A panda bus runs in Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 25. The bus, named Ning Ning, is operated by Asakusa Hanayashiki amusement park. Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
An overloaded bus passes by a flooded area as waters slowly recede in parts of Sultan Kot village, Pakistan, on Sept. 20. Aaron Favila/AP
Pedestrians walk past a bus with an image of Jesus Christ on a street in Panama City, Panama, in 2009. Second-hand American Bluebird school buses, known as diablos rojos, or 'Red Devils,' are covered in graffiti images of religious icons, sports idols, musicians, and other pop culture expressions painted by local artists. Mariana Bazo/Reuters/FILE
A bus is piled high with goods and passengers in Ounaminthe, Haiti, on April 30. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Goats look out from bus windows on the highway leading to Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 5. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A group of internally displaced people (IDP) load their possessions on the roof of a bus in a transport convoy bound for Unity state in south Sudan, in Khartoum on Oct. 28. Sudan's north-south civil war, which was Africa's longest civil war, pitted Khartoum's Islamist government against rebels who mostly followed Christianity and traditional beliefs, and culminated in a 2005 north-south peace deal. These IDPs have lived in north Sudan for 21 years. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
Commuters crowd a passenger bus during rush hour in Manilia, Philippines, on Nov. 15, after bus operators went on strike. Bullit Marquez/AP
A campaign poster for Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan covers the side of a commercial bus on a road in the commercial capital of Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 27. Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
A bus passes in front of Cairo University, Egypt, in 2009. Amr Nabil/AP/FILE
An Arriva bus passes the Houses of Parliament in London, England, in 2009. Sang Tan/AP
Indian commuters crowd onto a moving public bus in Mumbai, India, on May 3. Rajanish Kakade/AP
Passengers travel in an overcrowded bus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2009. Andrew Biraj/Reuters/FILE
People use a horse-drawn carriage as public transport as a public bus is seen behind in Bayamo, Cuba, on Oct. 22. Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina/AP
Passengers look out the window of a public bus in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 30. Rodrigo Abd/AP
The unprecedented motorcoach safety crackdown primarily targeted bus companies operating along the East Coast's I-95, where crashes last spring left several people dead and dozens injured.
In an unprecedented move, the US Department of Transportation Wednesday shut down 26 intercity bus operators, declaring them "imminent hazards to public safety."
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