Popularity of new starts outgrows available funding

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Given the increased support of Americans toward the investments in public transportation, it is estimated that transit industry needs more than $40 billion in funding for completing its projects. But the current physical condition and service performance of the nation's transit systems require more than $20 billion dollars in federal funding.

Government expenditures, Financial management, Company investment, Investments, Government finance

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Y2K edition of ISO 9001 is vastly different

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Information on the 2000 edition of the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9001 quality management systems model for corporations is offered. Additional information on the revisions of ISO 9001 and 9004 standards is also included.

Professional Organizations, Standards Committees, Quality management, Corporations, Manufacturing processes, Manufacturing, Total quality management, International Organization for Standardization

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Why standards are critical to industry quality improvement

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The Society of Automotive Engineering's proposed standards for transit buses are discussed. Additional information on the benefits of the new bus standards for local transit is also included.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Buses, Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Panel Discussion, Buses (Transportation), King, Halsey, Lerner-Lam, Eva, Paswell, Robert, Society of Automotive Engineers, Thomas, Edward (British poet), Cox, Richard (American actor)

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