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	THE PUBLIC PURPOSE (Wendell Cox Consultancy)
		The Public Purpose is not opposed to urban rail.
		This publication, added in May 1999, is similar to a the comparison of Seattle and Portland which has been one of the most popular documents, with more than 5,000 downloads on The Public Purpose and Demographia websites.
		The Public Purpose principal, Wendell Cox, argues that new light rail systems are not justified in the United States because they fail to achieve their principal public objective, reduction of traffic congestion.
	www.publicpurpose.com (1978 words)

	Public light bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A green public minibus awaiting at the station at Tsim Sha Tsui.
		Public light buses (公共小型巴士, 小巴; widely referred to as minibuses, or sometimes maxicabs (tourist name); a de facto jitney), colloquially called vans in both Chinese and English, run the length and breadth of Hong Kong, through areas which the standard bus lines cannot or do not reach as frequently, quickly or directly.
		The popularity of public light bus services in Hong Kong is due to the high population densities which are needed to support the extensive network of minibus routes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_light_bus (699 words)

	--==[ 10 things I have learned about Public transport ]==--
		The 'work-experience' bus driver is a bit of a worry - not knowing the route and having nominal control of a heavy vehicle is the stuff of white-knuckle journeys through unfamiliar suburbs as we weave and turn in an attempt to re-join the route we accidentally deviated from.
		Social ettiquette on a bus is fascinating - kids (concessional riders) sit and religiously avoid looking at anyone unless they make eye-contact with the little old lady struggling to remain standing as the bus hurtles around the corner.
		The bus will not drive forward if the doors are open - one bus stop on our route has a kerb that rides a little high and freaks out the rear-door sensor - hence the need to re-boot the bus - gotta love high-tech.
	www.wonko.info /iwho/onthebusses.htm (1352 words)

	City of Mesa Public Art Program (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Three public art projects by internationally known artists have been incorporated into the design of the new Mesa Arts Center.
		The imagery for the glass is based on photographs the artist took in Mesa of the sky at dusk during a rainstorm.
		Light Storm consists of over 30,000 stainless steel discs imbedded into the paving inside and outside the theater lobbies.
	www.cityofmesa.org /arts/publicart (615 words)

	Guide to New York City Public Buses
		Bus stops are located at street corners and have a yellow painted curb and a sign that displays a bus emblem and route number.
		When the bus with the route number you want arrives, stay on the curb until the bus stops and the front doors open.
		The bus operator has a key to operate this lift, which is located at the rear of the bus.
	www.ny.com /transportation/buses/ridebuses.html (643 words)

	Texas Department of Public Safety - Courtesy, Service, Protection
		Public education started in the mid 1600's, but pupil transportation was not provided until the late 1800's.
		"School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices," which requires school buses to be equipped with an automatic stop signal arm on the left side of the bus to help alert motorists that they should stop their vehicles because children are boarding or leaving a stopped school bus.
		Most school bus crashes are minor, and in most crashes involving passenger cars and light trucks, the school bus has the advantage of its larger size and weight.
	www.txdps.state.tx.us /schoolbus/history.htm (920 words)

	ADFC on bicycles in bus lanes
		Bus lanes serve to increase the speed of bus travel, and also, when open to bicyclists, to increase that of bicycle travel.
		Bus lanes which are open to bicyclists should be either so wide that bicyclists are overtaken by buses without risk, or so narrow that overtaking is only possible by merging into the next lane.
		The administrative regulation in the traffic law accounts for the particular importance of public transportation by requiring that the installation of special lanes for transit buses must conform to "procedures for projects." The bus lines therefore have the opportunity to bring their objections before the transportation department.
	www.bikexprt.com /bikepol/facil/lanes/adfcbus.htm (2302 words)

	Light Rail’s Impact on Traffic a Scandal Worth Investigating (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Reason Public Policy Institute is a public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress.
		All those traffic “experts” who wowed Minnesotans with those projections of light rail’s impact on transportation seem to have forgotten that most of us drive—and the smooth working of the transportation system is what government should be working to improve.
		Light rail is a disaster because it makes things much worse than before it is built—as everyone can now see.
	www.rppi.org /lightrailscandal.shtml (1693 words)

	Public Transit: A Bad Product at a Bad Price
		Unwilling to face this reality, public transit’s devotees are busy repackaging an early loser in the race (trolleys), hoping that a new name (light rail) and a new public relations campaign can persuade people that the tax increases needed to try to resuscitate this dinosaur are necessary.
		Light rail compares even more unfavorably with auto transportation where private passenger vehicles currently pay more than 100% of their share of the cost of the road system.
		If all of the light rail passengers would have otherwise been driving their own cars, light rail would, on average, be removing three cars in 1,000 from the roads.
	www.heritage.org /Research/SmartGrowth/wm213.cfm (961 words)

	No smoking at bus shelters
		Metro bus shelters may be exposed to the open air, but they're still subject to the statewide smoking ban.
		County authorities said, however, that they've determined the ban also applies to bus shelters, which are structures but aren't normally thought of as buildings because they're open on at least one side.
		Even though bus shelters are partly open to the air, "there's no safe level of secondhand smoke, and it's a proven killer," he said.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/261062_bussmoking28.html (555 words)

	Subject Top Page: Public Transit Agencies
		The on-line reporting functions are for use by transit agencies currently subject to the Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies and are for reporting a transit agency's urban buses and transit fleet vehicles as of January 1, 2007 to ARB.
		The Board further provided that the Executive Officer shall consider such written comments as may be submitted during this period, shall make such modifications as may be appropriate in light of the comments received, and shall present the regulations to the Board for further consideration if warranted.
		Public comments must be received by May 15, 2006 at 5:00 PM.
	www.arb.ca.gov /msprog/bus/bus.htm (762 words)

	Lighting for Commercial Facilities Lighting Retrofits, PCBs and Mercury
		All fluorescent lights and many magnetic ballasts and thermostats contain hazardous materials that must be disposed of properly in order to avoid serious potential environmental and health problems.
		Lighting retrofits are one of the most common and effective energy conservation measures available.
		When conducting a lighting retrofit an organization becomes a generator of PCB-containing ballast waste and could be liable in any potential Superfund cleanup for improper disposal or release into the environment.
	egov.oregon.gov /ENERGY/CONS/BUS/light/PCBs.shtml (816 words)

	The Regional Economist
		Proponents of light rail argue that rail transit increases community well-being by creating jobs, boosting economic development and property values, and reducing pollution and traffic congestion—all while providing drivers with an economical alternative to the automobile.
		To permanently reduce traffic congestion, policies must be enacted that force each driver to bear the full cost of his or her automobile usage rather than constructing costly public projects that only add to the overall inefficiency of a city’s transportation system.
		While providing public transit to the poor does produce tangible economic benefits, the following example suggests that light rail is not an efficient means of providing transportation to the poor.
	www.stlouisfed.org /publications/re/2004/c/pages/light_rail.html (1525 words)

	Bus Drivers, Except School
		Work may not be year round for Charter Bus Drivers due to the fact that demand for this type of transportation is often seasonal.
		Charter bus tours and shuttle bus use are on the rise in California, mainly due to the aging population.
		Bus Drivers can promote from part-time status to full time after a period of months or years on the job with an employer.
	www.sjdccd.cc.ca.us /org/nsjrc/calcareer/bus_drv.html (533 words)

	Getting to School Safely–Community Action Kit
		In fact, a study conducted by the American Public Transportation Association found that students traveling to or from school accounted for fifteen percent of all transit trips (mass transit carried over 7.7 billion passengers in 1998, according to the National Transit Database).
		Public buses move away from the bus stop as soon as passengers have gotten on or off.
		And most public bus stops are at intersections, many of which do not have a traffic light or crossing signal.
	www.nhtsa.dot.gov /people/injury/buses/Getting_to_School/article5.html (586 words)

	Hong Kong bus route numbering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Hong Kong, public bus, public light bus (also known as green minibus) and residential bus routes bear their own route numbers.
		However, for cross harbour public light bus routes, the route numbers from Hong Kong Island or New Territories are used instead.
		Residential bus routes are the routes which are requested to operate by the residents or estates community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong_bus_route_numbering (630 words)

	GMPTE - Public Transport for Greater Manchester, UK
		New public transport chief appointed for Greater Manchester
		Public transport in Greater Manchester has a new leading light, after Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) elected its Chair for the next year.
		More than a dozen bus services will be affected by the closure of a busy city centre road from Monday 23 June.
	www.gmpte.com (284 words)

	Los Angeles Public Transportation
		The former bus terminal building is still there and is now used as a retail and wholesale shopping center.
		Tracks 1 and 2 are now served by a light rail line while tracks 3 to 12 are used for Metrolink and Amtrack passenger service.
		Metro subway and light rail stations have signs that display the station name and are color coded to show which rail line serves that particular station.
	www.geocities.com /los_angeles_coast/public_transportation.html (1424 words)

	Bus tips
		On a bus, rules are signed so that both first-time and veteran riders know what to do.
		Notify the bus operator in enough time so that the light is effective.
		Bus Books are available on buses, at transit centers and park-and-rides; and at city offices and libraries.
	phoenix.gov /publictransit/busetqt.html (371 words)

	Residents to get preview of light-rail car
		The public will get its first chance to see, sit and stand in the new Metro light-rail train next month, although they won't be traveling anywhere on it for another three years.
		She stressed that the system is not supposed to a replace buses, but serve as an addition to them.
		While a bus has the capacity to carry 76 people, one train car can hold as many as 200.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/1026lightrail26.html (515 words)

	Buses and minibuses in Hong Kong city and countryside (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Or maybe a succession of buses, perhaps jammed nose to tail in traffic held up by lights, or whooshing on past if the way ahead is clear.
		Bus routes abound too - and unless you're in the know, it can be confusing figuring just where the heck all these buses are going: especially when they're showing a final destination that many a local may hardly know, let alone tourists or expats who don't know the city well.
		There are also plenty of minibuses, which come in two varieties: green-striped, and red-striped, and are also called public light buses or maxicabs.
	www.hkoutdoors.com /hk-public-transport/hk-buses.html (440 words)

	PAF: Projects: Whiteread
		Rachel Whiteread was approached by the Public Art Fund four years ago, shortly after explosive public interest in House, her concrete cast of an East London row house, for which she received the prestigious Turner Prize.
		Whiteread's House was a natural extension of her inverted casts of domestic objects such as mattresses, chairs, tables and water bottles that grew in scale to include the cast of a single room, Ghost, which was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in 1994.
		Whiteread became preoccupied with the possibility of a public sculpture maintaining a presence within an urban environment without imposing its own physicality on the community.
	www.publicartfund.org /pafweb/projects/whiteread.htm (877 words)

	Bus Driver Penalty
		The driver’s license record of each school bus driver shall be evaluated at least annually, with penalty points assessed for those entries which appear in the accompanying tables traffic law violations and accident involvements.
		Any persons disqualified from driving a school bus on the basis of penalty points assessed from an Administrative License Revocation (ALR) suspension or disqualification appearing on their driver’s license record and who has properly filed an appeal, may request the points be withdrawn pending appeal of the ALR judge’s decision.
		The school bus driver must provide to the designated person(s) a file-stamped copy of the appeal filed with the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Department of Public Safety.
	www.tea.state.tx.us /safedriver/busdriverpenalty.html (1253 words)

	About > Media Center > Release > Yellow School Bus Provides More Than Transportation
		We all know that when a public emergency occurs, the first question asked is “Where are the children?” This system answers that question and more.
		The Points of Light Foundation is seeking funding for the project through a number of sources, both public and private.
		The Yellow School Bus Project Ô is a public-private partnership between the Points of Light Foundation and Millennium Technologies.
	www.pointsoflight.org /about/mediacenter/releases/2005/02-28.cfm (538 words)

	PUBLIC TRANSIT DEPARTMENT
		Valley Metro Rail Phoenix is a partner in METRO, the light rail transit project, along with the cities of Tempe, Mesa, and Glendale.
		Six years ago, Phoenix voters approved the Phoenix Transit Plan allowing the Phoenix Public Transit Department to add more local and commuter buses and Dial-a-Ride vehicles, increase frequency and hours of service, and plan other transit improvements including METRO, the regional light rail that will serve Phoenix and other parts of the Valley.
		As a member of Valley Metro we are proud to be part of an organization that has more than 57 million boardings each year on buses traveling more than 26 million miles on Valley roads.
	phoenix.gov /PUBLICTRANSIT (634 words)

	Dennis Oppenheim= Bus Home, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Other public facilities, including seating, drinking fountains, bike racks and telephones were developed with a team including an architect, a landscape architect, civil and structural engineers and transit operators.
		The bus center's public art component was funded by the City of Ventura's Cultural Affairs Division.
		It slowly transforms from a bus to a house...
	www.home.earthlink.net /~dennisoppenheim/bushome.html (144 words)

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