Topic: Bus Travel

Los Angeles Times joins the crowd, erects pay wall for the news online

The Los Angeles Times is offering a wide range of online subscriptions. But will pay walls save ailing print newspapers or just guarantee their ultimate demise?

Black History Month: Five major events and figures

Black History Month is the annual celebration of the struggles, achievements and overall contribution African-Americans have made to the US.

Israel's identity crisis: Why it could be as detrimental as Palestinian conflict

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox, who eschew army service and favor religious study over work, were once ignored as a tiny minority.  But now they're posing a challenge to the Zionist state.

Colombia's gangs cash in with 'micro-extortion'

Criminals in Colombia are extorting payments of as little as $10 a week from local businesses. The sums are too small for victims to want to report, but can add up to huge profits for gangs.

Carmageddon hits Los Angeles: Five ways to cope

“Carmageddon” is upon us! The 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile segment of the 405 freeway, Los Angeles’s busiest traffic corridor, began at 7 p.m., Friday evening. For months, bulb-lit billboards have warned the city of severe traffic delays, while newspapers and TV stations ask whether apocalyptic congestion will keep 500,000 travelers from getting where they need to go for nearly three days. How are Los Angelenos coping? Here are five ways:

Feds had eye on Sky Express before Tuesday's deadly bus crash

US regulators had begun work to suspend operations of the Sky Express bus line even before a company bus flipped over Tuesday on an interstate highway in Virginia, killing four.

Easter Sunday: In Mexico, drug war changes travel plans

Easter Sunday's drop in travel reflects growing caution. Sales are down by 60 percent for a bus company operating in the state of Tamaulipas, where mass graves were recently found.

Feds to investigate civil-rights claims against L.A. bus authority

Activists in L.A. say the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has discriminated against minorities and the poor by cutting their bus routes first. The MTA says it welcomes the federal audit.

From New York's MTA, LIRR to Boston's MBTA, winter storm slows transit

New York transit – including the MTA, LIRR, and Metro North – has seen significant delays in the wake of a winter storm that covered rails in as much as two feet of snow.

Bus shortages complicate Zimbabwean migrants' hopes of going home for Christmas

Zimbabwean migrant workers in South Africa who head home every Christmas are joined this year by thousands who need to leave the country to renew their asylum status.

9 states ban cellphone use while driving. Is yours on the list?

Nine states plus the District of Colombia now ban the use of a cellphone by adults while driving. But in some states, police must have another reason to stop drivers before citing them for using a cellphone. Many more states restrict or prohibit the use of cellphones by teenagers.

Some cities have moved on the issue without the state legislatures. For example, Chicago, Detroit, and Oahu, Hawaii, have cellphone and driving bans now, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Text messaging while driving is specifically banned now in 30 states.

Where can't you use a cellphone? Check out the list and the kind of restrictions.

Big-business Brazil taps into its young entrepreneurs

Brazil, a country familiar with big business is now nurturing a growing network of small business incubators, tapping universities for young entrepreneurs with a start-up spirit.

Change needed as Argentina coin shortage grows

The Argentina coin shortage is growing as inflation makes a coin's metal worth more than its face value.

Fights on public transit: Oakland bus fracas is latest flash point

A fight aboard a city bus in Oakland, Calif., is the latest fracas on public transit to be captured on video and disseminated on YouTube. Such images, rightly or wrongly, may heighten concern about the safety of public transportation in the US.

High gas prices boost bus travel

After decades of decline, bus travel is on the rise again. But is it right for you?

Heartbreak and the buds of Africa's hope

Uwem Akpan's short stories view bitter facts with the beauty of compassion.

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Mexico City's newest bus option: 'Ladies Only'

The all-female routes aim to protect women from pervasive sexual harassment. Critics say education efforts might produce better results in the long run.