passengers and ...
The CNN Wire - http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com

The Bus Crash petition to the Ministry of Transport
By Andre Reutens(Andre Reutens)
Despite numerous complaints and public uproar in the past, incidents like this continue to occur. It was reported that the driver's company had 13 summonses on that bus itself. We find it unacceptable that such a company could have ...
The Scrapbook of Worthwhile Stuff - http://andrereutens.blogspot.com/

How TCAT spent the year 2007
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
The report includes ridership by route, service changes, bus maintenance expense, road calls, preventative maintenance, inspection results, accidents, ...
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Call for tougher bus driver laws
Bradford Telegraph Argus - Bradford,England,UK
The court also heard that he had been given a verbal warning and was facing disciplinary proceedings at the time of the accident. ...
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Holiday accidents claim 37 lives in Venezuela
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
In another major accident the same day, a bus tumbled down western highway, killing seven people and injuring 30, he said. An estimated 13 million people ...
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7 (un)Luckiest People in the World
By .
Escaped from a derailed train, a door-less plane, a bus crash, a car into flames, another 2 car accidents... but then won $1000000 dollars on the lottery! Frane Selak (born 1929) is a Croatian music teacher famous for his numerous ...
Fun and entertainment guaranteed - http://jokesrfunny.blogspot.com/

2/4/08
By Al M(Al M)
"Bus accidents are common in Zimbabwe , blamed on shortages of replacement tires and spare parts. The heaviest seasonal rains since colonial-era records began a century ago have also left poorly maintained streets and highways pitted by ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

A tribute to a friend
By amandany-c(amandany-c)
Do not let express bus passengers die in vain time and again. We have failed them many times. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It's time for the Government to stand up and take solid action against reckless bus drivers to curb accidents from killing ...
* [ Hugme-Holdme-Comeonbaby-Pleaseme!... - http://puresoul-manda.blogspot.com/

Wife, Mother, and Angel: Part II
By Mr. Grudge
Two main highways merge into one and accidents are abundant in these roads. As she drove along in the left lane which would take her out onto the center lane of route 347 after the merge, she noticed a van parked precariously on the ...
Mr. Grudge - http://www.mrgrudge.com/

Bus crash no more signature campaign = Peeetuuuiiiiii!
By ShadowFox(ShadowFox)
You deserve to be crashed again and again in bus accidents, that's if you have more than 1 life in the first place. You wanted help, the others offered, and of course the opposition did as well, but NOOooo, you dismissed them as filthy ...
ShadowFox's hideout - http://bytemuncher.blogspot.com/

2/4/08

Governor: 32000 seniors pre-registered for free transit rides
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
The governor's office says there are about 1.3 million seniors statewide who live in areas with mass transit. Madison County is set to begin offering the ...
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Transit not surprised by latest bus crash on West Coast
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
Transit New Zealand says a fatal bus crash on the West Coast on the weekend is not surprising. It was the second serious bus crash in less than a year on ...
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Press Breakfast on Racial and Economic Inequity in Our Mass ...
StreetsBlog - New York,NY,USA
Please join us for a reporters’ briefing on this study of inequity in our mass transit system, how it affects your community, and new solutions that would ...
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Bogota Part 2: Transmilenio Bus Rapid Transit
The Oil Drum - USA
In part 2 of "what the rest of the world could learn from Bogota, Colombia", here is a good video that gives an overview of how their bus rapid transit ...
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Governor: 32000 seniors pre-registered for free transit rides
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
The governor's office says there are about 1.3 million seniors statewide who live in areas with mass transit. Madison County is set to begin offering the ...
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Modern transit key to drawing the best
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
They also have multiple forms of transportation and transit systems to effectively manage travel. More importantly, these successful cities and regions have ...
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Editorial: Waterfront Transit
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
So the unusual cooperation being explored now by regional transit agencies PATCO and SEPTA to extend transit's reach to the Delaware - and possibly the ...
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Competition in transit system would save money
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Montrealers should start thinking of competitive reforms that could improve performance of public transit. The Montreal Transit Corp. is in a financial dead ...
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Tribute WTC honors local man for work performed in transit ...
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
He grabbed a NJ Transit bus and for the next three days worked at and around the scene transporting rescue workers and the injured. ...
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NYC Steps Up Transit Security www.privateofficer.com
By privateofficerbreakingnews
Eliot Spitzer announced the grants at a news conference on Friday at Grand Central Terminal, where Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly outlined his plans to add a layer of security to the city’s 24-hour transit system. ...
- http://privateofficerbreakingnews.wordpress.com

Feb 1, 2008 - Transit Agencies Tout Health Benefits of Public ...
A number of US metro transit agencies are promoting the use of public transportation by highlighting the exercise obtained when walking to and from bus and train stops, USA Today reports.
RWJF News Digest - Public Health - http://www.rwjf.org/

The MDT North Corridor Saga Continues, Part 1
By Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal(Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal)
In case you’ve spent the past couple of days living in a cave (or more likely, not paying attention to local transit news) there is trouble brewing on the horizon (by horizon I clearly mean this week) over at MDT . ...
Transit Miami - http://www.transitmiami.com/

Governor: 32000 seniors pre-registered for free transit rides
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor Rod Blagojevich says 32000 senior citizens have pre-registered to receive free rides on public transportation.
News from pantagraph.com - http://pantagraph.com/

Seattle’s Sound Transit on The BNSF Rail Line? Where is our ...
By Debra Sinick
For my full article, you can check my Kirkland blog article about our latest rail news. If you have any thoughts about the rail line or any information to add to the news, please feel free to comment.
Eastside Real Estate Buzz - http://eastsiderealestatebuzz.com

Two killed in car and bus crash
BBC News - UK
Two men have died and 17 people have been injured following a collision between a car and a bus in County Roscommon. It happened at about 0115 GMT on Sunday ...
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Suicide attack on Pakistan army bus kills five
AFP -
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) — A suicide attacker rammed a bomb-laden motorbike into a Pakistan army bus taking medical staff to work Monday in the garrison ...
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India, Pak to mull options on bus service
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
PTI Pakistan is likely to suggest reducing the frequency of the two cross-border bus services from Amritsar or merging them to make them commercially viable ...
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Getting There: Bus snarl isn'ta problem for Metro
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By LARRY LANGE Question: John Melgard thinks the Metro bus stop on the south side of North 200th Street, near the Aurora Village Mall and a block east of ...
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Troubles with the new bus system
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
75 bus route. For the past three weeks I have been travelling on the buses and every single morning I have either been late for school or work. ...
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Police crack down on illegal bus operators
Xinhua - China
4 -- Transport authorities in Shanghai have swooped on 14 illegal long-distance bus ticket offices and caught more than 810 buses involved in illegal ...
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Road many have collapsed under bus, says tour company
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
The tour company whose bus rolled down a bank and killed a tourist on the West Coast may have pulled over to allow another vehicle to pass moments earlier. ...
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Big enough for a bus load
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
We drive around to the back and park the car between the trampoline and the Hills hoist, between the house and the Old Bus Shed. The place has two separate ...
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Bus service between Quetta and Mashhad from March
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The caretaker Minister of Communications barrister Habibur Rehman has said that the Quetta-Mashhad bus service will be launched in March. ...
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Bus commuters left to walk up hill
ABC Online - Australia
Commuters in the Adelaide hills have complained about being asked to walk up a hill at Belair because their bus could not make the climb. ...
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Govt approves bus driver pay deal
Possible strike action by Canberra bus drivers appears to have been averted.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

BREAKING NEWS...Bus crash in Risca
A CAR and bus have collided in Risca this morning, bringing the town to a standstill.
South Wales Argus | Latest news - http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk

Iveco bus output increases
Iveco Czech Republic, a part of the Italian group Fiat, turned out 2698 buses last year, up by 14 percent on the year.
Czech Business Weekly - online... - http://www.cbw.cz/

Call for tougher bus driver laws
Road safety groups have come together to call for an immediate change in the law after a novice driver in charge of a First Bus killed a passenger when he fell asleep at the wheel.
Bradford Telegraph and Argus... - http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Yellow bus turns green
BATH TWP.: Gone are the lines of school buses belching smoke as they're parked outside Revere High and Revere Middle schools on weekday afternoons.
Local News - http://www.ohio.com/news

Tourist dies in crash on Coast
The Press - Christchurch,New Zealand
Already this year there have been three incidents with tourist buses in the South Island, including a bus that caught fire near the Homer Tunnel on the ...
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DIAL plans long-term safety measures for IGI
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... bus and a CISF inspector rammed his bike into an AAI official. The system will complement the voluntary information reporting system of incidents ...
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Buses failing to stop
By timdodds
lightwater-bus-routes.jpg Alerted to incidents of local buses taking incorrect routes by a Lightwater resident, and also of failures to pick up passengers at a bus stop, I resolved to do something about it. A bus driver being confused ...
Lightwater - http://lightwater.wordpress.com

Be aware of terrorists
By Dimuthu(Dimuthu)
From these and the past incidents it is obvious that terrorist mostly target public places and public transport. Well I personally very rarely visit public place. But I m always travels in public transport. ...
Dimuthu's Blog - http://dimuthuc.blogspot.com/

IRAC Update - The Women Sent to the Back of the Bus
By Pro Zion News(Pro Zion News)
another instance, a woman was not allowed on a bus for wearing jeans and a short sleeved shirt on a summer day. All these women, and probably hundreds of other men and women who were too afraid to report similar incidents ...
Pro Zion News - http://www.prozion.org.uk/prozionblog/news.html

Boy may be charged in bus incident - Topix
Boy may be charged in bus incident. Posted by roboblogger 9 hrs ago | Bookmark and Share. An 11-year-old Jackson boy could face assault charges as a ...

YOUR COMMUNITY WATCHDOG: Are intersections the safest places for ...
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... accidents, almost 99 percent of which occurred at intersections. There are guidelines the district's Board of Education applies when mapping bus routes. ...
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Probe into bus crash continues
TVNZ - New Zealand
A collapse of part of the road surface may have caused a tour bus to roll on the West Coast. The Stray Travel coach crashed late on Saturday afternoon on ...
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Weekend road toll hits eight
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
National Party transport spokesman Maurice Williamson said the crash, which followed a number of recent tour bus accidents, raised questions about safety ...
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Sunday, 3rd February 2008
By Robb WJ Ellis (aka Mandebvhu)(Robb WJ Ellis (aka Mandebvhu))
"Bus accidents are common in Zimbabwe , blamed on shortages of replacement tires and spare parts. The heaviest seasonal rains since colonial-era records began a century ago have also left poorly maintained streets and highways pitted by ...
The Bearded Man - http://thebeardedman.blogspot.com/

2/3/08
By Al M(Al M)
This isn’t the first time that peoples love ones have been lost in bus accidents. How many lifeless bodies does the government need to see before they do something about the issue!? When I found out that there was a petition I signed it ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

Killer Bluelines' Menace and Beyond
By undiscovered61(undiscovered61)
According to data given to the Court by the Delhi Government, as many as 488 persons have succumbed to such bus accidents in the past three years. The Delhi High Court had earlier issued directions to the Delhi Government to phase out ...
Pallavi Deshpande - http://undiscovered61.blogspot.com/

Yet Another Bus Crash
By GammaGoblin(GammaGoblin)
This is getting ridiculous. Am I gone mad in the head or is the level of bus related accidents in Ireland disproportionally high? They just keep adding up. [Examiner.ie Story] [Bus Drivers Forum]
Riemann's Cut - http://gammagoblin.blogspot.com/

Pretty Face
By admin
Manga Description : Rando Masashi, a self-centered, brash karate star, was the victim of a horrific bus accident that left him comatose, his face terribly disfigured by extensive burns. Genius plastic surgeon Dr. ...
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