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Botetourt school bus crash raises seat belt question
Roanoke Times
Larger buses tend not to have them, because of the dynamics of large-vehicle collisions. By Jordan Fifer Federal and state rules don't require school buses like the one that crashed Wednesday in Botetourt County to have seat belts installed, ...

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Sierra Club supports dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real
San Jose Mercury News
By Adrien Salazar In her May 16 column, Diana Diamond pegged the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's (VTA) bus rapid transit project as pitting motorists against transit riders. The Sierra Club sees the project differently.



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Bus service for special needs students suspended due to strike
KATU
Logsdon has autism and likes routine, but the suspension of his bus service due to the Reynolds School District teachers strike will upset it. FAIRVIEW, Ore. - The Reynolds School District teachers strike is affecting students in another district as ...

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Las Cruces bus riders learn to cope at stops without shelters
Las Cruces Sun-News
By Brian Fraga / bfraga@lcsun-news.com Nicholas Espana of Las Cruces sits in the sun atop a cement wall as he waits for a bus Thursday on East University Avenue. This one is better than some, some of them only have sand around it, Espana said.

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Seat belts required for bus drivers too
WISH
CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) - A Carmel school bus driver who slammed into a house blamed the crash on the fact that he wasn't wearing his seat belt . That earned him a ticket - because school bus drivers are no exception to the rule.

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Noble Energy commits $5M to CNG school buses
BusinessWeek
Noble Energy Co. is committing $5 million over the next five years to help Weld County schools buy school buses that run on compressed natural gas. The money also will help build a fueling station for the buses. The oil and gas company made the ...

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Third-generation Eyre takes leadership role at bus company
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
by Lindsey Robbins, Staff Writer Dan Gross/The Gazette ?Our name is on the side of that bus, and we want our customers to be happy,? says Matthew Eyre. Position: President, Eyre Bus, Tour and Travel of Glenelg. Previous position: Vice president, ...



Three buses damaged in petrol price hike protest
Times of India
NAGPUR: Agitators pelted stones on state transport buses on Thursday during protests against hike in petrol prices, damaging three buses. Besides these incidents, the city remained calm as citizen groups and activists restricted themselves to symbolic ...

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400 buses left to rust can overcome shortage
DAWN.com
LAHORE, May 24: Since the Punjab government is set to receive 100 refurbished buses for Lahore from Turkey by next month, it is losing its interest in getting refurbished around 400 buses, presently grounded at various places of the city by local ...



Half of buses users would take other transport
Stuff.co.nz
Proposed changes to Wellington's bus network could see more than half the city's bus users finding alternative transport. A report on feedback to Greater Wellington regional council's proposed changes reveals 57 per cent of people said they would catch ...
6000 people sent responses on bus services; now they're seeking solutionsScoop.co.nz (press release)
Council told to plan for electric busesThe Dominion Post

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