Her first success: a high-speed bus line in the Bronx, which she says has reduced commute times by 24%.

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In a letter to Mayor Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder (via Freemark), the business leaders behind M-1 urge the officials to push forward with the rail line as a complement to the bus-rapid system (BRT).

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Rio is also committed to building a new metro line and three bus rapid-transit (BRT) links.

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The city is getting an extensive new bus system, and the much-touted Gautrain is a high-speed train line that will link Jo' burg and Pretoria.

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The bus line would like to draw in more people by offering such amenities as laptop plug-ins and wireless Internet connections--all of which take money it doesn't have.

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Speaking of airports... (See what we did there?) Waiting in line for any kind of transit -- airport security, the subway, the bus, (insert other ring of hell here) -- can be a maddening state of affairs.

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