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Tire tracks lead cops to hit-run driver

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-20

A truck driver has been arrested in the hit-and-run that killed a 70-year-old woman in Hongkou District this week, police said yesterday. In events that read like a real-life version of the American TV show "CSI,"...

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Court clears set-up Samaritan

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-20

THE white-collar worker who picked up a seeming hitchhiker in distress, only to be roughed up and fined for allegedly driving an illegal taxi, got his vindication in district court yesterday. He also got the award...

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2 breakdowns briefly slow Metro am rush

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-20

TWO city Metro lines suffered separate breakdowns during morning rush hour yesterday, causing delays for thousands of commuters. Officials of the Metro operator said they steered would-be riders away from the affected...

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IV-standard gas looks OK to inspectors

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-20

THOSE problems with Shanghai's new IV-standard gasoline that some drivers are complaining about? The quality-control authorities don't see them. Officials from the Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical...

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Two years, fine in traffic death

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-19

A YOUNG man was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday for causing a traffic accident and ordered to pay more than 700,000 yuan (US$102,520) to two victims by Jiading District People's Court. On April 23,...

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'Cloned' cabs can be real ripoff

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-18

TRAFFIC inspectors have nabbed eight "cloned" cabbies who bought stolen taxis' roof-top lights - and the blue window stickers that give the fare - from underground markets or second-hand car dealers. Disguised...

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More buses

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-16

MORE buses will be added to the community bus system in Baoshan District. The wait in the Gongfu Community will be shortened from the present 20 minutes to eight minutes in rush hours and to 15 minutes in off hours.

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Bullets end buffalo's rampage

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-16

A RUNAWAY water buffalo broke free of a slaughterhouse in Zhejiang Province on Saturday and took off on a Hollywood-style chase - running nearly 20 kilometers, charging three vehicles and injuring 10 people before...

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Bad weather cuts local transport links to north

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-14

THE blizzards that have buried north China also crippled Shanghai's inter-provincial transportation system yesterday, inconveniencing thousands of passengers as dozens of trains, buses and flights were delayed or...

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Just the ticket

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-14

RESIDENTS can participate in a design contest for special-edition Metro tickets. The Shanghai Metro operator will select two victors and 20,000 tickets with the winning design will be printed. Participants can submit...

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Illegal cabbies disrupt buses

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-14

ILLEGAL taxi operators in the outer suburbs are not going down without a fight as the city provides community buses for Metro commuters. The initiative was driven because of the proliferation of black taxis in...

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Anti-germ buses

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-13

A FLEET of 15 buses on the No. 636 line will take to the streets today, equipped with new bacteria-fighting air conditioners. The air conditioners use copper, which has been confirmed effective in battling bacteria...

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Cab prices remain stable despite gas rises

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-12

SHANGHAI'S taxi authority said it will not increase cab fares to reflect increasing gas prices after Beijing's cabs announced a price rise today. Several taxi companies said they have not received any notice...

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8,000 car plates for November auction

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-12

SHANGHAI will auction 8,000 car license plates, the same quota as last month, to individuals and private companies on November 21. Last month the average winning bid reached 34,402 yuan (US$5,037), rising 4,902...

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Airport to drivers: Don't hog the lanes

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-12

HONGQIAO International Airport authorities, trying to ease chronic traffic snarls, are reminding drivers who pick up passengers not to park their cars in the driving lanes as they wait. The airport has kicked off...