Thursday, April 24, 2008

4/24/08

Rights bus unlikely to leave depot
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The inaugural session of the 2020
Summit featured a video clip in which Kevin Rudd declared "we've all got to be on the same bus". ...
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Bus plunges into gorge in Kashmir, 14 killed
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
JAMMU, India (Reuters) - A bus veered off a mountainous road in Indian Kashmir on Monday and crashed into a gorge, killing at least 14 people and injuring ...
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Chaos reigns on Delhi bus corridor
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The Bus Rapid Transit System, which has been designed by the
Delhi government to ease traffic woes, has become a nightmare for people. ...
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2 die as Ferrari collides with bus in Lakewood WA
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
A 35-year-old
Lakewood man and a woman were killed and three others injured when a red Ferrari struck a shuttle bus in Lakewood. Lakewood police Lt. Dave ...
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Group of girls threaten, rob pair on bus
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
About a dozen teenage girls attacked two 15-year-old girls Saturday evening on a Metro Transit bus in Dartmouth. When the bus was on
Booth Street, ...
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Bus damaged in 24-Parganas during bandh
Hindu - Chennai,India
Kolkata (PTI): A government bus was attacked and damaged and the driver injured by bandh supporters at Maheshtala in South 24-Parganas district during the ...
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Bottle thrown at bus hits woman
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A woman is recovering from injuries suffered when a beer bottle was thrown at a bus in
Sydney's south, police say. Police say the woman's face was cut and ...
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Two injured in bus depot gas blast
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
TWO
Brisbane council workers were lucky to escape serious injury when a gas explosion blew out the windows of a bus they were refuelling. ...
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Tech De Bus II a good move, says Holness
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
The occasion was the launch of 'Tech De Bus II', a computer-equipped bus, at Devon House, St Andrew, last Friday. Looking on is Canadian High Commissioner ...
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Nuggets' bus catches fire en route to playoff opener against Lakers
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
No players sustained injuries, but they were delayed 30 minutes along Interstate 10 waiting for the team's second bus to arrive. ...
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School bus rear-ended; no children aboard
No injuries were reported when a Granbury ISD school bus was rear-ended by a vehicle on Morgan Street before 8 this morning. No children were aboard the bus.
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Children in bus crash drama : 11:30 - 21 April 2008
A school bus and a car collided on the outskirts of a village this morning. Paramedics and firefighters from Stevenage were called to the incident in High Street, Walkern, and 56 children on the bus heading for a school in Buntingford ...
The Comet - News - http://www.thecomet.net

Breaking News: Rush-hour bus smash leaves six injured
A RUSH-HOUR bus smash today left six people needing hospital treatment.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Home - News - http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/

School Bus Accident Sends 8 to Hospital
An early morning school bus accident has sent eight people to the hospital.
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Gas explosion rocks Brisbane bus depot
Thirty Brisbane City Council buses will be taken off the road later tonight as investigators look into the cause of a small gas explosion.
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17 killed as bus overturns in Bangladesh
AFP -
DHAKA (AFP) — At least 17 people died and 35 were injured, many seriously, when a bus overturned on a busy national highway in northern Bangladesh on ...
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Driver, 84, faces charges in bus shelter crash
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Ottawa police have criminally charged the 84-year-old driver of a car that struck and killed a woman while she waited for a bus with her five-year-old ...
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Bus veers off highway in Bangladesh
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Dhaka - A crowded bus went out of control and veered off a highway in central Bangladesh, killing at least 18 people and injuring 50 others Saturday, ...
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Man struck by Laval bus
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
A young man was in serious but stable condition in a hospital last night after he was struck by a
Laval city bus at about 3 pm Friday, police said. ...
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Several kids injured as school bus overturns
Times of India - India
BEGUSARAI: At least 12 children were injured, six of them seriously, when the school bus they were travelling in overturned on Saturday on National Highway ...
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Bluffton bus crash survivor throws out first pitch
MLive.com - MI,USA
Berta is a former Bluffton baseball player who was critically injured in the team's bus crash a year ago that killed five players, the bus driver and his ...
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Bus accident kills 18, injures dozens in Bangladesh
International Herald Tribune - France
AP TANGAIL,
Bangladesh: Police say at least 18 people were killed when a speeding bus lost control and plunged off the road in central Bangladesh. ...
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Elderly woman faces criminal charges in bus shelter crash
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA - Ottawa police have criminally charged the 84-year-old driver of a car that struck and killed a woman earlier this month while she waited for a bus ...
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Tejano Singer's Condition Improves Following Bus Crash
AHN - USA
The singer was injured in a bus accident in
Texas. The 45-year-old singer was behind the wheel of his tour bus on March 23 when it slammed into a collection ...
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St. Cloud bus to run on french fry runoff
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The Husky Fried Ride, a 40-foot-long bus with 35 seats, is powered by a mix of 80 percent recycled vegetable oil and 20 percent diesel fuel. ...
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Amador Hotel still set to be refurbished, not become a bus station ...
By By Steve Ramirez Sun-News reporter
LAS CRUCES — There are concerns among some Las Cruces residents and southern New Mexico legislators that plans to refurbish Las Cruces' most prominent landmark, the Amador Hotel, might be.
News - http://www.lcsun-news.com

Victory for School Bus and Transit Workers in Omaha and Cologne, NJ
By Richard
This is a UK-based company, and is the largest school bus transport company in the
United States and Europe. The parent company, FirstGroup is organized by T&G, which stands for the Transport and General Transport Union, part of Unite ...
Union Review - Labor Movement... - http://unionreview.com

Bus Tours Showcase Foreclosed Homes In S. Florida
With thousands of homes going into foreclosure, a South Florida company says now is the time to buy. They are offering a tour to visit foreclosed and bank-owned homes free of charge.
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Green Wheels calls for bus feasibility study
By The Eureka Reporter
Category: Local News Topics: Briefs.
Humboldt County’s sustainable transportation advocacy organization Green Wheels announced it sent a “Call for Feasibility Study” on Bus Rapid Transit for the Humboldt Bay Region.
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Deadly bus crash in Spain kills 8 Finnish tourists
By amyjudd
A seven-year-old girl is among eight Finnish bus passengers that have been killed in an accident near
Spain's southern coastal town of Benalmadena. "Another 16 people on the bus were injured, some seriously, when it collided with ...
TDavis School District bus driver fired for using buses in private ...
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
District officials say they confirmed three incidents of misusing buses in October. There are allegations that the bus misuse went on much longer than that. ...
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Play turned threatening
Denton Record Chronicle - Denton,TX,USA
While most area schools say incidents of bullying are on the decline, officials say they take all reports seriously. “Everybody expects their child to be ...
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Bus Drivers Train To Improve Students’ Safety
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA
These incidents to not necessarily show the bus driver was at fault. Meanwhile, many bus drivers who competed at the Seminole County's annual Safety Skills ...
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EMS now has more control over decisions
Bowling Green Daily News - KY, United States
Ronnie Pearson, director of Warren County Emergency Management, wasn’t at the scene of the accident but said in such large scale incidents with multiple ...
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Sri Petaling folks recount horrifying experiences to MP
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
A group of them got together recently to recount the terrifying incidents that had happened to them and hope that something would be done to restore peace. ...
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Charges laid in crash
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By KENNETH JACKSON AND JON WILLING, SUN MEDIA Ottawa police have charged an 84-year-old woman after a car drove through a bus shelter and killed a ...
5:31 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 19 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 20, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 19/04/2008 at 1430 hrs on NH 17 at Mulki Mangalore one Madhava driver of bus bearing Reg. KA-20-A-1173 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a lorry bearing Reg. No. KA-25-B-5301. ...
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That Damning Evidence of Other Incidents, Complaints
By Jane Genova
Those range from $60 million in a Flordia rollover case against Ford to $8 million in a Greyhound bus crash. As we have read in the blog before, the plaintiff bar is known for its creativity - think Motley Rice, Marler Clark [the latter ...
Law And More - http://lawandmore.typepad.com/law_and_more/

Wash. Post confirms 2006 McCain-Renzi battle first reported in ...
By (Joe Sudbay (DC))
So, the McCain staffer admitted that this incident happened. Today, on "This Week" McCain lied about his temper. It was disturbing to watch McCain fake a smile as he discussed his own volatility. McCain tried to dismiss the incidents of ...
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Toronto transit strike averted after deal reached
CTV.ca - Canada
A transit strike in
Toronto has been averted after a last-minute tentative deal was reached between the Toronto Transit Commission and the union ...
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Agency eyes bus rapid transit
Manila Standard Today - Philippines
By Rio N. Araja THE Metro Manila Development Authority is keen on adopting the bus rapid transit of highly urbanized centers in
South America to dovetail ...
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Toronto Transit Reaches Union Deal, Averting Strike (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
By Joe Schneider and Hugo Miller April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Toronto transit workers and the city's transit operator reached a deal, averting a strike planned ...
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Gilliam to lead South West Transit Association; local Scout leader ...
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
The South West Transit Association electedFred Gilliam president of its 2008 board. Gilliam is the president and CEO of Capital Metro in
Austin and was the ...
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Editorial: Crucial month ahead for Central Corridor
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
News of $115-a-barrel oil, and of gas prices headed toward $4 per gallon, ought to tell Minnesotans that the time to start building a modern rail transit ...
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Brace for manic Monday on BRT
Times of India - India
The trial runs on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor on this segment finally began on Sunday morning, and as apprehended all along by TOI, ...
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Pony up for better transit
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
The part that pays for public transit is expected to follow in 2011. The fund's main source of revenue is the federal 18.4 cent-per-gallon gas tax. ...
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Cash will be one of several options for paying road tolls
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Transit NZ northern manager Peter Spies says an electronic collection system for a toll of $2 for cars and $4 for trucks will operate from gantries at the ...
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Toronto Transit Strike Deadline Looms as Talks in Final Hours
Bloomberg - USA
By Joe Schneider April 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Toronto Transit Commission, which provides 1.5 million rides daily on its subways, buses and trams in Canada's ...
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Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson, an ex-Islander, says ...
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
"That's gone forever," Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson said of the funds that had been promised if Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial plan ...
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Bridging New York's Transit Gap
By making use of the infrastructure we already have -- our streets -- bus rapid transit can bridge the yawning gap between New York City transit's haves and have nots.
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Westmoreland Transit Authority buses filled to capacity
Seats have become a premium on Westmoreland County Transit Authority daily commuter bus routes to Pittsburgh.
Tribune-Review News - http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/

NJ Transit awards contract for Hudson-Bergen Light rail extentsion
By dkb(dkb)
New Jersey Transit has awarded George Harms Construction, Inc. a contract to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail network a mile south. Work will begin later this year, and the line should open in 2010. New tracks will be laid from the ...
Streetcar News - http://streetcarnews.blogspot.com/

Transit strike looms in Toronto
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty won't say if he will end the looming transit strike that threatens to slowdown Canada's largest city. As the Toronto Transit Commission and its largest union continue to negotiate toward a 4 pm ...
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Transit strike in Toronto is averted after last-minute deal is reached
TORONTO - A transit strike in Toronto has been averted with a last-minute deal that will spare commuters from a chaotic start to the work week. The agreement was reached well after Sunday's 4 p...
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OK Tata - and Horn Please!
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
That may still leave the problem of the infamous Blue-line buses that split your eardrums with their loud and non-stop use of horn and kill people wantonly ...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

4/19/08 (2)

School Bus Incident In India Kills 40 People
eFluxMedia - USA
Over the past few years other incidents involving children were reported. Last December, 19 people died after a school bus collided with a train in the ...
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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Stayaway Flops
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A bus belonging to Nyamweda Bus Company was yesterday morning burnt and reduced to a shell by MDC-T youths as the stayaway called by the opposition turned ...
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Two shot in separate incidents
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
A Metro bus driver contacted police around
7:30 pm when a shooting victim boarded the bus, officers said. The bus pulled over near Hamilton Avenue and Court ...
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Bus reported to have hit Lucan boy
Marshall Independent - Marshall,MN,USA
Bernardy has been driving bus for at least 20 years, and Suss said, to his knowledge, he has not been involved in any similar incidents. ...
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Boy in bus assault case, 10, pleads no contest
Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USA
The boy, then 9, and an 11-year-old boy were both accused of forcing the 7-year-old boy to perform oral sex while on a school bus. The incidents are alleged ...
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Responsible, professional driving: Need of the hour
Merinews - New Delhi,India
... such incidents are happening now and then. Well, in most cases the drivers and conductors manage to jump out and flee. The other day, the bus jam-packed ...
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Girls' bus pervert terror
Ayr Advertiser - Ayr,Scotland,UK
The incidents occurred at an address in
Elder Avenue and on the bus which was on its route through Girvan at the time. Kennedy, whose bail address was now ...
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Bus passenger, 11, refused child fare
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
Her mother Donna has complained about the incidents, which she says embarrassed her daughter. Mother-of-five Donna said: "If my daughter was 14 or 15 I ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 15, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On
01/04/2008 at 0720 hrs at Kankandy Mangalore one Ravi driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-B-7567 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner as a result one Abdul Khadar K (46) R/o Nithyananda Nagara Someshwara village ...
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Comment from another Phil
By ben
... had reason to complain about a couple of incidents of buses not turning up…..I found her office very responsive to my complaint, and whilst its hard to say if it worked, as I understand it would create issues for the bus operators, ...
Waiting for the bus - http://waitingforthebus.wordpress.com

No laughing matter!
By sensitiveguy
20 incident, according to documents released to the Register. Wlodarsky was involved in a preventable patrol car crash when he ran into the rear of a semi truck that was stopped for a school bus. He was given a verbal reprimand for that ...
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Hoi An: Hello, you buy someting?
By Brittany
We’d had several other frustrating incidents, including one with a cobbler in which I had to get all in her face and sassy, which I really did not want to DO, but I’m sorry, I’m not going to pay for shoes I did not order! ...
Euros Ate My Dollars - http://eurosatemydollars.com

A bus full of realists
By Mary Madigan
"I don't think the bus was full of cowards." No, but the bus driver should have stopped the bus and the police should have been called. Until the law is taken seriously things will only get worse. I have seen incidents on American ...
Solomonia - http://www.solomonia.com/blog/

An old bus disappears
Brantford Expositor - Canada
Resolving land claims rests with Six Nations and the federal and provincial governments. Provoking unnecessary incidents in
Brantford won't help ...
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Custody decision upsets dad in bus case
Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USA
“Although (the) mother’s own substance abuse history, and her flawed judgment as demonstrated in the recent drinking and tattoo incidents are deeply ...
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China confronts its Uyghur threat
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
The Uyghur Diaspora community portrays the ongoing incidents as the oppressed Uyghur community versus an oppressive and unaccountable Chinese government, ...
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Runaway food costs for the poor finally get the attention they deserve
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The incidents, though tied to the global issue of rising oil prices, got scant notice in the world's press. More recently, the riots, protests and general ...
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Peterborough to get command post
Kawartha Media Group - Peterborough,Ontario,Canada
Command posts are typically used in major situations, such has hostage takings, evacuations and other incidents that require planning, Chief Terry McLaren ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 17, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
On 16/04/2008 at 1715 hrs on credible information PSI Puttur Town PS along with staff conducted a raid on open place near KSRTC bus Stand at Puttur Town and seized 72 liquor bottles (each 180 ML) of worth Rs. ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Latest News in Brief from Dominica Weekly News Desk
By Chris
Sixty students of the
village of Penville have been told that they no longer have to pay bus fares to and from school. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made that disclosure when he presented a new school bus to students of that ...
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TWO...TWO...TWO POSTS IN ONE!!!
By Within Without(Within Without)
So for the first time in some 20 years or something, I had to take the bus to work on Wednesday so I could pick up that company car and drive it home for my Thursday morning departure. It takes me half an hour to drive my own car to ...
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Jim Kerr – Out Of Touch, Out Of His Depth
By linfieldexile(linfieldexile)
We had a great day out, bus down with friends and acquaintances, a few shandies consumed, nice feed at the Carrickdale on the way, a good old singsong, an inadvertent tour of Dublin, stress-free walk to the ground, and a police escort ...
Linfield Exile - http://linfieldexile.blogspot.com/

Sam -- You may be right, but I am saddened by what has resulted ...
By Sam Hall(Sam Hall. Pensacola City Council, District 2)
That may help decrease response times from the County units, which show to these incidents anyway. And to my mind, it is just one area where
Pensacola residents need to start demanding that they get some sort of return on their County ...
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The train-bus tragedy in Kalihati
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
The unexpected nature of the accident raises the important question of what happened to earlier probes relating to railway accidents and whether any lessons ...
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Thai girl dies in bus crash
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar said Konsortium Bas Ekspress Semenanjung had been involved in three other accidents since ...
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Fourth pedestrian in 10 months has brush with DART bus
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Three of the four recent accidents have left pedestrians hospitalized. All four accidents involved buses making left turns, and three happened in the same ...
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Bus crash accident in Ecuador
By carolina
But this unfortunate event made us think about more ways to prevent accidents and we have decided that during the adventure, explore or active trips throug Ecuador, our cars will not be in the roads after 6 pm. ...
Ecuador Adventure Travel. A Unique... - http://ecuadoradventures.com

Five Down, Two to Go
By Reuben Collier(Reuben Collier)
Not only do Thai have a hard time avoiding road accidents they also have a hard time at railway crossings and with their bus system. The Bangkok Post yesterday reported that in 2007 there were 327 cars hit by trains, injuries and deaths ...
The Ban Phai Farang - http://rwcollier.blogspot.com/

REAR END CAR ACCIDENT CALIFORNIA LAWYER
By Greenberg " Rudman
If you have been involved in a rear end accident with a car, truck, motorcycle, or bus in
California, you should contact an attorney immediately to learn your rights. Call now to get your free consultation at...
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A Field Trip? But what about ME?!
By Shawnee(Shawnee)
I am certain there are nothing but bus accidents on the news lately. Pat says I am imagining it all, but I am sure of it. Well maybe not NOTHING but, but I am remembering it pretty much like Pope, bus accident, Obama, bus accident, ...
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Pick Up After Your Dog!!!
By Lou(Lou)
Poor Antonio was embarrassed because all the kids in the bus stop saw it. But I explained to him that there's no reason to feel that way because accidents happen. He missed the bus because he had to change his shoes. ...
A Peek Into My Mind - http://filam04.blogspot.com/

President condoles death of Gujarat bus mishap victims
Hindu - Chennai,India
Mexico City (PTI): President Pratibha Patil on Thursday condoled the death of 44 people, mostly school-children, who were killed when a bus carrying them ...
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Bus crash driver 'speeding and tired'
NEWS.com.au - Australia
By Melissa Iaria THE driver of an Egyptian bus that crashed, killing six Australians was fatigued, speeding and sending text messages before the accident, ...
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Charter bus crash blamed on GPS system
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By JENNIFER LANGSTON, CASEY MCNERTHNEY AND AMY ROLPH The driver of a charter bus carrying the
Garfield High School girls' softball team that smashed into a ...
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Bas karo yeh bus! Time to scrap these coffins on wheels
Times of India - India
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad-Mansa express bus (GJ-18 V6376) run by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) could well epitomize how the ...
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£125m bus order just the ticket
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
"Every single bus is handmade. There are no robots here," Wright Group's production manager John McLeister said, as he proudly introduced members of the ...
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Nova Bus plans US expansion
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
Nova Bus is counting on a new $25-million investment in upstate New York to facilitate expansion plans in the competitive US transit market. ...
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Chinese officials to stay on bus: Rudd
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is insisting Chinese officials will travel on a bus during the only Australian leg of the Olympic torch relay next week. ...
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14 die, 50 injured as bus falls into Gumla canal
Hindu - Chennai,India
Gumla (Jharkhand): Fourteen persons were killed and 50 other travellers injured when a mini-bus fell into a shallow canal near a village in Gumla district ...
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India: Bus Crash Kills 44 Children
New York Times - United States
By REUTERS A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in Vadodara, in
Gujarat State, killing at least 44 schoolchildren and 3 adults, ...
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Bus carrying softball team hits overpass in Seattle
Seattle Times - United States
The bus carried 22
Garfield High School students, their coach and a driver, Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said. ...
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A Long Bus Ride
By Kathleen Sullivan
The child was left on a school bus all day and was not discovered by the bus driver until around 3 pm “We put him on the bus at 6:25 am, and he was on the bus until the driver brought him home at 4:20 pm,” said the mother of the ...
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Bus overtook in wet conditions, Egypt crash trial told
The organiser of a tour on which five Victorians died in a bus crash in Egypt two years ago has told a coronial inquest the bus overtook another in wet conditions moments before the accident.
ABC News: Breaking Stories - http://www.abc.net.au/news/

Death toll in Nueva Ecija bus mishap rises to 9
(Updated 3:30 pm) MANILA, Philippines - Six men and three women were reported killed and several others were injured after a passenger bus they were riding fell into a ravine in Nueva Ecija Friday morning.
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St. Cloud bus smells like french fries
A diesel bus in St. Cloud has been converted to run on used vegetable oil. The bus will travel the city's SCSU route and the fuel will come from deep fat fryers on campus.
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Residents With Disabilities Want New Bus Stop
For a group of Cedar Falls residents, getting to the bus stop is difficult and sometimes dangerous. That's why a group of disabled residents near College Square Mall want a bus stop closer to home.
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Union: Grand Rapids school violence reports are misclassified to ...
MLive.com - MI,USA
by Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS -- Grand Rapids Public Schools leaders are hiding the number of weapons, drugs and other incidents in ...
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I survived Brazil
Brazzil.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
No, just a few of the unusual, unsettling incidents that occurred on my recent trip to
Brazil. The trip was not all bad news, but this was definitely the ...
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School bus driver suspended over abuse accusations
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
After reviewing documentation of incidents, district officials placed Alfreda Johnson on leave effective immediately, said schools spokeswoman Margi Nanney. ...
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Regulations flouted, authorities turn a blind eye
The News - International - Pakistan
By By Farooq Baloch The bus operators of the city seem completely oblivious to the traffic rules and regulations as they continue to flout them with ...
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Police appeal on bus attack
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK
Det Con Goodhill added: "Although the two incidents took place on buses, they are isolated and we would not want to detract from travelling on buses. ...
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CITY BLOGS
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Daily incidents on the
Islamabad Highway will further cement the public belief -- they don't really care for us. City traffic police officials say the ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 18, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 17/04/2008 at 2100 hrs at Chembugudde Permannur village Mangalore Taluk one Juicy D’Souza passenger of the bus bearing Reg.No. KL-14-D-5333 while getting down from the bus, the driver of bus moved the bus in a negligent manner due ...
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10:08 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 28 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
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Transportation Projects :: RE: CWE metrolink station safe to walk ...
... so neither they nor the security cameras are monitoring the bus stop. Over the years, there have been a couple of reports of SLU students being robbed on the upper level, though these incidents usually happened earlier in the day. ...
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Cartagena de Indias!!!!
By Ari Gerdes(Ari Gerdes)
In my first 6 days in the hostel, there were three separate incidents of this happening. None of the people had purchased any drugs from these guys, but all were cornered by the police and asked for a couple hundred dollars, ...
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Antigua and Volcano Pacaya - Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
The other thing that bothered me was a lot of little incidents where I felt I was being taken advantage of. Like not getting the correct change, or not getting a good exchange rate when paying for something. ...
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Albany Democrat Herald: Mid-Valley News
The mother of an 8-year-old Albany boy who was mistakenly left at the wrong bus stop last month says she wants to warn other parents about the incident and ...

Bangladesh bus accident kills 18
The Associated Press -
The bus was packed with day laborers traveling from the northern district of Kurigram to
Dhaka in search of jobs. Bus accidents — blamed on unskilled ...
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How we can reduce bus accidents
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Although most accidents are due to careless drivers, the hilly terrain of our country is a major contributory factor. The authorities are always threatening ...
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SSC examinee among two killed in road accidents
The New Nation - Bangladesh
In Comilla, an SSC examinee was killed and three others were injured when a bus dashed their auto-rickshaw at Shahidnagar area in Daudkandi upazila on ...
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9 killed in Philippine bus mishap
Xinhua - China
Drivers who briefly fell asleep during lengthy countryside travel along Philippine highways frequently caused disastrous, if not deadly, road accidents.
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Six cyclists suffer head injuries each month in Lothians
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By IAN SWANSON MORE than six cyclists a month need hospital treatment for head injuries as a result of road accidents in the Lothians. ...
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Screens aim to cut accidents at roundabout
Northern Echo - Darlington,England,UK
The stupid bus lanes are an absolute danger as they race up on traffic from the nearside to try and win a place.(aggresive driving)Also if you want to try ...
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Bus Into Overpass: Not The First Accident For Bus Company
KIROtv.com - Seattle,WA,USA
Journey Lines President Steve Abegg told KIRO 7 the company has never had anything like this happen before, only a few small accidents. ...
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Sudden Impulses
By Wiebke(Wiebke)
No bus accidents either! When I was a kid my sister rear-ended somebody in an off-ramp, pretty minor. When I was 6 I was hit by a car while riding my bike. Somehow I didn't get hurt, although I did fly across the road. ...
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Dr. Wilcox's successor
By Howard Troxler
But he did try to reform it and make it respond better -- I liked the way, early in his tenure, he kicked the bureaucracy in the butt when it failed to deal vigorously with a series of school bus accidents. ...
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... Um?
By EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo(EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo)
Because a ladybug hopped onto me somewhere during my walk around downtown today, and got on the Grand bus with me. I let it crawl around and watched it, because ladybugs are good luck. And it fell off of me onto a lady's fancy tacky ...
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Re: MTA BUS Takeover (The Rail King)
I don't care for them simply becasue their too low to ground and the lower passenger area is a danger zone if the bus was ever "T-Boned" by another vehicle. Caved in side panels shattered glass and the like. I seen many accidents where ...
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City to Sound Transit: Do light rail right
Federal Way Mirror - Tacoma,WA,USA
Sound Transit Link light rail, similar to what is shown here being tested just south of Seattle in the Sodo neighborhood, is what the Federal Way City ...
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Want mass transit? Then get on the bus
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Central Pasco residents say mass transit service is needed for their area, but they want somebody else to use it. ¶ It is a disappointing, ...
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Kitsap Transit to ask public about rate hikes
Central Kitsap Reporter - Olympic View,WA,USA
By PAUL BALCERAK Staff writer Before the Kitsap Transit Board of Directors makes a move to increase rates on bus routes, they’ll be looking for input from ...
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Ontario: McGuinty won't tolerate Toronto transit strike
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Nearly 9000
Toronto Transit Commission workers have threatened to walk off the job at 4 am Monday. Asked if he would step in, the premier said: "I think if ...
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BC reviews 10 taser incidents on transit
Globe and Mail - Canada
VANCOUVER -- The province's Police Complaint commissioner has launched an official investigation into 10 taser incidents involving armed transit police in ...
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Two men steal boy's transit pass at bus stop
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
The boy was waiting at a 30th Avenue SE bus stop on Thursday morning when he was approached by two men who asked for his wallet and stole his transit pass, ...
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AC Transit welcomes new bus system, lauds the past
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
On
April 20, 1958, at 3:55 am, "the last key System Transit Lines bridge train pulled explosively out of the 12th and Oak Streets end of the line for the ...
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Ditch the car - but how?
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Will more people take transit if they know they can get a parking space at the station? A pilot project in
Oakland, Calif., using an interactive Smart ...
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Is bus rapid transit the answer?
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
Bus rapid transit is already effective in some cities similar in size to
Gainesville, such as the college town Eugene, Ore., which relies on its EMX system ...
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High pump prices put transit at crossroads
Standard Freeholder - Cornwall,Ontario,Canada
Cornwall Transit has been studied to death at great cost to taxpayers over the last two or three decades. Each study has offered ways to put more people on ...
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AC Transit welcomes new bus system, lauds the past
George Trochet was an apprentice adding machine repairman when he stepped up onto his first Key System transbay train in Berkeley, and he remembers being quite impressed.
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GTA IV Gone Gold - Already in Transit!
By recluSed
Say so long to those delay rumors. While word has yet to come on whether Take-Two will accede to Electronic Arts' $2 billion acquisition offer, one scenario that will not occur is analysts' speculated delay of Grand Theft Auto IV. ...
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Ottawa proposes light-rail plan for downtown transit network
4/18/2008.
Progressive Railroading.com News - http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/

AC Transit Officials Unveil $250 Million Makeover
50 years after the demise of the East Bay Key System, AC Transit has used the to anniversary advertise plans to update its network.
KCBS Bay Area News - http://kcbs.com

Grand Theft Auto IV golden, Already in Transit
By TM22
While word has yet to come on whether Take-Two will accede to Electronic Arts’ $2 billion acquisition offer, one scenario that will not occur is analysts’ speculated delay of Grand Theft Auto IV. During Take-Two’s shareholders’ meeting ...
360WTF.com - Xbox 360 Gaming... - http://www.360wtf.com

Proposal For One-month Suspension Of Bus Company Permits
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
... Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CVLB) conducting investigations into bus accidents would make the recommendation to the CVLB which would meet soon. ...
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At Least 44 Students Killed in Bus Accident in Western India
Voice of America - USA
Analysts have been drawing attention to the high number of road accidents in
India. Last year, nearly 95000 people died in road accidents. ...
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Bus company involved in four fatal accidents breached regulations
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
By : Farrah Naz Karim The inquiry into the case of a bus company responsible for four fatal accidents in the last four months found that it breached many ...
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India: At least 40 people mostly children die in bus accident.
Afrik.com - Paris,France
Deadly road accidents are a real plague in
India, killing thousands every year, they are mostly blamed on the bad shape of roads and reckless driving. ...
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Speeding Malaysia bus crashes, kills Thai girl
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The bus was later found to have accumulated numerous traffic offences, most of which were for speeding. Last year, there were several major accidents ...
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School bus accident reminder, be safe not sorry
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The Des Moines Register reports on a van crashing into a school bus sending the driver and four children to an area hospital. Bus accidents can cause hidden ...
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Many dead in India bus accident
BBC News - UK
They say the driver may have been over speeding and lost control of the bus. Road accidents are common in
India, claiming thousands of lives every year. ...
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17 dead as train rams bus
NEWS.com.au - Australia
Railway officials have recently blamed faulty signal equipment for increasing numbers of accidents involving trains and other vehicles.
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17 dead as train rams bus in Bangladesh
AFP -
All the victims were from the bus. Railway officials have recently blamed faulty signal equipment for increasing numbers of accidents involving trains and ...
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Bus travellers told to speak up if worried
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Bus accidents cause damage of up to eight billion baht per year, the centre estimated. Besides the tight-lipped passengers, the bus drivers and their ...
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School bus accident reminder, be safe not sorry
By Internal Administrator
Bus accidents can cause hidden injuries to children that parents and doctors find difficult to see. We recently represented several children involved in a bus accident. In that situation a
Bremer County dump truck being driven by a ...
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Why don’t school buses have seatbelts?
By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq.
The law makes us use special seats for infants, but when they go to school…forget it! Does anyone have any idea why this is? It’s not like school buses never get into accidents. If you watch the news you hear about school bus accidents ...
PA & NJ Personal Injury, Car... - http://www.sailelaw.com/blog

Man critical after car-bus smash
A man has had a heart attack after a crash between a bus and car on Sydney's north shore.
Tag: Disasters and Accidents... - http://abc.net.au/news/tag/disasters-and-accidents

scottobear @ 2008-04-16T08:44:00
By Raj KAJ(Raj KAJ)
Lawsuits stemming from a series of fatal bus accidents in 2007 have forced Metro to set aside $43 million for settlements in next year’s budget, the most ever. via the Examiner ...
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Konsortium Bas Ekspres Semananjung may be suspended for a month
By jamesooi
Bernama reports that an express bus company with 232 permits may be suspended for a month due to involvement in a string of accidents since December. Investigations on the four crashes involving buses from the same company had been ...
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VOA News - At Least 44 Students Killed in Bus Accident in Western ...
Accident occurred when dozens of school students were traveling to take an examination near Vadodara, in western Gujarat state.