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Management•by Cliff Henke•April 1, 2005

The Death of a Radical Idea

How the industry's most prominent development program in decades — NABI's lightweight composite bus — rose and fell, and its lessons for the rest. Part 1 of a two-part article.

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Management•by Joey Campbell, Managing Editor•April 1, 2005

Is Amtrak Riding Off Into the Sunset?

After a history of political battles and nearly $30 billion in federal subsidies, America's intercity passenger railroad faces the very realistic threat of a system breakup, despite support from key areas.

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Management•by Leslie Davis•April 1, 2005

Advocacy Groups Tackle Transit

Coalitions of citizens are banding together to improve transit in their regions. As more of these organizations pop up, national networks are forming.

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Management•by Joey Campbell, Managing Editor•April 1, 2005

A new approach to connecting with riders, increasing Web traffic

The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District in Portland, Ore., sends alerts and information to an e-mail subscriber list of 20,000.

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Management•by Gregg Moscoe•April 1, 2005

Adding flexibility to BRT

FlexBRT combines elements of BRT and demand response to form a new transit concept.

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Management•by Steve Hirano, Editor/Associate Publisher•April 1, 2005

Too busy to think?

Finding time to plan ahead has become a difficult prospect.

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Management•by Staff•April 1, 2005

Scotland revives rail line to promote growth

Scotland will revive a 35-mile section of its historic Waverley Line, torn up at the end of the 1960s.

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Management•by Staff•April 1, 2005

APTA legislative meeting focuses on conservative message

Attendees at the annual meeting in D.C. were treated to a lineup of politically significant speakers.

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Management•by Staff•April 1, 2005

ABA, UMA discuss policy, unification

Staffs of the American Bus Association and the United Motorcoach Association met last March in Washington, D.C.

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Management•by Staff•April 1, 2005

Helping college kids get home

Home Ride of Virginia is a service that provides discounted rides to students at four in-state universities.

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