1.   Hundreds of people could be seen walking along the roadside or waiting patiently for the few overcrowded buses.

2.   In between, riders tried to figure out which subway lines were operating and often found themselves running for overcrowded buses.

3.   In Brooklyn, commuters spent two hours or more on overcrowded buses and trains just to reach Atlantic Avenue.

4.   Now, the focus is on expanding the overcrowded bus system with new express routes and technology that keeps traffic lights green to speed the buses down major arteries.

5.   Some point to the half- to one-hour waits for LAX shuttle service at some terminals due to overcrowded buses.

6.   Overcrowded buses cause hundreds of deaths in India every year.

7.   A helicopter dropped pro-Megawati leaflets through clouds of exhaust fumes from noisy motorcycles carrying up to five people and overcrowded buses with people riding on the roofs.

8.   A lengthening column of Russian-built dump trucks and overcrowded buses idles on the two-lane road.

9.   An overcrowded bus skidded off a bridge, plunging into a swift-flowing stream in southern India on Wednesday.

10.   An overcrowded bus caught fire Friday morning, killing three and injuring seven in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan, a news report said.