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Rail•by Staff•June 1, 2001

Railtrack seeks army recruits

England's Railtrack asked the army for hundreds of skilled recruits to fill shortages of engineers and signaling staff.

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Rail•by Staff•June 1, 2001

Passenger train enters service between Turkey, Iraq

The first passenger train between Turkey and Iraq for nearly 20 years arrived in the Iraqi city of Mosul in May.

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Management•by Staff•June 1, 2001

Taiwan bus company closes

Finding itself $1.2 billion in debt, Taiwan's state-owned long-distance bus operator Taiwan Motor Transport Co. shut down at the end of June.

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Management•by Staff•June 1, 2001

Controversial London rail, bus master plan still up in air

The fate of the proposed integrated transport strategy for metropolitan London remains undecided as officials await the outcome of an important court case and the mayor's final strategic plan.

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Management•by Steve Hirano, Editor•June 1, 2001

Finally found what he was looking for

I had lunch with him nearly every weekday for five years. We talked about the weather, the incivilities of the workplace, the small dramas of our personal lives.

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Management•by Frank Di Giacomo, Publisher•June 1, 2001

METRO's new Website provides information, interactivity, immediacy

Although I'm certain that the bricks-and-mortar approach to trade publishing will never disappear, that doesn't mean that the "new economy" approach to information exchange can be given less than our complete attention

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Management•by Staff•May 1, 2001

Pittsburgh Port Authority tests side collision systems

The Port Authority of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh installed side detection systems on its buses in a $1.8 million field test of side collision systems.

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Management•by Staff•May 1, 2001

60% of public believe transportation is fair or poor, says FHWA survey

Rising fuel costs prompted the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) in Clearwater, Fla., to consider hikes in several of its fare categories.

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Management•by Staff•May 1, 2001

Fuel price surge spurs proposed fare hike

Rising fuel costs prompted the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) in Clearwater, Fla., to consider hikes in several of its fare categories.

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Management•by Staff•May 1, 2001

Probe uncovers serious misconduct at San Diego transit agency

After an investigation of employee misconduct ranging from theft to selling drugs on company time, San Diego (Calif.) Transit fired 13 employees and suspended four others.

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