minibuses

• “But the minibuses are a cheap, never-ending flood -- a quasi-regulated necessity born of a Cairo whose population jumped from 6.8 million in 1996 to more than 17 million today.”

  LA Times Series on Life in Cairo, #3: Cairo Mini-Buses

• “(d) Special purpose vehicles - such as minibuses, ambulances, water or fuel tankers, mobile workshops, dump trucks, tractors, graders, required for various programme sectors.”

  6.1 The Need for Motor Vehicles

• “There was havoc on Lansdowne Road when we pulled up in the minibuses on Sunday afternoon and saw the ruin of a building that had survived the blitz still smouldering as a result of the violence.”

  The Guardian: Tottenham riots brought out the best in my church | Simon Morris

• “An unseemly scramble to get a place on one of the two minibuses ensued.”

  The Guardian: No freedom for foreign press at Tripoli's Rixos hotel

• “I get collected at the far end of the departures level, where the minibuses stop (infrequently) to collect aircrew.”

  Why Airport Parking Is Such A Rip-Off | Lifehacker Australia

• “After the RTA negotiated a contract with Veolia Transportation to operate the city's transit system in 2008, Lil' Easy minibuses were introduced in 2009 in Gentilly, Lakeview and the Lower Ninth Ward.”

  The Huffington Post: Susan Buchanan: Post-Katrina Rebuilding Includes Wider, Greener Transit Options

• “The refugees came in a convoy of about 20 minibuses and some rushed on foot across the border, to be met by Turkish soldiers and escorted to nearby camps.”

  USA Today: Syrian troops push to border; villagers flee

• “Near the police headquarters, however, more than 20 unmarked minibuses lined one street, and sporadically these vehicles would depart the area with police officers inside.”

  The Guardian: Thousands attend protests in Oakland

• “Wrapped with blankets, victims' caskets were carried on minibuses through Baghdad's streets Monday while women wailed and beat their chests.”

  USA Today: Iraqis mourn victims of Baghdad mosque attack

• “Witnesses said refugees crossed the border in minibuses and on foot, while the Turkish military presence had increased significantly.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Hundreds More Syrians Flee to Turkey

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