Officials believe this increase was caused by the economic downturn, along with increased bus passenger numbers.
In one clip that will later be streamed on a newspaper website, one bus passenger feels sufficiently emboldened to leave the vehicle while filming -- even though it is far from clear that the attackers will not strike out at other people.
The Federal Transit Administration proposed last year that its assumed bus-passenger weight be raised to 175 pounds from 150 pounds.
The Transportation Department's statement said it has doubled the number of bus inspections of the nation's estimated 4, 000 passenger bus companies, from 12, 991 in 2005 to 28, 982 in 2011.
Many of the dead and wounded were from a nearby passenger bus, which bore the brunt of the attack.
But it didn't stop on the runway, barreling through a fence and onto a street, where it hit a passenger bus and killed 10 people, officials said.
"You wouldn't think after the ship nightmare, that on the bus ride to New Orleans, the bus would break down, " passenger Jacob Combs said after the bus arrived in New Orleans following a 45-minute roadside delay.
On December 1, 1955, our Nation was forever transformed when an African-American seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger.
Officials also ordered "10 individual bus company owners, managers and employees to cease all passenger transportation operations, which includes selling bus tickets to passengers, " the Transportation Department said in a news release.
An incident this month involved a quarrel between a Malay bus driver and a Madurese passenger.
One happier development for Mr Vajpayee may come on February 20th when, if all goes well, he will board the first passenger-carrying bus to Pakistan since 1965.
Police have released images of a person they want to trace after a gun was pulled on a bus driver who challenged a passenger about his expired ticket.
The event took place five years before Rosa Parks energized the civil rights movement on Dec. 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Ala.
The court was told that Mrs McCracken, a retired civil servant from Stoke Gifford, was a passenger on a First Bus service on 16 May.
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Bus users, consumer groups, passenger transport executives and key consultants open the oral evidence for the Transport Committee inquiry examining competition in the local bus market at 10.05am.
Passenger Michaela Murray said the bus she was on slowed down for horses and another bus hit it from behind.
The enlarged VW will have eight passenger-car brands, plus bus and truck units.
George Mair from the Confederation of Passenger Transport Scotland told MSPs that in future, bus routes needed to be treated as top priority for gritters.
Passenger Briony Daniels was sitting at the back of the bus and saw Mrs McCracken thrown forward out of her seat.
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The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure has asked residents with a Public Passenger Vehicle (PPV) licence for help during a proposed bus strike.
The bus driver was treated for back, leg and pelvic injuries before being taken hospital with one passenger, the ambulance service said.
The BBC understands the bus in which Mr Moghe had been travelling was sprayed with bullets by the bandits and no passenger was singled out.
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The bus driver was treated for back, leg and pelvic injuries and taken to hospital along with one passenger, the ambulance service said.
During their debate, Mr Davies called on the Welsh Government to extend the companion bus pass, improve audio-visual information on public transport and promote staff awareness and training for disabled passenger requirements.
About 750 million passengers ride passenger and tour buses each year, compared with round 800 million passengers on airlines, according to American Bus Association spokesman Dan Ronan.
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