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

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Enter the IEEE 1394 architecture and its close kin FireWire, which takes the high-speed digital bus interface up to the wicked fast transfer rate of 400MB per second.

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Despite some of the best roads on the continent and a number of high-profile infrastructure projects, including a high-speed train and a bus service built for the 2010 football World Cup, commuting in Johannesburg is often an arduous task for millions of people.

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Nice has fantastic public transportation with high-speed trains, a modern tramway and comprehensive bus routes.

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Anyone who's cycled through Amsterdam will know that the Dutch show no mercy towards the amateur cyclist, often racing past them at high speed and cutting them off in between tram lines and bus stops.

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The latter has been winning of late, hence Crossrail, the high-speed connection to the continent, and the upgrades of London's bus and Tube networks.

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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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Work for Parker pens, the 1997 redesign of the London black cab and the Adshel bus shelter are among his other designs but he says the InterCity 125 high speed train has had "the most impact on the general life of the public".

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Rogoff has had an instrumental role in advising policy makers on the operating and capital needs of Amtrak, including the initiation and financing of high speed Acela service, as well as the financing of dozens of new light rail and bus rapid transit systems across the United States.

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