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CNN International logo from 1985 to 1995. CNN International, in large part a result of 's globalization ideals, began broadcasting on September 1, 1985, at first primarily broadcasting to American business travelers in hotels, the first studio for CNNI was at CNN's original studio building known as Techwood, home at that time to all of Turner Broadcasting System's channels. Today, it is home to the Turner Studios complex that houses the entertainment channels. Other early studios in Atlanta were tucked away in various corners of the, and the newsroom lacked even a, the vast majority of the network's programming originally consisted of simulcasts of the two domestic CNN channels ( and ). In 1990, however, the amount of news programming produced by CNNI especially for international viewers increased significantly. A new newsroom and studio complex was built in 1994, as CNN decided to compete against 's news programming.

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CNNI emerged as an internationally oriented news channel, with staff members of various national backgrounds, even though some accusations of a pro-U.S. Editorial bias persist. CNN International was awarded the on July 4, 1997. Ted Turner, in accepting the medal on behalf of the network, said: 'My idea was, we're just going to give people the facts.

We didn't have to show liberty and democracy as good, and show socialism or totalitarianism as bad. If we just showed them both the way they were.

Clearly everybody's going to choose liberty and democracy.' New international era (1995–2006) [ ]. CNN International logo from February 1, 1995, to December 31, 2005. In 1995, creative director Morgan Almeida defined a progressive rebranding strategy, to target CNNI's diverse global market, making the on-air look less overtly American and with a cleaner, simpler 'international' aesthetic going forward, the word 'International' in the channel's logo was replaced with a globe, and the new branding featured numerous international locations filmed in time-lapse, channel idents created in CGI with Velvet Design in Munich, and a news brand designed with The Attik in New York. 2006–2009 revamp [ ].

CNN International logo from January 1, 2006, to September 21, 2009. The network undertook another major rebranding effort in 2006 overseen by the award-winning creative vision of Mark Wright and London agency Kemistry, the ticker was replaced by a flipper, on-screen graphics were more unified and from October 2007 until August 2008, new studios were progressively rolled out. However, on January 1, 2009, CNN International adopted the 'lower-thirds' that CNN/US had introduced a month earlier which were inspired by the clean modern design of the CNNI rebrand efforts. In the U.S., CNNI North America was distributed overnight and on weekends over the financial channel, until that channel's demise in December 2004. It is now available as a standalone, full-time channel, usually as part of digital packages of cable providers including,, and. Going beyond borders (2009–2013) [ ] Throughout January until September 2009, CNN International adapted more programs that became geared towards a primetime European audience with a few titled after CNN International personalities, most notably the interview program Amanpour, on September 21, 2009, the channel launched a new tagline 'Go Beyond Borders', along with a new logo, and consolidated its general newscasts ( World News, CNN Today, World News Asia, World News Europe and Your World Today) into a single newscast entitled World Report.

The slogan 'Go Beyond Borders' emphasizes the international perspective that gives the information in this string and the plurality of the audiences, with this tagline, CNN also refers to the various platforms to disseminate their contents. The new image was created by the creativity and marketing department, and agency CNN Tooth & Nail.

An important element of the rebrand was a new evening program that adds the broadcast of programs Amanpour and World One, the makeover of CNN International has subject to a lot of criticism on both the new prime time lineup and the redesigned graphics. On January 11, 2009, in a bid to compete directly with 's then English-language international channel, the network launched a new production center: CNN, based in the. Then, CNN International adapted half-hour shows in its schedule with a new evening prime program for viewers, Prism. In 2010, CNN International launched new programs for its evening lineup in order to improve its schedule; in 2011, programs from CNN U.S. Were added to the CNN International schedule, including the talk program which was later cancelled and replaced with CNN Tonight hosted by Don Lemon.

CNN International logo from 2009 to 2014. This is CNN (2013–present) [ ] 'This is CNN' represents CNN International's rebrand with new sets and output in full 16:9 high definition. The 'This is CNN' slogan is also used on its sister network Regional and online versions [ ] There are six variants of CNN International: •, based in, •, based in London, •, based in, U.S. •, based in, •, based in, U.S. •, based in, The schedules of the different regional versions no longer differ significantly from each other, but there are still minor variations such as weather updates and show airtimes - notably Amanpour, which also airs at 22.00 HK time in Asia in lieu of the first half-hour of International Desk, and 23.00 CET in Europe in addition to its original airtime.

CNN has reported that its broadcast agreement in mainland China includes an arrangement that its signal must pass through a Chinese-controlled satellite, with this method of transmission, Chinese authorities have been able to black out CNNI segments at will. CNN has also said that its broadcasts are not widely available in mainland China, but rather only in certain diplomatic compounds, hotels, and apartment blocks. In June 2015, CNN International was made available online in the United States for through the CNNgo service. Simulcasts between CNNI and CNN/US [ ] Although dramatically scaled down since its early days, CNNI currently (as of mid 2017) draws from the feed of the main CNN channel for all editions of,, the first hour of Monday through Thursday editions of, the first hour of weekday editions of,, the Sunday edition of,,, and some documentaries. The ticker and timepiece of CNN/US are replaced by those of CNNI, although CNN/US's red logo on a white field is retained in the on-screen graphic (rather than replaced by CNNI's white logo on a red field), signifying CNN/US as the originating source. CNNI also simulcasts CNN/U.S.

Newscasts whenever major events happen in the United States or around the world. Examples include the, the crash of in the suburb of, the Hudson River plane landing, the attempted Christmas Day bombing of flight 253 and the death and memorial service of as well as scheduled events such as U.S. Elections, Presidential inaugurations and the annual ball drop from. Likewise, CNN/U.S. Occasionally turns to CNNI newscasts, primarily when major international news breaks during overnight hours in the U.S.

A notable case was during the and the aftermath of the. Simulcast CNNI coverage of the death of 's former Prime Minister on the night after her assassination took place. Simulcasts also happened from November 27 to 29, 2008, due to the terror attacks in, on January 4, 2009, when Israel launched strikes into Gaza, and during the early hours of January 14, 2010, due to the earthquake in Haiti. From 2005 until early 2008, CNNI's aired on CNN/U.S.

During the 12–1 p.m. ET timeslot, that program was initially pre-empted by Issue #1, a program dealing in the American economic, financial, and housing sectors as part of the lead-up to the, and permanently replaced by another hour of in September 2008. During the, CNN/U.S. And CNNI simulcasted coverage after Anderson Cooper 360° ended. That coverage ended around 12:40 a.m. EDT and the channels resumed their normal programming.

Furthermore, the next day, with storms impending, CNN/U.S. Had to move onto CNNI's U.S. News set and weather center to avoid water from possible flooding during the storms. On January 17, 2011, CNN/U.S.

Dropped its early morning rebroadcasts of and Anderson Cooper 360° during the 4–6 a.m. ET time period, and began to simulcast World Business Today and World One from CNNI in those slots. Both newscasts the only programs broadcast entirely in the picture format on CNN/U.S.' Standard-definition and high-definition feeds (the SD feed of CNN/US switched to a screen format on January 11, 2011).

World One was dropped from CNN/U.S. Just a few months later to allow the addition of an extra hour of American Morning which has been replaced with.

As of August 2014, following in, a permanent simulcast of CNNI's block of Newsroom with and was added to the late-night lineup of CNN/U.S., serving as a lead-in to Early Start. In late 2015, and anchor began to anchor a two-hour block of the simulcast from CNN studios in.

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These tables have since been removed. Accusations of US-centric viewpoint [ ] Former CNN Beijing and Tokyo bureau chief described how the news-gathering priorities of CNN International were skewed to 'produce stories and reports that would be of interest to CNN USA.' Nevertheless,, a former correspondent who was with the and later served as a Middle East-based correspondent for now-defunct, noted that when she spoke on international affairs, CNN International would usually give her more airtime than CNN/US.

For its own part, former CNN executive has defended CNN International's 'international' perspective, saying 'No matter what CNN International does, as long as CNN's headquarters is in the United States people are going to say, well, it's an American service, but the reality is that it's an international service based in the United States, and we don't make any apologies about that.' Accusations of anti-Israel bias [ ] In 2002, spearheaded a campaign to expose CNN for pro-Palestinian bias, citing public remarks in which equated Palestinian suicide bombing with Israeli military strikes, on November 18, 2014, a misleading headline was posted by CNN.

Two Palestinian terrorists had entered a synagogue with knives and a gun, killing four Jewish worshippers and wounding seven, the headline stated instead that two Palestinian were killed by Israeli police, thus equating the perpetrators of the massacre of Jews with the killing of the armed terrorists. The headline failed to mention the four Jews who were murdered in this. CNN stated that the attack occurred at a mosque, when in fact the synagogue was attacked, compounding the bias. Accusations of pro-American bias [ ] CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations, and its international channel, CNN International is the leading international news channel in terms of viewer reach. Unlike the BBC and its network of reporters and bureaus, CNN International makes extensive use of affiliated reporters that are local to, and often directly affected by, the events they are reporting, the effect is a more immediate, less detached style of on-the-ground coverage.

This has done little to stem criticism, largely from Middle Eastern nations, that CNN International reports news from a pro-American perspective, this is a marked contrast to domestic criticisms that often portray CNN as having a 'liberal' or 'anti-American' bias. Accusations of anti-China bias [ ] A Chinese website,, has accused CNN and western media in general of biased reporting against China, with the catchphrase 'Don't be so CNN' catching on in the Chinese mainstream as jokingly meaning 'Don't be so biased'. Pictures used by CNN are allegedly edited to have completely different meanings from the original ones; in addition, the channel was accused of largely ignoring pro-China voices during the Olympic Torch Relay debacle in San Francisco. On July 7, 2010,, senior Middle East editor and a CNN journalist for 20 years, was fired after she expressed admiration on her account for a militant Muslim cleric and former Hezbollah leader who had recently died. Accusations of propaganda and censorship [ ] In October 2011, claimed to the Syrian government news agency SANA that she had been directed by CNN to report selectively, repetitively, and falsely in order to sway public opinion in favor of direct American aggression against and, and that this was common practice under CNN. She subsequently repeated this claim, addressing the degraded state of in an interview [ ] during which she also discussed the Bahraini episode, suggesting paid-for content was also taken from,, and other states, that the had also been employed as a pretext to pre-empt substantive within the U.S., and that following the Bahrain reporting, her investigative department had been terminated and 'reorganized', and her severance and used as a threat to intimidate and attempt to purchase her subsequent silence. Lyon claimed to have met with, president of CNN International, twice about this issue in 2011 and had claimed that during the second meeting she was threatened and intimated to stop speaking on the matter.

CNN issued a detailed response to Lyon's claims about its coverage of Bahrain. Lyon also claimed on the Russian news channel that CNN reporters, headed by Maddox, have been instructed to over-cover Iran as a form of propaganda, and that CNN International has been paid by the Bahraini government to produce and air news segments intentionally painting them in a positive light. [ ] See also [ ]. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

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B.C., Canada - MARKET NEWS/ The Salmon Arm Observer, by Richard MacKenzie -Sep 21 2007: -- # District #83 bus drivers (L to R) Barry Henry, Jesse Sexsmith, Frank Reynolds, Don Williams, Geri Olsen and Ralph Sundin join Transportation Operations Training Assistant Hetty Burt (third from right), in showing off the department’s recently earned Motor Passenger Council of Canada accreditation. District #83: Transportation excellence. School district #83 always knew they had one of the best transportation departments in the country, and now they have the documents to prove it. Los Alamitos,CAL,USA – The Orange County Register (Costa Mesa,CA,USA), by SCOTT MARTINDALE -September 21, 2007: -- David Hepp, a 30-year OCTA employee, has never been in an accident. Hepp, who began his career at Orange County Transportation Authority - OCTA in 1977 and has never been in a bus-related accident, works out of OCTA's Garden Grove base. (COURTESY OF OCTA - ACCIDENT FREE: David Hepp has never been in an accident in his 30 years as a bus driver for the Orange County Transportation Authority ).

New Milford,CT,USA -The New Milford Times, by Nancy Barnes -21 Sept 2007: -- The lack of a single director of operations within the New Milford school district has already caused disarray, with parents seeking solutions to what they have viewed as overcrowding, safety and lateness on school transportation -an area veteran administrator Thomas Corbett, the director of operations who resigned last week, used to oversee. Viglione, who, earlier in the day, said he had placed a number of calls to the school district concerning bus transportation since the school year had begun, reported that the overcrowding that had concerned him had stopped, with Mr. Mulvihill assuring him that the Long Mountain bus his young children ride would be held to its occupancy rate of 47 students. Dothan,AL,USA - The Dothan Eagle, by Ebony Horton -Sep 21, 2007: -- Dale County Schools transportation director Lyvon Gilmore sleeps better at night knowing his guys are taking care of the hundreds of children bused to school each day, he told transportation employees earlier this week. But their hard work is not just recognized locally.

The team was recently awarded the state Department of Education Safety Award for having a less than 10 percent deficiency rate on buses inspected by the state once a year. Waipara,New Zealand - The Press, by WARREN GAMBLE -22 September 2007: -- The council yesterday revealed the replacement site for the $20 million existing exchange – nearing capacity after only six years of operation. It will be 100m further west on Lichfield Street. Mayor Garry Moore said the popularity of the existing exchange caused congestion in the waiting lounges and in Lichfield Street. In the past six years Christchurch bus passenger trips had increased by 47 per cent to 19,000 daily and were projected to rise to 23,000 by 2010.

(Picture by: The Crossing - Home of the Bus Exchange). Clacton,Essex,UK - The Clacton and Frinton Gazette, by James Dwan -22 Sept 2007: -- The call follows a survey that showed seven in ten children feel unsafe on buses and one in four fear for their safety. More than 650 children from schools and organisations gave details of their experiences of buses, trains, bicycles and taxis. The survey shows most youngsters say buses are too unreliable, drivers unhelpful and buses unclean. Stephen Mayzes, leader of Tendring youth council, said the council is aiming to work with bus operators and police.

The council aims to tackle antisocial behaviour and to improve accessibility for young people with cheaper fares. Boston,Mass,USA - The Boston Globe, by Michael Levenson -September 21, 2007: -- Boston police cited two school bus drivers with talking on cellphones while driving students yesterday and charged another with driving a day-care van overloaded with toddlers, six of whom were riding without car seats. Police and Registry officials handed out 155 citations yesterday, the most since 2003, during an annual crackdown dubbed Operation Guardian Angel, in which officials conduct surprise inspections of school buses and vans across the city.

(Photo by George Rizer/ Globe Staff - Inspector Paul Harkins and Registrar of Motor Vehicles Anne L. Collins went over a van’s checklist yesterday during a random safety check of school buses and day-care vehicles). Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada - Saskatoon Home Page.ca, by Jim Mattern -21 September 2007: -. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Game Free Download For Pc Softonic. GPS tracking systems are being tested by First Bus Canada in various locations across the country, and could find their way to Saskatoon.

First Bus Contract Manager Barbara Monette says if the right fit is found, a GPS tracking system could be implemented across the country. First Bus has a new telephone system operation following last January's snow storm. Monette says it allows parents and schools to call and get a message if there is an issue with buses. Pittsburgh,Penn,USA - The Centre Daily Times (Centre County,PA) -Sept 21, 2007: -- Alcoa Inc. And the Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company Ltd. Hope to have prototypes of the buses ready in time for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

The first goal of the partnership is developing a new design that will make buses up to 20 percent lighter than current models. Yutong Bus is China 's largest bus manufacturer and the second-largest in world. Alcoa is the biggest U.S. Aluminum producer.

(Yutong Bus Model: SC6821N). Berkeley,CA,USA - The Berkeley Daily Planet, by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor -21 Sept 2007: -- AC Transit officials have not released bottom-line figures on the complicated exchange of 16 North American Bus Institute buses for 16 buses made by Belgium-based Van Hool company because as late as Aug. 28 the district was still in negotiations over how much it owes the federal government for going through with the deal without federal approval. District trustees approved the exchange nearly six months ago on the claim by AC Transit General Manager Rick Fernandez that the deal was a “no brainer” that will “ultimately save [ AC Transit ] money”. (Picture from wikipedia: GVU Bus). Geneva, Switzerland - Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka (Transport Minister Dullas Allahapperuma, Press release) -21 September 2007: -- Central Transport Board (CTB) currently operates with a capacity of only 4600 buses.

This is a marked reduction from 5200 buses which were on service in 1975. The Government will be taking steps to increase the number of busses to 5300 in two months period. Minister Allahapperuma added that there is a visible sacristy of buses at every CTB bus depot and the Ministry is currently making efforts to find solutions to this problem through the ‘model depot’ project. He explained that there are many buses stationed at the depots because of mechanical problems.

Genesee County,MI,USA - MLive.com/The Flint Journal, by James L. Smith -September 13, 2007: -- Some local school districts are reporting more students are taking the bus, possibly because of higher gas prices. Some, such as North Branch, have increased bus driver hours despite having fewer students than last year. Matt Hess, North Branch's director of operations said, 'When the gas prices go higher than $2.70 a gallon, more kids are on the bus'. What astounded her more was when she learned that the overcrowding and standing room is allowed by state law for the first few weeks of school.

The law says districts can transport standing students through the fourth Friday of the year. (Photo from ). Hyderabad,India - Times of India -14 Sep 2007: -- The AP High Court on Thursday directed the state government to restrict the speed limit of all school buses, maxi cabs and light commercial vehicles registered with it to 65 km per hour. The division Bench comprising Chief Justice G S Singhvi and justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy gave this order by setting aside an earlier judgement of its single judge. The Bench in its order, asked the government to implement this GO all over the state from January 1.

(Picture by Spacing: Mumbai Buses) * DTC to add 525 new buses to its fleet soon New Delhi,India - The Hindu (Chennai,India) -14 Sept 2007: -- The Delhi Transport Corporation would be adding 500 low-floor buses and 25 air-conditioned buses to its fleet and in all a total of 4,500 new buses are proposed to be inducted, the Delhi Government’s Transport Department has said. Four-month temporary permits to be issued for STA buses. The existing stage carriage buses would be removed in a phased manner. Expansion of the fleet is at present under consideration of the Finance Department. Taipei,Taiwan - CNA/Taiwan Headlines,By Elizabeth Hsu -13 Sept 2007: -. Over the past six years, more and more motor vehicles are on the roads in Taipei City, Peng said, adding that the number of licensed automobiles totalled 734,000 this year, while that of licensed motorcycles hit more than 1.05 million.

The figures show an average growth of over 9,400 automobiles and more than 12,600 motorcycles per year in the city. Attributing the growth to failure to increase the usage rate of public transport, Peng said the rate is now at around 45 percent. He accused the Taipei city government of bragging about 32.6 percent annual growth in terms of the passenger load on the mass rapid transport (MRT) system, while being reluctant to mention an annual drop of 9.5 percent in the passenger load of public buses. (Photo: taiwan-guide.org - Mass Rapid Transit Taipei). London,UK - The London Assembly website -September 13, 2007: -.

The investigation will focus on: The measures put in place by Transport for London (TfL) to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour on buses and the extent to which they help passengers feel safe. Investigating what mix of measures – relating to staffing and technology – would improve the travelling environment. Crime and disorder on the capital’s buses has recently become a high profile issue, but it is a complex subject. By focussing on perceptions of safety and understanding what makes people feel safe, using available data and through wider consultation, the Transport Committee hopes to make recommendations to TfL and the Metropolitan Police Service that will improve Londoners’ bus journeys.

(Picture from basildon.gov.uk). Auckland,New Zealand - The Auckland/stuff.co.nz, by JUSTINE GLUCINA -14 September 2007: -- Out of the 2000 brochures hand-delivered to properties along a 5km stretch on Remuera and St Johns roads, 100 replies were received during a five-week feedback period. Half opposed the bus lanes, 24 percent were in support and endorsed passenger transport as a viable alternative to the private car, while 26 percent were neutral. (Picture from showbus.co.uk: Howick & Eastern MAN 58 is seen in Auckland Bus Station in compnay with two Stagecoach Auckland MANs. Manchester,England,UK - The Manchester Evening News, by David Ottewell -13 Sept 2007: -. If the region's bid for £3bn of public transport cash is successful. Brian Souter, co-founder of the £1.5bn-a-year transport company, was in Manchester to announce an initial investment of £15m on a fleet of 100 new low-emission buses.

Those new vehicles will go into service on key routes to and from the city centre over the next six months. But Mr Souter said his company were prepared to go much further if Greater Manchester's bid to the government's Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) was successful.

(Picture, by MEN: Stagecoach co-founder Brian Souter). Cyberjaya,Malaysia - The Malaysia Star, by TAN KIT HOONG -September 13, 2007: -. It works by having a Mobile Tracking Unit (MTU) installed in each bus, containing a GPS chipset for location tracking and a GPRS telecommunications unit for sending location information to a web server. The MTU also doubles as a passenger tracking device because each DTS passenger is issued with an i-Button – an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip – which relays information about each passenger to the system. This would allow companies in Cyberjaya to track and better manage their employees, it was announced.

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Today, Assembly Bill 101 passed the State Senate and is making its way to the Governor’s desk which authorizes San Francisco to issue parking tickets to vehicles double-parked in designated transit-only lanes based on video evidence provided from forward facing parking cameras to be installed on San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) buses. Newsom said cameras are another tool designed to improve the reliability and performance of Muni transit vehicles, which carry nearly 700,000 passengers each day, the second highest ridership in the state. Brisbane,Queensland,Australia - The Brisbane Times,by Daniel Sankey -September 12, 2007: -- That statement was made by Liberal councillor - and former public transport chair - Graham Quirk on June 4 this year in response to a plan put forward by Labor's Lord Mayoral candidate Greg Rowell. On a positive note - finally! - something is now being done to address the failures of Brisbane's bus system.

Tomorrow, the council will approve a $20 million plan to put on the road 36 sweeper buses, which will pick up passengers left behind by buses on the city's 10 busiest routes during peak traffic times. (Photo by grantravel: Brisbane- Free bus). Beijing,China - China Daily -12 Sept 2007: -. The standards are contained in a document on the safety standards for motor vehicles that were released by the State Standardization Administration. Having failed to meet the new safety specifications, 25,000 buses in Beijing stopped transporting students from Monday. The standards are indeed good as they require school buses not to allow students to stand in the passageways, there must be rails for seats along passageways, and every seat must have a safety belt.

But they should have been gradually introduced so as to avoid causing chaos. The move immediately affected the children of migrant rural workers, about 1,000 are reported to have quit school. Their parents are anxiously looking for schools that can provide transport. (Photo from english.peopledaily.com.cn: A minibus lies in the frozen river after the unlicensed school bus plunged off a bridge and into a river in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province ). Pune,India - The Wall Street Journal (NY,USA), by Sudha Menon -13 Sept 2007: -- Auto manufacturer DaimlerChrysler AG plans to venture into India’s fast growing bus business with a single model—an intercity coach, which will be priced competitively against the current leader in the luxury bus segment, Sweden’s Volvo Group, the second largest bus manufacturer in the world.

DaimlerChrysler’s India managing director and chief executive officer Wilfried Aulbur said the company plans to roll out the bus on Indian roads between the first and second quarters of 2008. The Germany's truckmaker has a 70-year-old history in diesel cars, with more than 50% of its car sales globally in this segment. (Photo: Mercedes bus Citaro LE).

Washington,DC,USA - The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -September 20, 2007: -- The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pledged action on a number of key auto safety and regulatory issues before the end of the year. NHTSA chief Nicole Nason pledged to introduce new regulations on school bus safety, and revisions to the government's New Car Assessment Program and its 'ease of use' rating system for child safety seats. She also said a Bush administration working group is on pace to propose vehicle tailpipe emissions limits by the end of this year, with a final regulation in place by the end of 2008. In pledging quicker action, Nason noted the fast turnaround in getting new rules mandating electronic stability control, an anti-rollover technology.

(US DOT's Photo: Nicole Nason). London,UK - News Shopper -12 Sept 2007: -. The operation, named Goldfinger 2 has been launched to coincide with the start of the school term and will see officers from the Met's Transport Operational Command Unit (TOCU) on buses to reassure the public. Safer Neighbourhood Teams and Safer Transport Teams will also be deployed during daytime and early evenings across 20 boroughs, including Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham. Transport for London, who are funding the initiative, will also be providing Revenue Protection Officers to carry out static and mobile inspections to check for fare evasion and ensure passengers have paid the correct fare for their journey. Cape Town,South Africa - Independent Online, by Sipokazi Maposa -11 Sept 2007: -- The behaviour of drivers of public transport vehicles, who are at the frontline as ambassadors to tourists visiting the city, is still a concern, says Transport and Public Works MEC Marius Fransman.

The roles of these ambassadors were important in shaping the experiences of visitors. The introduction of the new 110 Man Explorer buses was a 'step forward' in providing commuters with quality and efficient public transport. At least 260 000 people in the city used buses daily, Fransman said.

The delivery of the buses had already started in some areas, and was set to be completed before the end of the year, with at least 150 more drivers set to be employed. (Photo from travel2capetown.com: Golden Arrow Bus Services). Newbury,England,UK - The Newbury Weekly News Group -12 Sept 2007: -- More than a thousand people have backed a plan to remove buses from pedestrianised parts of Newbury. The Liberal Democrats say that it is only a matter of time before someone is hit by a bus in town, and want to see them re-routed away from Northbrook Street and through Park Way instead. However, their Conservative rivals say that driving buses through Park Way is not an option.

Since buses returned to the road after a revamp last year, there have been reports of close shaves involving buses and pedestrians. Speaking at the meeting, Liberal Democrat leader Jeff Brooks said that if someone was knocked down tomorrow, buses would be withdrawn immedi ately.

(Photo from oxford-chiltern-bus-page: Newbury buses service to Didcot ). Brisbane,Queensland,Australia - The Brisbane Times, by Georgina Robinson -September 12, 2007: -- Every day last month, 28 buses were too crowded to pick up Brisbane commuters - and a proposal to put an extra 36 on the road by July next year will not ease the squeeze any time soon. Overcrowding on city buses stepped up a notch in August with 871 Brisbane City Council buses forced to drive past waiting passengers on busy routes. The figures came just days before public transport chair Victoria Newton presented Lord Mayor Campbell Newman with a $20 million plan to put 36 'sweeper buses' on the city's 10 busiest routes. The extra services would follow scheduled buses to pick up any passengers left behind. (Photo from juts.janes.com: Part of the Brisbane busway). Charlotte,NC,USA - WCNC, by JEFF SONIER -September 10, 2007: -- How safe are the buses that your kids are riding to and from school?

That may depend on the mechanics who work on those buses. North Carolina law says every school bus has to be checked at least once every 30 days by local school system mechanics.

But what if those mechanics don't find serious safety or mechanical problems? Or what if they don't fix what they do find? The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction show that state school bus inspectors parking dozens of Charlotte Mecklenburg school buses that were found unsafe, or mechanically unfit – even after they were okayed by CMS mechanics. The inspection records for bus number 1065 illustrate the problem. CMS mechanics at Orr Road said the bus was fine.

But that’s not what state inspectors reported. They parked number 1065 for what they called “multiple safety issues” – finding problems with the brakes, the exhaust system, the suspension, the backup lights, the brake lights and the front warning lights. Baltimore,USA - The Baltimore Sun -September 9, 2007: -- Howard County is considering the formation of its own mini-fleet of school buses. The buses would be used to fill in when private contractors have trouble providing all the buses needed each day to cover the system's routes. The plan is for the school system to purchase two buses and hire three drivers during the 2008-2009 school year.

(Handout photo: Howard High School Principal Regina Massella said Howard the Lion, the school's sculpture, 'is noble, and he serves as an inspiration for our athletes and staff). Shimla,Himachal,India - HimVani -10 Sept 2007: -- Himachal Pradesh government has given a new definition to women empowerment by reserving 33% seats in all government and private buses for the fair sex.

The government has issued directions that violation of this order will be dealt with severely. All buses will now mandatorily have to specify in bold letters seats reserved for women. The transport department also plans to carry out surprise raids in buses to check any violation of the order. It's hard to say just how inadequate public transit is. After all, there's no statistic that measures how many people don't take a bus because they can't get to it, or because it doesn't run late enough for them to get home from work Annapolis,MD,USA - The Annapolis Capital, by Eric Hartley -September 09, 2007: -- Only a few dozen people a day ride the city buses that run from Annapolis to Kent Island and south county.

So the cancellation of the two routes at the end of this month might seem like a simple inconvenience for a few. But, in fact, it exacerbates a problem that's only going to get more acute.

People who work odd hours for low pay - restaurant or retail workers, for example - are often the very ones who need public transportation the most. And they're the ones least helped by a system set up largely for commuters. Mass transit works Woodbridge,VA,USA - Potomac News (subscription) -September 10, 2007: -- More than half of the commuters who drive toward the District of Columbia carpool, ride a bus or take the Metro. The region's bus and Metro systems are being utilized by more commuters than those who drive on highways in single-occupant vehicles, according to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission. Commuting alone in a car isn't progressive anymore and it certainly isn't worth the time, money or pollution. Tampa,FL,USA - InjuryBoard, by David P. Lowe -9 Set 2007: -- According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, which keeps bus accident statistics: In school bus crashes over the last couple of decades, fewer than 10% of school bus occupants have had any injury and 90% were not injured at all.

The occupant most frequently injured is the bus driver since that seating position does not have the same passive occupant protections that passenger seats have, such as flexible and padded seat backs. The persons most likely to be injured in a school bus crash are drivers and passengers of vehicles that strike the bus or are struck by the bus. Sixty percent of school bus fatalities involve non-bus occupants. Small vehicles do not do well in a crash with a big yellow bus or any other big vehicle, and should be driven accordingly.

The majority of school bus crashes are cited as the fault of the other vehicle's driver. Ellensburg,WA,USA - The Daily Record, by DON GRONNING -9 Set 2007: -- “Hi Pat,” says one youngster, clambering aboard the bus for the ride home from the second day of school.

Pat is Pat Young of Ellensburg, and she has been driving a school bus for 30 years. She knows her passengers by name and greets her young rider. When asked if she ever transported the child of a former passenger, she said yes. “I’ve hauled them, then their child, then their grandchildren,” said Young, who has never had an accident in her 30 years of school bus driving. One of her more satisfying memories is of a student she didn’t get along with particularly well. “I hauled her for years, then she graduated and I forgot about her,” said Young. Then one day she stopped to pick up a rider and the mother came out to put her little girl on Young’s bus.

The mother was the woman who Young thought didn’t like her. * India - Trucks and Buses coming up from Daimler Chrysler in New Delhi,India - TechwHack, by Somanshu -9 Sept 2007: -- The Indian automotive market is all set to see luxury commercial vehicles from the stable of the company which current sell Mercedes Benz cars. DaimlerChrysler India is all set to start the manufacturing of their high-tonnage Actros trucks at its existing facility at Chikhali. They are also going to start manufacturing luxury buses starting next year at their upcoming plant in Pune. * Japan - Isuzu Motor to produce midsize buses in India Tokyo,Japan - Reuters/ business daily Nikkei -Sep 9, 2007: -- Isuzu Motors Ltd will team up with Sumitomo Corp and Swaraj Mazda Ltd to become the first Japanese automaker to produce midsize buses in India later this month. Once the new plant starts to operate at full capacity, the company's two lines will be able to produce 40,000 to 50,000 vehicles annually and Isuzu aims to raise combined annual sales of trucks and buses to around 30,000 vehicles before 2015. Through remodelled products and entry into new segments such as small, light-weight trucks, Isuzu has said it would focus on big growth markets such as China, Russia and India.

* India - Toyota to foray into trucks, buses Bangalore,India - Times of India, by Anshul Dhamija -10 Sep 2007: -- Following its success with premium cars and multi-utility vehicles in India, Toyota Motor Corporation is drawing up plans to enter the bus, truck and light commercial vehicle segments. The Japanese auto major is scouting for more land in the country and is said to be once again in talks with the Rajasthan government for setting up a manufacturing facility for commercial vehicles. Toyota manufactures trucks and buses under the Hino brand and light commercial vehicles under the Toyota brand. For the fiscal ended March 31, 2007, Hino recorded overall truck and bus sales of 52,684 units in Japan and 47,550 units in exports. * Thailand - Amazing Buses! Bangkok,Thailand - The Nation, by Stephen Cleary - 7 Sept 2007: -- Anyone who has spent much time in the Land of Smiles and especially the concrete jungle of the capital, will have been completely dumbfounded at some of the amazing public transport on offer. Let me start today with the meanest of the mean and that is the one and only non-air-conditioned Bangkok bus.

Just how many times over the years have we heard some enlightened government official lecturing Bangkokians something along the lines of “Don’t take your car, take a bus!”. All very easier said than done, especially when the buses at peak hours are already more crammed with passengers than a rickety Indian train. Should the capital’s car riding population suddenly decide to adhere to this wordly government advice, then it is certainly advised that ladders be attached to the rear end of buses, so commuters will be able to climb up and sit on the roofs. * USA - Rolls Out Eco-Friendly Bus Fleet New York,NY,,USA - Cars & Transportation, by George Spyros -1 Sept 2007: -- All 162 school buses in Greece (That's the Greece Central School District in New York State) have been retrofitted with diesel oxidation catalysts and crankcase spiracle filters to reduce air pollution to which children are exposed. In the final installment of this Greek Trilogy, we just couldn't resist the punning.

A project like this cost hundreds of thousands of dollars but the best part for the Greece Central School District and the taxpayers is that it was done at no cost to them. That's because this project was paid for by a grant from the EPA's Clean Bus USA Project. * Turkey - Clean air campaign by Istanbul citizens Istanbul,Turkey - azveoz.blogspot.com -7 Sept 2007: -- Istanbul citiziens make pressure to the municipalty to revise the buses to reduce exhaust emissions. Istanbul citizens send lots of e-mails and faxes to presidents to make use of LNG buses for more clean air. A blog created and strated this campaing and advised everyone to send e-mails to the presidents. (Photo from azveoz.blogspot.com ) * UK - Public Transport Statistics Bulletin: Great Britain 2007 edition London,UK - xpressdigest.org.uk -September 7, 2007: -- The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on public transport in Public Transport Statistics Bulletin: Great Britain 2007 Edition. The key points are as follows: Passenger journeys on local buses in England rose by 4 per cent in the last year.

Over the same period, passenger journeys on light rail systems in England increased by 9 per cent. Many of the other regions of England saw increases in the number of bus passenger journeys in the last year, as a result of the introduction of free concessionary bus fares for disabled and older (aged 60+) residents. The largest rise was for the East of England region which saw an 11 per increase in passenger journeys.. Los Angeles,CAL,USA - Metro Rider LA -7 Sewt 2007: -- Metro’s Rapid bus network has been the brigadier general in the public relations offensive for bus rapid transit. Bus rapid transit builds a rail transit system without even having to lay down track, and transit users cannot tell the difference.

Metro succeeded admirably. It has built 6-lane guideways for buses, and the spare capacity can accommodate other vehicles! It has efficiently allocated the use of proof-of-fare machines by placing them on board the vehicles! The vehicles, indistinguishable from rail cars apart from the red livery, pimp-strut up to traffic lights and demand, “Where’s my green, bee-yotch?”. (Photo Credit: Cloverity via Flickr: A Capital Metro bus in downtown Austin, Texas).

Manchester,UK - GMPTE -7 September 2007: -. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority and the Greater Manchester Bus Operators Association (GMBOA) have agreed to invest nearly £150,000 in the Patrol and Response Unit over the next twelve months.

Uniformed officers work closely with the police to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour on the bus network, and responded to more than 260 incidents in their first nine months on patrol. Councillor Andrew Fender, Chair of the Passenger Transport Authority's Policy Committee, said: 'The Patrol and Response officers have helped to reassure passengers that they can travel safely on the local bus network.' (Photo by P&R: Patrol and Response office with car). Seattle,WASH,USA - The Seattle Post Intelligencer, by & -7 Sept 2007: -- That's the surprise addition Microsoft Corp. Made to its portfolio Thursday, announcing its own bus service -- complete with on-board wireless Internet access -- to shuttle its employees from their neighborhoods around the region to Redmond and back home again. The 14-bus Microsoft 'Connector' system, to debut later this month, was announced as the company unveiled plans to open new offices in Seattle's South Lake Union and Pioneer Square neighborhoods. At launch, the bus system will handle no more than 1,000 employees a day.

That's only a slice of Microsoft's more than 35,000 employees in the region. (Photo by Paul Joseph Brown / SPI - On Thursday, Microsoft announced it will begin bus service for its employees to and from Seattle neighborhoods and its campuses on the Eastside.

Aaron Edwards, above, is general manager for MV Transportation, the company that will operate the 14 buses in the system). Kano,Nigeria - Reuters -7 Sep 2007: -- Two buses collided in a head-on accident in northwest Nigeria on Friday, killing 33 passengers, road marshals said. One of the vehicles was trying to avoid an animal crossing the road when it smashed into another bus travelling in the opposition direction on the busy Gusau-Talata Mafara highway in Zamfara state, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said. 'One of the vehicles caught fire immediately. Thirty-three people died in the accident, while nine others were injured,' Zamfara FRSC commander Umar Liman told. Devastating road accidents are frequent in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and top oil producer, where a crumbling road network, poorly maintained vehicles and dangerous driving combine to make the roads perilous.

(Photo from NBC New2s (UK): Nigerian drivers are notorious for their aggressive style of driving). Almost three-quarters of bus passengers are pleased with the service provided by their local buses, a Department for Transport survey into passenger experiences reveals today L ondon,UK - eGov monitor -6 September, 2007: -. The Public experiences of and attitudes towards bus travel report was commissioned by the Department to improve understanding of the opinions of both users and non-users of their local services.

Passengers were found to be generally positive about their experiences, with the vast majority rating the services provided as either 'very' or 'fairly' good. Furthermore, most households could claim to live within a short walk of their nearest bus stop with a quarter of all adults using their local bus service at least once a week. A low-cost bus service has bought a new fleet of double-decker buses that will soon be seen on Wisconsin's roads Milwaukee,WEI,USA - The Business Journal of Milwaukee/Bizjournals.com (Charlotte,NC,USA) -September 6, 2007: -. Megabus a Chicago subsidiary of Paramus, N.J.-based Coach US, said Thursday that its daily express service will make its inaugural trip from Chicago to Minneapolis on Friday on its new double-decker bus, which will be the first in the United States, Megabus said.

While the Megabus double-deckers will traverse Wisconsin, they are not currently scheduled to stop in the state. The company, which serves Milwaukee, said it purchased 17 wheelchair-accessible double-decker buses, each of which seats 79 passengers. Montreal's first hybrid electric-diesel transit buses will hit the streets in early 2008 with the financial support of higher levels of government Hamilton,Ontario,Canada - The Gazette/Canada.com, by LINDA GYULAI -6 Sept 2007: -- The Montreal Transit Corp.' S board of directors last night approved a financing deal with the federal and Quebec governments that will launch the project, to cost roughly $5.6 million. The province will foot half the cost of the eight hybrid buses that are to be road-tested throughout 2008, using some of the money it receives on Montreal's behalf from a cut of the federal gasoline tax.

The soaring popularity of the region’s first purpose-built Park & Ride service has led to long range plans for a possible extension to the scheme Durham,UK - Durham.gov.uk -September 5, 2007: -- Latest figures show the £10m service, launched by Durham County Council in Durham City in December 2005, has carried a total of 1.2 million passengers. And its increasing popularity shows no sign of stopping, with an average monthly increase in passenger levels of 33 per cent compared with last year. While there are no immediate plans to extend the Park and Ride scheme, additional Park and Ride sites are being considered in the Shincliffe and Stonebridge areas - along with a possible extension of the existing ones - as part of a range of options being assessed to improve traffic management in and around the City. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 million students nationwide start their school day with a trip on the school bus Plattsburgh,NY,USA - The Plattsburgh Press Republican -6 Sept 2007: -- It's back to school again as summer vacations come to an end. With all of the excitement this time brings, bus safety may not be the first subject that springs to mind.

We encourage parents to take time to talk with their children about safety. Although NHTSA reports that riding on a school bus is nearly eight times safer than riding in a passenger vehicle, an average of 11 school-aged pedestrians are killed by school transportation vehicles each year. Here are some tips for school-bus riders that parents should reinforce with their children. A £2M scheme that has seen electronic information boards put up in bus stops across west and north Wiltshire is not working Wiltshire,UK - The Wiltshire Times, by Charley Morgan -6 Sept 2007: -. The Real Time Bus Information system is designed to let people know exactly how long they will have to wait for their bus to arrive. But the times shown on the boards are often wrong and the system is proving unreliable.

Wiltshire County Council bid for a £2m grant from the government to set up the scheme three years ago in an attempt to get more people in rural areas using public transport. * Bus investment boosts Cabchargeprofits Sydney,Australia - Bus+Coach -31 August 2007: -- Expanding into bus fleets helped the taxi payment company Cabcharge Australia post a record annual profit. Cabcharge’s Executive Ehairman, Reg Kermode, says a key contributor to the result has been an investment in Westbus and other services in Sydney and the Hunter Valley region.

The bottom line result jumped 36 percent to almost $52 million. Part of the profit is Cabcharge payment system is also more widely used than before. Perth,WA,Australia - Australasian Bus and Coach -6 September 2007: -- Western Australia’s Planning and Infrastructure Minister, Alannah MacTiernan, says the operational phase of Perth’s hydrogen fuel cell bus trial will be completed as scheduled in early September.

MacTiernan says the buses had prevented more than 300 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions since the trial started in 2004. ' The three hydrogen fuel cell buses in the Transperth fleet, operated by Path Transit, have covered more than 260,000km and carried more than 330,000 passengers during that time,' she says. * India - Ashok Leyland to start manufacturing buses by Feb. 2008 New Delhi,India - The Hindu -Sept. 5, 2007: -- Truck and heavy vehicle maker Ashok Leyland today said it will start manufacturing buses at its Dubai plant, which entails an initial investment of Rs 50 crore, by February next year. Ashok Leyland Managing Director R Sashasayee told reporters the plant has an initial production capacity of 2,000 buses and the company would subsequently increase it in terms of integration and number of units.

* DaimlerChrysler buses by early 2008 Taramani,Chennai,India - Sify, by Rabin Ghosh -5 September, 2007: -- DaimlerChrysler, the world's biggest commercial vehicle maker, said on Tuesday it will launch Mercedes-Benz buses in the country early next year. The German auto giant is partnering Punjab-based bus body maker Sutlej Motors. The bus bodies will be built on Mercedes-Benz chassis manufactured by DaimlerChrysler India. The details of investment or range of buses to be launched weren't disclosed.