U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces Historic Drop in Highway Fatalities and Rate

Thursday, August 14, 2008
Motorcycle fatalities still rising, Secretary Peters says, while announcing increased safety, drunk driving outreach and enforcement efforts.
WASHINGTON – The number of people who died on the nation’s roads dropped again last year, reaching historically low levels, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced today.
Secretary Peters said that in 2007, [...]

Air Travel and Carbon on Increase in Europe

MURCIA, Spain — The boom in low-cost air travel has turned this corner of southern Spain into a thriving tourist destination, and retired plumbers and schoolteachers into Europe’s new jet set.

The New York Times
Low-cost airlines make air travel to cities like Murcia more accessible to Europeans.

But it has done more than democratize air travel and [...]

Foke Tak Jamin 2012 BKT Siap untuk Waterway

Salinan dari berita di news.detik.com
Senin, 01/09/2008 19:20 WIB
Foke Tak Jamin 2012 BKT Siap untuk Waterway
Novia Chandra Dewi – detikNews

Jakarta – Lebar dan panjang Banjir Kanal Timur (BKT) sudah ideal untuk menjadi sarana transportasi sungai atau waterway. Namun tampaknya penduduk Jakarta harus bersabar lama. Hingga 2012, belum tentu BKT siap untuk waterway.
“Belum tentu, yang [...]

Spanair says never planned to switch crashed jet

Reuters

Published : August, 30, 2008
MADRID: Spanair said on Saturday it never considered replacing a jet that suffered a technical problem before it crashed on take off last week in Spain, killing 154 people.
The airline made the comments after a Spanish government minister said Spanair had told authorities at Madrid airport it was considering replacing the [...]

Slowdown in car sales in China and India threatens global market

source : international herald tribune
By Chang-Ran Kim Reuters
TOKYO: A sudden slowdown in car sales in China and India is threatening to shrink the global auto market this year, promising tougher times for an industry leaning on the two most populous countries to pick up the slack in the West.
Early this year, industry executives had been [...]

Kecelakaan Bus di Tuban Renggut Tiga Nyawa

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Kecelakaan Bus Renggut Tiga Nyawa
Senin, 01 September 2008 | 09:02 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Tuban, Jawa Timur: Sebuah bus jurusan Jakarta-Bima NTT mengalami kecelakaan di Tuban, Jawa Timur. Tiga orang tewas dan enam luka-luka.
Kecelakaan bus asal Jakarta tujuan Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) ini [...]

Sopir Bus TransJakarta Koridor II dan III Mogok

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Senin, 01/09/2008 07:20 WIB
Sopir TransJ Koridor II dan III Mogok, Armada Bantuan Dikerahkan
Nurul Hidayati – detikNews

Jakarta – Wah, apa jadinya jika pengemudi bus TransJ mogok menyetir? Pasti repot sekali. Apalagi pengemudi yang mogok itu bertugas di jalur padat yaitu Koridor II Harmoni – Pulogadung dan Koridor [...]