Showing posts with label Transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transportation. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Cosmos Company Begins Operation After Suspension

The Vice-Minister of Transportation Spokesperson Emilio Rodas accredited 36 Cosmos drivers out of a total of 78 for complying with the strict new professional driving rules establish under Supreme Decree 420. 

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Buses Declare 48 Hour Strike to Protest New Drunk Driving Law

On February 3rd the Bolivian Drivers Confederation has declared a 48 hour nationwide bus strike

Ex-President Zamora Charged With Vehicular Homocide

Taxi driver Juan Bautista Castrillo died in the San Juan de Dios hospital on January 27th from

Ex-Education Minister Patzi is 1st Bolivian to Lose Driver's License For Life Under New Law

On February 4th the Sacha Llorenti, the Minister of Government announced that the national police have

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Tough New Traffic Law. Traffic Deaths Double in 10 Years.

After 80 highway deaths in January due to multiple egregious bus accidents involving high speeds,

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Head on Bus Crash: 12 dead 91 injured. Drivers Union Rejects Penalties, Threatens Blockades

Twelve people were killed and a further 91 injured on January 30th when 2 buses crashed head-on at night

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Bus Crash Kills 5, Driver Blind Drunk, 24, No License

A bus loaded with 50 people left from Santa Cruz broke almost every law regarding transportation safety and the trip ended in a horrific accident that left 5 dead and 43 injured. The driver, 24 year old

January: 80+ Die in Traffic Accidents

The month of Janaury proved a bloody one on Bolivia's roads, with several major bus crashes and

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Bus Crash Kills 17 Chileans, 1 Bolivian; 31 injured

January 21st at 9:40PM, a Chilean bus from the Pullman Bus company smashed into an illegally parked logging truck on the Oruro-La Paz road.  The Bus carried 45 passengers and left from Arica, Chile. The

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Bus Tragedy Kills 22

A tradgic bus accident on the road between Cochabamba and La Paz has left between 22 and 24 people dead and 28 injured in the Pongo K’asa sector on kilometer 98 from the Challuma bridge. The accident