BUSES' WORLD NEWS - Condenseds -
* Orbital bus - clean, empty and on time
Norwich,England,UK -Evening News/Norwich Evening News, by SARA HARDMAN -28 Jan 2006: Norwich's Orbital bus service is under threat because so few people are using it. Yesterday, the Evening News revealed the service, introduced in November last year, was facing an uncertain future because just four people on average are boarding each service. Reporter spent the afternoon travelling on the buses to speak to travellers who have discovered the route...
* Broke Himachal Roadways to buy 95 buses
India -Web India -Jan 28, 2006: The Himachal Pradesh state roadways, one of the most cash-strapped state-run company in the hill state, is to buy 95 new buses to add to its fleet... The Himachal Roadways Transport Corp (HRTC) is to buy 52-seater and 42-seater buses from Tata and Ashok Leyland for Rs.100 million, said R.N. Negi, an HRTC official...
* Lynx plans to add 16 new buses to fleet
Orlando,FL,USA -Orlando Sentinel, by Jay Hamburg -Jan 28, 2006: Officials think the additions will alleviate congestion and increase mass-transit options... Lynx will get 16 new buses to put on new or already crowded routes in southern Lake County, the Osceola County tourist corridor and the University of Central Florida area... The $5.2 million for the new buses will come in equal parts from a state grant that's part of a new Transportation Regional Incentive Program, or TRIP...
* More state buses to hit city roads
New Delhi,India -Kolkata Newsline -Jan 27, 2006: More than 300 buses will be added to the present fleet of buses run by the state government.. Happy over about introduction of the air-conditioned buses in the city, Subhash Chakraborty, state Transport Minister said that as many as 300 new buses, of which around 70 in February, will be made available for public transportation... In addition 200 buses will be provided to the North Bengal State Transport... The Calcutta State Transport Corporation, which has already been provided with 260 new buses, will receive 140 more, said...
* BEST to add 532 buses to fleet
MUMBAI, India -Times of India -Jan 28, 2006: The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking will add 532 new buses to its fleet in the next financial year. Of these, 150 will run on compressed natural gas...
* Rio buses and trams 'unsafe'
United Kingdom -Telegraph.co.uk , by Charles Starmer-Smith -28 Jan 2006: The Foreign Office has advised travellers not to use buses and trams in major Brazilian cities after 31 Britons were attacked and robbed at gunpoint on the way from Rio airport to their city centre hotel last week...
* MTA takes over private bus line in Queens
Long Island,NY,USA -AP/Newsday -Jan 29, 2006: The sixth of seven private bus lines that once operated parts of the city's transportation network has been taken over by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which will begin operating its lines Monday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said... The MTA finalized an agreement with Jamaica Bus Lines, a private company that operates over 100 buses serving about 10 million riders a year on four local and express lines in Queens and Nassau County...
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