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Managementby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Texas opens U.S.-Mexico bus station

The first bus station in the nation to house bus lines from both the United States and Mexico opened for business in Texas.

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Managementby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Laidlaw undergoes financial restructuring

High fuel prices and a tight labor market were a couple of the factors that brought Laidlaw Inc. to the brink of financial disaster and a suspension from the New York Stock Exchange.

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Managementby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Ergonomics, HOS, ADA legislation pending for tour, transit industries

The waning days of the Clinton Administration saw regulatory and legislative action that is likely to affect both the transit and motorcoach industries.

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Railby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Trans-Siberian railway to link Koreas, Japan with Russia

January 1 marked the day the first electric train ran along a newly electrified section of the Trans-Siberian railway, which will eventually link the two Koreas and Japan with Russia.

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Railby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Paris Metro develops subway inspection device

The Parisian Transport Authority (RATP) combined a self-propelled vehicle with a thermal and laser scanner to inspect its subway tunnels.

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Railby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

New Japanese metro technologies cut costs

It seems that subway projects are only being implemented these days in developing countries in Eastern Europe and Asia, as the Western world says it can no longer afford them.

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Railby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

High-speed train premieres in Scandinavia

The X2000 high-speed train between Gothenburg, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark, began service in January.

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Managementby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Trieste busway nears completion

The Azienda Consorziale Transporti, a two-mile busway nearly completed for the transit system in Trieste, Italy, is powered by a contact line embedded in the road.

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Managementby StaffFebruary 1, 2001

Trieste busway nears completion

The Azienda Consorziale Transporti, a two-mile busway nearly completed for the transit system in Trieste, Italy, is powered by a contact line embedded in the road.

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Managementby Cliff Henke, Associate Publisher/EditorFebruary 1, 2001

No. 1 reason why TQM plans fail? No leadership

The total quality management (TQM) revolution has now been entrenched in the public transport community for several years now, long enough for people to start evaluating its effects on product and service quality.

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