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In This Issue 

Google Transit Trip Planning Service
by Keith Boyer
Transit agencies may increase ridership and fare box revenue by participating in Google Transit, but agencies should be mindful of the potential challenges of other open source projects.

The Importance of Data Quality in Service-Oriented Architectures
by Sid Frank
Successfully implementing and deploying an enterprise-wide SOA is a phased, evolutionary process that requires an enterprise-wide data architecture and all of the associated data quality processes.

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