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In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
25.12.08
COLD STORMS * USA - Ice a worry for Tuesday morning commute
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Seattle Post Intelligence, by AMY ROLPH -December 22, 2008: --Snowplows and traffic will likely have worn through much of the snowpack covering the Seattle region's roads by Tuesday morning -- making way for ice... If meteorologists are correct, Monday night will bring a reprieve from the snowy malady that's plagued the region for over a week. But there's still a good chance that icy highways and slushy roads will still make driving challenging for many Tuesday morning. And a tiring fleet of Metro buses still running on reduced schedules could leave some commuters out in the cold...At this point, drivers are getting used to hearing warnings about staying off the roads, using caution and leaving early. But the warnings just keep coming...(Photo by Robert Sumner/P-I - A Sound Transit bus stuck in the snow on Ninth Avenue east of Westlake Avenue in Seattle. December 22, 2008)
COLD WEATHER * Canada & USA - School buses cancelled in Dufferin
Dufferin County,Ontario, Canada -The Toronto Star, by Josh Wingrove-Feb 11, 2008: --The winter weather has forced bus some busand school closures inDufferin Countythis morning...The Dufferin-Peel Catholic Schoolboard has suspended all bus service to its schools this morning...Three Orangeville schools - St. Bendict, St. Andrew, and St. Peter - are closed...The Upper Grand District School Boardhas also cancelled buses and closed its schools inDufferin County, as well as throughout Centre Wellington, North Wellington, and the Town of Erin...
* USA -Cold Weather Keeping School Buses from Running Lansing,MI,USA -WLNS -Feb 12, 2008: --Sub zero temperatures may have forced districts across mid-Michigan to cancel school, but for theLansing school district school, the bone chilling cold wasn't going to keep kids from class... But even though the weather wasn't bad enough to cancel school,Lansing schoolswere delayed for two hours, and then eventually called off anyway.That confusion over whether the district had school was all caused by the school district's buses. A third of the buses wouldn't start...
WEATHER CRISIS * India - Winter weather wreaks havoc on transport system
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed due to heavy snowfall for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, stranding thousands of passengers
New Delhi,India -IANS/The GulfNews (Dubai,United Arab Emirates) -February 07, 2008: --... Many passengers - mostly Kashmiris - are huddled together trying to ward off the cold in a bus stand in Jammu, waiting anxiously for the re-opening of the road...With the weather continuing to be inclement and the highway closed due to heavy snowfall and landslides, there are no hopes of immediate relief...Heavy snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel, 190 km north of Jammu, and at Patnitop, has made the road unworthy for traffic...The snowfall has also created danger of avalanches...Passengers "will be allowed [to travel] only after the road is cleared of the boulders and snow", a police official said...
WINTER'S RETURN * Canada & USA - Melt to follow storm
* Canada - Storm hammers GTA, zero visibility on many area roads and highways
Toronto,ONT,CAN -The Toronto Star, by BERNARD WEIL -1 Feb 2008: --A cyclist braves a punishing winter storm along Lakeshore Road near Sunnyside Park this morning, as high winds and snow hit most of southern Ontario...All of Toronto's major universities and colleges are closed...Experts are warning more of the fluffy stuff is heading our way...See Video - (Photo by BERNARD WEIL/TORONTO STAR - A cyclist braves a punishing winter storm along Lakeshore Road near Sunnyside Park this morning, as high winds and snow hit most of southern Ontario)
* Canada - School buses cancelled - schools closed Counties of Wellington and Dufferin,ONT,CAN -The Fountain Pen -February 1, 2008: --For the second time this week, school buses have been cancelled throughoutWellingtonand Dufferin Counties. This time, schools are closed as well. The bottom line is that no school-related activities are happening today...
* USA -Weather Not A Problem For Buses Columbia,MO,USA -KOMU.com, by Michael Chesney -2 Feb 2008: --People planning to useColumbia Transittoday are going to want to allow a little extra time...Buses have been on snow routes since 6 p.m. Thursday.Unlike school snow routes that might have buses stick to only certain roads, the transit system's snow routes don't change the path the buses use.Instead most of the buses take about an hour to complete their circle, instead of around 40 minutes.But Columbia Public Worksthinks the slow down is worth it...
* USA - AATA: Buses might run late due to storm Ann Arbor,Mich,USA -The Ann Arbor News, by John Mulcahy -February 01, 2008: --The Ann Arbor Transportation Authorityhas alerted riders that they can expect delays today due to the snow storm...Riders can get the latest on-time information for their bus by calling 734-996-0400, or by going toAATA's Website,www.TheRide.org, clicking on Routes & Schedules, selecting their route under Ride Guide then clicking on the "refresh" button for real-time bus information...
* USA - Bus riders set record
Macomb,IL,USA -The Western Courier (subscription), by Rob Amaefule -1 Feb 2008: --With the winter season coming to its peak and temperatures dropping to extreme lows, more students are relying on public transportation as the primary method to arrive at their destinations.TheGo West Transit System, which is the lone public transit in Macomb, is experiencing a record number of riders due to the dependence of students and civilians on and off campus...More than 61,000 of those passengers were tallied during the week of Jan. 22 to Jan. 28, which set an all-time record for most riders in a week. That beat the previous record of 58,153, which also included the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in 2007.Another milestone was reached when 12,367 passengers were recorded on Jan. 17...(Media Credit, by Tony Aldridge - Winter weather has forced an all-time high number of students to forego driving or walking and hitch a ride on a Go West Transit bus)
Regina,Saskatchewan,Canada -980 CJME News Talk Radio, by Benson McCulloch -January 29, 2008: --Classes for both the Catholic and Public schoolsinSaskatoonare on for today, but its cold enough to park some buses...InSaskatoon, there is no bus service for arbor creek, briarwood, cassa rioand surrounding area,hampton village, mcnab park, rutherford, stonebridge andwillowgrove...
*Schools open.Buses cancelled Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada -Niagara Falls Review, by John Robbins -30 Jan 2008: --As of 11 a.m. all District School Board of Niagara (public) schoolswere OPEN, buses are CANCELLED.A school board official reported one Grade 5-8 school, Bertie public, in Ridgeway, was without power, but students are still in class. No decision has been made to close the Bertie, the official said...As of 8 a.m., Niagara Catholic District School Board schools are also OPEN, as well as theCatholic Education Centre. Buses to Catholic schools are CANCELLED...
Transport Chaos * China - Snow hit the country: The worst for half a century
The heaviest snow in decades is continuing to cause chaos across China ahead of the busy Lunar New Year holiday Beijing,China -agency Xinhua/BBC News (London,UK) -29 January 2008: --... Road and rail links have been cut, thwarting tens of millions of travellers trying to return home...Reports so far say more than 50 people have been killed in the cold, 25 when a bus slid from an icy road in Guizhou...The snowstorms, which began on 10 January, are the worst for half a century and have affected nearly 80 million people across 14 provinces..."Today is our fifth day on the bus. Every day we each get two packs of instant noodle"(A frustrated traveller on Guangzhou-Hunan highway)...The central provinces of Hunan and Hubei have been hardest hit, but eastern provinces are also affected...In the short term, though, more snow is forecast for central regions in the next few days, making an early end to the chaos unlikely... (SEE VIDEO)(Pictures: 1. ...leaving more than 100,000 people stranded at railway stations. - 2. The cold snap has come as hundreds of millions of people are trying to travel to their home provinces to celebrate the Chinese New Year... )
Criticize Decision * USA - To Leave Kids On School Buses During Storm
Waterbury,Conn,USA -NBC30.com (Hartford,CT) -December 19, 2007: --Parents met with Waterbury school leaderson Wednesday night about the city's decision to leave students on school buses during a snowstorm earlier this month... The Dec. 7 storm stranded hundreds of students on buses.The city halted the fleet because conditions from the sudden snow squall were too treacherous, officials said...Parent Lakesha Banks said there was a breakdown in communication with parents.She didn't find her 3-year-old son until he came home at 7:45 p.m., she said...(Photo: The Dec. 7 snowstorm stranded hundreds of students on buses)
Cold Weather * Canada - OC Transpo Will Review Buses in Snow
Ottawa's Director of Transit Services saysOC Transpowill review any problems caused by Sunday's record snowfall
Ottawa,Ontario,Canada -580 CFRA Radio, by Josh Pringle -December 18, 2007: --... A number ofOC Transpoarticulated buses spun-out Monday morning in the 37 centimeters of snow on the roads... Councillor Christine Leadman suggests OC Transpoand theCity of Ottawamake it a priority to find an alternative to using the articulated buses...ButAlain Merciertells, the city must make the articulated buses work in Ottawa... Merciersays the city will look at the storm in terms of the effects on the transit system...He adds OC Transpo learned lessons after problems with the articulated buses during a storm in December 2005... (Video from youtube, by heylon -March 01, 2007: "Riding on the TTC during the snow storm in Toronto, Ont.,Can.")
Kansas City,Missouri,USA -The Kansas City Star, by LYNN FRANEY -Dec. 16, 2007: --Dozens of people sat frustrated atKansas City’s Greyhound Bus Terminalover the weekend, when scheduled buses to Denver were canceled over and over again, leaving people stranded...A bus arrived Sunday afternoon, giving them — finally — a way out ofKansas City... Randy Paulan had it even worse. He leftDes MoinesFriday night after being told the buses were still running toColoradofromKansas City.But when he got toKansas City, he learned theDenver-bound buseswere canceled because of a snowstorm that dumped up to 13 inches of snow on some parts of centralKansas... That meant he had to sleep in aGreyhoundparked in the parking lot for that purpose Friday night. Saturday night, he spent $55 on a motel room so he could grab some sleep and a shower...(Video from YouTube, by timygonzalez -December 24, 2006: -- "Denver Snow Storm 2006 " A day at work/home during the Colorado Snow Storm, December 2006.Un dia en mi trabajo/casa durante la tormenta de nieve en Colorado)
DANGEROUS ROADS * Sweden - Six passengers killed as buses collide during morning rush-hour
Stockholm,Sweden -Independent (London,England,UK), by Louise Nordstrom -28 Feb 2007: --Six people died and more than 20 were injured when two buses carrying commuters collided on a slippery road yesterday morning. The crash happened near the city of Uppsala in eastern Sweden, about 45 miles north of the capital, Stockholm...Hans Eriksson, a rescue worker, said the buses appeared to have crashed into each others' sides rather than collide head on...The cause of the collision, which happened near Lejsta, about 12 miles north-east of Uppsala, was unknown yesterday. Witnesses said roads in the area were dangerous because of the wintry conditions...
Lower-quality fuel * USA - Blamed for school bus trouble
Muscatine,Io,USA - The Muscatine Journal, by Cynthia Beaudette -6 Feb 2007: --TheMuscatine Community School Districtbus routes were up and running this morning, despite fuel trouble, temperatures barely above zero and a late start...The combination of today’s forecast for colder than average weather and potential school bus problems could have caused school to be cancelled, saidTom Williams, District superintendent... Williams added he and otherDistrict officials determined that a lower-grade fuel was not adequate to keep the buses running in very cold weather...
Hollidaysburg,PA,USA -WJACTV.com (Johnstown,PA) -Feb 5, 2007: --Monday's cold weather caused trouble for school buses, and parents claim their kids were left out in the cold...Frozen fuel lines made at least one bus in theHollidaysburg School District 30 minutes late Monday morning...District officials said thanks to frigid temperatures, five of their buses would not start. One of those buses picks up elementary school students on Orchardview Drive...
* USA -FWCS thinks fuel may have ground buses Centre County,PA,USA -The Centre Daily Times, by Ese Isiorho -Feb. 05, 2007: --Faulty fuel may be why about 25 percent ofFort Wayne Community Schools’ buseswere not running properly Monday morning, saidDoug Coutts, the district’s chief operations officer...FWCSbuses run on fuel that is 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent premium diesel. Two other districts also experienced widespread problems with their buses, which run entirely on premium...
* USA - Metro school districts cancel Tuesday classes Detroit,MI,USA -The Detroit Free Press -Feb 5, 2007: --School districtsacross the metro area,including Detroit, Dearborn, Bloomfield Hills, Royal OakandSouth Lake, cancelled Tuesday classes today in the face of forecasts calling for another day of bitter cold temperatures...The school districts are trying to avoid a repeat of what happened this morning when the temperature was well below zero, forcing many districts to cancel classes, some at the last minute, because their buses wouldn't start in the cold...
* Canada -Bitter cold gripsnorthern states British Columbia,Canada -The Hinesberg Journal/AP -Feb 5, 2007: --From Minnesota to New York, some schoolchildren are getting an extra long weekend because of the bitter chill that has spread over the eastern half of the country...Experts say exposed skin can get frostbite and school officials didn‘t want kids outside waiting for buses... In Michigan, there could be insult added to injury with winter storm warnings for most of the eastern Upper Peninsula and the northwest Lower Peninsula...
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Seattle Post Intelligence, by AMY ROLPH -December 22, 2008: -- Snowplows and traffic will likely have worn through much of the snowpack covering the Seattle region's roads by Tuesday morning -- making way for ice... If meteorologists are correct, Monday night will bring a reprieve from the snowy malady that's plagued the region for over a week. But there's still a good chance that icy highways and slushy roads will still make driving challenging for many Tuesday morning.
