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      <title>BUS ENGINES' FUTURE DEPENDS ON TRUCKS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article shows how the relatively small volumes of engines for buses are based on the much larger volumes for trucks and states that despite this, there is still a future for horizontal engined buses.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CHOOSING THE RIGHT MODES FOR MIAMI'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Through the process of evaluating possible modes of transport for the city of Miami, it was found that a conventional rail system and a downtown people mover system would best serve its needs.  Various aspects of each of these systems and considerations in the process of elimination are given.]]></description>
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      <title>PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN AN EXPANDING CITY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A case study of the expansion plans which have been implemented and are to be implemented in Marseille, France inorder to make public transport more attractive and responsive to the needs of this growing city are presented.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BUS DESIGNS SHAPE UP TO THE FUTURE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Various special feature and new model buses were displayed during recent motorshows in England.  The surprise of many of the shows was the large variety of minibuses presented. Descriptions of some of them are given in this article.]]></description>
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      <title>SINGAPORE COPES WITH MASSIVE CROWDS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ways in which the Singapore Bus Service handles the massive demand for transportation are presented here along with its investigation of various fare possibilities and fare collection systems for its Mass Rapid Transit System which is now under construction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MAKE SURE IT'S A GENUINE TICKET</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While the technology of ticket-issuing devices have made great advances in protection against and eliminating many types of fraud, the tickets themselves have not kept pace. More and better efforts must be made inorder to develop ticket and pass designs and printing techniques which can defeat future as well as present counterfeiting methods. Some of those methods are discussed in this article.]]></description>
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      <title>MAGNETIC CARDS NATIONWIDE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Netherlands and Belgium are both looking to magnetic cards to provide nationwide common ticketing, but with flexibility and management information for cost and revenue allocation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GETTING THE BEST OUT OF PREPAYMENT FARES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Prepaid ticket systems can attract the 20 percent of the population which uses buses less than five days a week but more than once a month.  But promotion, distribution, product design and pricing need careful planning.]]></description>
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      <title>DEREGULATION: A RETURN TO THE PRIMITIVE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Deregulation of buses implies a consideration of one transport mode in isolation from others and from the overall needs of urban areas.  British and American economists have advocated privatization to reduce costs, produce service innovations and increase profitability.  Absence of regulation in developing countries is given as justification.  Bus services have been increasingly coordinated into networks; cities with unregulated transit have taken private companies over to introduce high capacity bus and rail systems and improve service quality.  The goal must be to offer public transit competitive with the private automobile.  British and US governments have adopted the dogma that private organizations are more desirable than public.  Transport and urban form must be considered together as must also public and private transport.  The author states that deregulation will not enhance efficiency automatically  and that privatization will not inherently produce the services patrons desire.  It is concluded that Great Britain's will not be the first deregulation but that it may well be the first to go from civilized, reliable bus/rail systems to primitive disintegrated transit services.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BUSES TO MATCH NEEDS OF THE WORLD'S CITIES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While cities in developed nations generally favor high capacity, high cost, long life buses supported by comprehensive maintenance, many developing countries favor smaller, lower cost and short life vehicles.  In some places small buses have evolved from large taxi-type vehicles; in others they have been superimposed on existing transit networks.  The most popular bus design is the maximum capacity single-decker which is low enough to pass under overhead structures and has its doors and passengers always in view of the driver.  Articulated buses are without height restrictions and offer high capacity in busy corridors. Artics are as maneuverable as rigid vehicles but do require special reversing.  They do occupy extra space in storage and shops.  The double decker's main advantage is high capacity while taking minimum road space; extra height can produce operational problems.  Minibuses offer two advantages:  For operators they are cheap to buy; for riders they offer frequent service.  In low-wage economies the large number of drivers need not be a constraint.  Low first cost has to be balanced against short life.  On the other hand the durable bus may become obsolete before its economic life has been achieved.  It can be expected to require at least one major overhaul.  Keys to any bus service are that the vehicles provide adequate capacity, be reliable and easy to use, and that they be affordable.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>METRO DEMAND OVERTAKES TAIPEI'S BUSES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This capital city has a population of 2.2 million with another 1.3 million in suburbs.  While four rapid transit lines are under construction, the city is served by 17 bus operations and commuter trains.  A city bureau controls routes and bus fares.  The municipal bus operation is the largest; it is part of the Unified Operating System which incorporates nine private companies.  UOS coordinates the ten firms and provides for common ticketing.  A two-zone fare system is used.  Private vehicles are increasing rapidly in Taipei, complicating traffic problems.  Until recently the commuter railroad has been a surface operation with many grade crossings further complicating center city traffic congestion.  Before rapid transit is introduced, the Taiwan commuter trains will be put in a tunnel beneath the city.  Subsequently this tunnel will carry a part of one of the subway routes also.  Presently there is no mechanism to integrate all these transit operations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE MARKET ALTERNATIVE TO INTEGRATION</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Principal objection to integration of urban passenger transport is that it assumes sufficient accuracy in assessing future trends to enable management to plan economically, ensuring passenger satisfaction over a period of 25 years.  Economies of scale may be of little significance in bus firms, and integration of small consequence in small cities.  Competition may well be sufficient to open bus transit to the market of customers' demands.  The benefits of market cannot be obtained by franchising forms with lower costs to fill gaps or undertake operations an integrated firm cannot afford.  The case for market as against the monopoly of integration is powerful; barriers against entry must be as permeable as possible.]]></description>
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      <title>A LESSON IN INTEGRATION FROM BRAZIL</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Public transport in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro provides examples of successful integration between rail and buses, but while Sao Paulo's rapid transit is moving a growing proportion of commuters, lack of political commitment has blighted metro development in Rio.  Sao Paulo planners have grasped the opportunity presented by rapid transit construction to shift traditional trip patterns so that far more journeys into the city center are made by a combination of modes--bus, trolley bus, rapid transit and commuter railroad.  Pricing incentives and high quality interchanges mean that more than 60% of metro passengers now use buses for parts of their journeys so that city center streets are freed of bus traffic.  Over 40% of pasengers buy tickets for the combination journeys.  Rio has completed only a single, short rapid transit route and there has been little incentive for other operators to integrate with it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PLANNING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT ISSUES IN SINGAPORE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[No abstract provided.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 1990 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MODES OF FARE COLLECTION AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITH MIS IN BUS TRANSPORT IN INDIA</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[No abstract provided.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 1990 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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