NTSB calls for tougher passenger bus scrutiny

2010-02-23T18:54:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Safety panel wants motorcoaches not up to US safety rules off roads, out of operation</div><div><p>Passenger buses that aren't built to U.S. safety standards should be taken off the road, the National Transporation Safety Board said Tuesday.</p>&l...

Holiday Thanksgiving Travel

2009-11-25T15:16:25Z

A weary Thanksgiving holiday traveler rubs her eyes while waiting for a Concord Coach bus to depart from Portland, Maine, Wednesday evening, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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UK's National Express gets sweetened takeover bid

2010-02-25T12:12:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Bidders for British bus-train operator National Express sweeten offer</div><div><p>The partners bidding to take over National Express Group PLC on Thursday tabled a final indicative offer that values the bus and train operator at 765 million pounds ($1.25 billion).</p><p>The offer by the Cosmen family and

c35 March 21, 2009

2009-08-26T19:50:42Z

STRDD The VIA Rail Canada station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is also the passenger terminal for Greyhound and Pacific Coach bus lines....

Monterey High Students Ride MST

2009-08-20T16:35:39Z

Due to lack of bus services to schools, Monterey High students ride MST in Monterey, Calif. on Thursday Aug. 20, 2009 at the Transit Plaza..(Orville Myers/ Monterey County Herald....

Policing the roads

2010-02-25T21:43:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal government needs to crack down on illegal bus operators and trucking companies</div><div><p> Hundreds of truck and bus companies shut down operations to get out of paying for violations of federal regulations — and then reopened under other names, a recent investigation by the Government Accountability Office ...

GAO: Unsafe truck, bus operators still on highways

2010-02-26T03:02:15Z

<div id="subtitle">GAO: Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus operators ordered to shut down still on US highways</div><div><p>Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations ranging from suspended licenses to possible drug use have stayed on the road by using different names, investigators say.</p><p>T...

Texas in clash with Greyhound over Ike bills

2010-02-26T06:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Greyhound Lines, Texas in dispute over bus bills for hurricanes Ike, Gustav evacuations</div><div><p>Greyhound Lines Inc. is still waiting for the state of Texas to pay it nearly $1 million for the bus company's work evacuating people from hurricanes Ike and Gustav last year — even as another hurricane season ...

Passenger-shot video shows bus driver using phone

2010-02-27T08:44:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Passenger-shot video shows bus driver using phone; Mass. company says he could be fired</div><div><p>A Massachusetts bus company says a driver could be fired because a video shot by a passenger shows him tearing paper tickets and using his cell phone while behind the wheel.</p><p>Officials with U.S. Bureau of Prisons has saved money through a program that sometimes enrages the public when word of it gets out.</p><p>Most of the time, however, including the past three...

New Web site lets you compare bus tickets

2010-02-27T11:18:03Z

<div id="subtitle">New Web site BusJunction compiles bus ticket info comparing routes, prices</div><div><p>Intercity bus travel has taken off in the last few years. Now a new Web site makes it easier for riders to find their routes.</p><p>BusJunction.com works something like Expedia or Orb...

Tennessee News - January 18, 2009

2009-04-29T21:42:09Z

People load charter buses as they leave from Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church for the Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C. .January 18, 2009

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Stagecoach Group

2009-03-10T21:42:34Z

London Jan 15 South West Trains operated by Stagecoach Group is axing 480 jobs including Managers and Admin staff

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Feds: Bus companies were bullied by Chinatown gang

2010-02-27T22:23:23Z

<div id="subtitle">NY Chinatown gang accused of bullying interstate bus companies for share of ownership, profits</div><div><p>Federal prosecutors have charged 13 members of a Chinatown gang in New York City with bullying at least two interstate bus companies for a share of ownership and a cut of profits.</p><p>The members of the gang, dubbed the Banya org...

Fatal crash highlights lure of casinos for seniors

2010-02-28T04:49:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Fatal bus crash in California highlights lure of casinos for lonely, cash-strapped seniors</div><div><p>The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the w...

SUDDENLY, IT'S COOL TO TAKE THE BUS

2010-02-28T11:12:11Z

<div><h1> SUDDENLY, IT'S COOL TO TAKE THE BUS </h1><p>When Bobbie Joe Crail prepared to return home to Detroit after visiting friends in St. Louis in mid-September, she checked the online fares for flights she had taken in the past. Stunned at the high prices for a seat on

Public transport getting boost from gas prices

2010-03-04T04:59:11Z

<div><p>Public transportation in Chittenden County makes an "undervalued but critical" contribution to the local economy, according to the manager of the Burlington area's bus system. And mass transit's economic impact is increasing as gas prices put car commuting beyond the financial reach of many workers in

27 hurt in explosion aboard Philippine bus

2010-03-04T09:17:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Homemade bomb detonates on bus in southern Philippines, wounding 27</div><div><p>A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, wounding 27 people, police said.</p><p>The military initially reported three people were killed, but police and army officials later corrected themselves and said there were n...

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