Category: bus
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Paving new bus lanes slows to a crawl
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The Israeli Ministry of Transport talks about big plans, but in terms of implementation the picture is bleak. Even after the ministry manipulated the 2024 targets, it failed to achieve them. The length of public transport lines has barely increased, the number of deaths in road accidents has reached a…
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Bus fare cap to rise to £3 across England under new budget plan
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The maximum bus fare in England is set to rise to £3, following an announcement by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The new limit, which will be introduced in the next Budget, represents an increase on the current £2 cap which the previous Conservative government applied as a measure of…
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Harris’ abortion rights bus tour aims for votes the big rallies don’t reach By Reuters
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By Gabriella Porter ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – A crowd gathered around a blue bus and listened intently as Hadley Duvall, an abortion rights advocate and supporter of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, told how she was raped and impregnated by her stepfather when she was 12. Duvall eventually had a miscarriage,…
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Eleven dead after school bus hits students, parents in eastern China By Reuters
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Eleven people were killed in China’s eastern Shandong province on Tuesday after a school bus lost control at a busy pedestrian intersection, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Horrific footage showed bodies lying on the road and trapped under the bus. The accident killed six parents and five…
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Seven dead, dozens injured after commercial bus overturns in Mississippi By Reuters
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven people, including a 6-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, were killed when a bus overturned east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, early Saturday morning, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said. The coroner said the two young victims were siblings. The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the…