RIDERS' WELLNESS WORLDWIDE
* South Korea - Buses to Have Seats Only for Pregnant WomenSeoul,S.Korea -The Korea Times -26 Sept 2006: -- Buses will join subway trains nationwide by having signs for seats exclusively for pregnant women beginning Oct. 10, the Day for Pregnant Women, according to ministry officials yesterday... The measure is part of a campaign to protect and assist pregnant women, co-promoted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation and the Hope Institute... Obstetricians and state-run health clinics will also give out badges to pregnant women. The distribution of badges is designed to benefit pregnant women in the early stages of their pregnancies. They get little protection or care when using transportation services because their pregnancies are not yet apparent... (Photo, from BBC News File: Flooding in Seoul has been the worst for almost 80 years)
* Australia - Move to close bus belt loophole
Adelaide,South Australia,Australia -The Advertiser Adelaide, by XANTHE KLEINIG -Sept 29, 2006: -- Transport Ministers will be asked to outlaw the use of buses without belts in country areas when they meet at the Australian Transport Council next month... School bus safety expert Leon Hain has written to all state and federal ministers asking them to close a legal loophole that allows buses designed for low-speed, metropolitan use, to be used on country roads... Buses with seat backs less than one metre above the floor are exempt from having seatbelts fitted under Australian Design Rules...
* USA - Slender CTA Buses Make For Easier Navigation - First Buses Serve University of Chicago and South Side Area
Chicago,Ill,USA -cbs2chicago -Sep 30, 2006: -- Chicago Transit Authority officials were on hand Saturday at the University of Chicago’s annual Student Activities Fair to welcome one of the new shorter, narrower Optima buses the agency has purchased to better navigate the narrow streets throughout the Hyde Park neighborhood...
* Ireland - New wheelchair-accessible buses to operate on more Sligo routes from next year
Donegal Town,Ireland -Ocean fm -Oct 06, 2006: -- New low-floor wheelchair accessible buses are to operate on the Bus Eireann Sligo routes by next year. That's according to Minister of State for Transport, Mr. Pat the Cope Gallagher, T.D... He told delegates that Bus Eireann will be replacing its fleet operating a service in West and North/South Sligo, with low-floor wheelchair accessible buses as quickly as possible...
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