Read more buses stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21577/buses.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:09:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/57446/us-prisons-leave-driving-to-greyhound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal convicts regularly transfer themselves between prisons unescorted, riding public transportation without a guard in sight, WFAA-TV reports. Some 5,300 have switched prisons on their own since April 2006; 54,000 have headed to halfway houses. And in 2003-05, 77 escaped while en route. “It’s an inherent safety and...http://www.newser.com/story/57446/us-prisons-leave-driving-to-greyhound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52569/greyhound-bus-killer-found-mentally-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man who beheaded and partly cannibalized a passenger aboard a Greyhound bus last July was found not criminally responsible and will be committed to a mental institution, reports the Globe and Mail . Prosecution and defense both argued that Vince Li was tormented by voices he believed came from God...http://www.newser.com/story/52569/greyhound-bus-killer-found-mentally-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 9:07:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49919/take-that-atheists-believers-plan-own-bus-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChristian groups in London have decided not to turn the other cheek: In response to a much-publicized ad campaign by atheists on city buses, the groups plan to take out ads of their own in the next two weeks, the Guardian reports. Their theological retort, delivered via mass transportation, will...http://www.newser.com/story/49919/take-that-atheists-believers-plan-own-bus-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 19:40:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48448/400k-churn-through-dc-transit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPassengers swarmed Washington’s subway and bus system today, with Metro reporting more than 409,000 entries into the system as of 9am, pushing the public transit system to its limits, the Washington Post reports. At one point, service on the Red Line was disrupted when a 68-year-old woman fell to...http://www.newser.com/story/48448/400k-churn-through-dc-transit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 10:19:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44738/transit-ridership-soars-for-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDramatic increases in public transportation ridership have outlived sky-high gas prices, but the souring economy could reverse the trend, USA Today reports. Nationwide, third-quarter ridership was up 7% compared to last year, spurred by $4-a-gallon gas in July. Some municipalities saw almost 20% more commuters on their trains and buses....http://www.newser.com/story/44738/transit-ridership-soars-for-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Dec 2008 12:56:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44034/nyc-subway-pens-excuses-for-late-commuters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York City's subway and bus agency issues excuses for tardiness that workers delayed by mass transit snafus can present to their frustrated bosses. The program, which will go online next year, issues 34,000 "late notes" each year, even though few commuters know that it exists, reports the New...http://www.newser.com/story/44034/nyc-subway-pens-excuses-for-late-commuters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Dec 2008 2:19:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35722/after-beijing-pageantry-london-2012-tries-a-bus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Beijing Olympics' closing ceremony was predictably stupendous, with thousands of acrobats and "more orthodontically screened children," writes Guardian columnist Marina Hyde. It certainly ran over the 8-minute tableau promoting the 2012 Games in London. While China spent years preparing its "deliciously understated 16-day world domination infomercial," the Brits decided...http://www.newser.com/story/35722/after-beijing-pageantry-london-2012-tries-a-bus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Aug 2008 14:24:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34484/texas-bus-crash-kills-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bus carrying members of a Vietnamese church group to a religious festival crashed onto its side and then skidded off a freeway 64 miles north of Dallas today, killing at least 13 people. Authorities said 24 others were hospitalized. The bus carrying 55 people from Houston to Missouri may...http://www.newser.com/story/34484/texas-bus-crash-kills-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34460/newspaper-rejects-peta-ad-on-bus-decapitation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Canadian newspaper has nixed a PETA ad that likened the decapitation of a bus passenger to the killing of animals in slaughterhouses, reports AP. The animal rights group had sought to run the ad, depicting a throat being cut, in a city close to where a man was stabbed,...http://www.newser.com/story/34460/newspaper-rejects-peta-ad-on-bus-decapitation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 Aug 2008 8:03:39 CDT