Gov’t oversight of tour bus industry faulted
By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal accident investigators called Thursday for a probe of the government agency charged with ensuring the safety of commercial vehicles, saying its own look…
Mass transit systems
SF TRANSIT STRIKE HAS COMMUTERS FACING GRIDLOCK
By LISA LEFF and TRACIE CONE With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to catch a ferry to San Francisco Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, from Jack…
TRAIN KILLS 2 TRACK WORKERS AMID SF BAY STRIKE
By TERRY COLLINS and TRACIE CONE A BART police officer covers one of the two people that were struck and killed by a moving BART train along Jones Road in…
2ND SF BAY AREA TRANSIT STRIKE IN 4 MONTHS BEGINS
By TERRY COLLINS Roxanne Sanchez, left, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, left, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco…
MEXICO BUS DRIVERS IDLE AFTER ‘REVENGE’ KILLINGS
By RICARDO CHAVEZ In this Aug. 29, 2013 photo, forensic workers examine the scene where a bus driver was allegedly killed by a self-styled “bus driver hunter,” in Ciudad Juarez,…
JUDGE GRANTS BAY AREA TRANSIT STRIKE REPRIEVE
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Attorneys Sharon O’Grady, left, and Tamar Pachter represent the Governor Jerry Brown in the proceedings Sunday Aug. 11, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco Superior Court Judge…