The effort has integrated several transportation subsystems to handle traffic management and monitoring, incident management and traveler information from one transit management information center.

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The most economical and effective congestion solutions involve traditional road building and transit use, combined with traffic management strategies such as signal coordination and rapid crash removal, and demand management strategies like telecommuting and flexible work hours.

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The president of the union that represents most of New York City's transit workers lashed out at Metropolitan Transportation Authority management Thursday, a marked shift in tone amid high-stakes contract talks.

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