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... In addition, five agencies were selected as case studies based on the comprehensiveness of their process or innovative or noteworthy practices that they use. The study concludes that strategic planning and management is alive and well in the transit industry, with some form of strategic planning and management being implemented by more than 80% of the transit agencies that were randomly sampled.
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... The TCRP project investigating "emerging new paradigms" in public transportation has suggested that fundamental change will have to occur in the transit industry if it is to succeed in a world where such significant social, economic, political, and technological change is occurring (Project J-6, Task 21)
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