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Region jolted to learn it has lost $3 million for tourist shuttle buses (New London Day)

Hartford - James Butler drove to Hartford Thursday morning to update a statewide transportation board about a pilot program to run shuttle buses between

Little Platform, Big Stage: A glimpse of working life on the buses (Socialist Worker)

BBC4 is showing this Arena documentary about life as a London bus conductor as part of its London Transport season. Bus conductors have been phased out in recent years, along with the iconic Routemaster buses. The documentary focuses on the different lives of about a dozen conductors.

Cold turkey in the heat of summer (Times of Malta)

Summer of fun and frolick: Wayne Rooney. To normal people summer is a time of great happiness and joy. There are sunny beaches to be sprawled on, warm seas to be dipped in, cold beers to be drunk and a million barbeques to attend - even for those of us who don't drive buses.

Panic-struck Palace summons oil firms (The Daily Tribune)

Apparently in a fit of panic, the government called yesterday a meeting with oil companies after fuel prices made the biggest jump for diesel, the fuel used by jeepneys and buses, yesterday, a day after a survey showed President Arroyo’s satisfaction rating as the lowest ever for a Philippine president.