The public transit industry is adopting new technologies. While some of these technologies are specific to the transit industry, many are technologies used in common with other industries-for example, voice and data-radio communications, global positioning systems, integrated management-information and productivity systems, and Internet applications. Other industries are adopting many of the same technologies as the transit industry, and forward-thinking transit managers are increasingly receptive to new technology and training and are seeking to adopt mainstream business methods and technologies. Training is essential to this transformation.