Sentences with phrase «us rail investment»

As if ignoring high - speed and discouraging US rail investment were not enough, the Harper government now blocks even slow - speed rail.

They griped about high gas and food prices, federal high speed rail investment and foreign aid.

It has not yet demonstrated that this is the best way to spend # 50 billion on rail investment in these constrained times,» committee chair Margaret Hodge said.

Better diversity will help bring new perspectives and fresh - thinking into rail and engineering, which will be needed as the country embarks on its biggest rail investment programme since the Victorian era.»

Cameron says the important thing is rail investment - Crossrail, electrification, HS2 etc..

Home secretary Theresa May at Reading Station today announcing western link to Heathrow and 9.4 bn gov rail investment twitter.com/rdgchronicle/s...

This morning more details about the rail investment have been released.

Earlier I quoted Maria Eagle suggesting that Labour really deserved much of the credit for today's rail investment announcement.

Spending watchdog rejects transport secretary's claim that new trains made major rail investment scheme unnecessary

According to Turner, ministers are wrong to present this as the biggest rail investment since the Victorian era.

The Tory - led government cut the rail investment plans they inherited by more than three - quarters of a billion pounds and have presided over two years of dither and delay over vital rail projects and train procurement.

«The long - standing government approach to sustaining rail investment is to cut the contribution from taxpayers and increase the share paid for by passengers,» the Association of Train Operating Companies» chief executive Michael Roberts said.

«It is essential that we deliver this programme of rail investments, it's the biggest, probably, since the Victorian era.

Mr Osborne will insist he is overseeing Britain's largest programme of rail investment «since the Victorian age».

The Northeast Corridor Commission was created — in accordance with the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 — for a simple reason: You may come from different states, with different economic strengths and different needs, but we are stronger and more effective when we work together.

The effort to purchase standardized equipment is led by the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act Section 305 Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee, comprised of representatives of interested states, the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, host freight railroad companies, passenger railroad equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad operators.

The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 outlines requirements for SRPs and that projects must be part of the rail plan to be eligible for capital investment grants.

The budget provides $ 2.5 billion for the first year of a six - year, $ 47 billion rail investment plan.

The plan will create a state policy on freight and passenger rail transportation to enhance rail service and serve as the basis for future federal and state rail investments.

Preparation of a State Rail Plan that is compliant with the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and Federal Railroad Administration requirements.

Not later than 180 days after the Surface Transportation Board determines the appropriate methodology pursuant to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note), the Secretary shall develop a transition assistance guidance that includes --

Completion of updates to Oklahoma's 1992 State Rail Plan to meet the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and Federal Railroad Administration requirements.

Ever growing concerns about climate issues coupled with recent major European rail investments means that travelling the continent by rail is a cleaner, less expensive and more enjoyable choice.

As if ignoring high - speed and discouraging US rail investment were not enough, the Harper government now blocks even slow - speed rail.

Not exact matches

China's next targets: rail, roads, ports The powerful chairman of China's $ US200 billion ($ 307 billion) sovereign wealth fund, Lou Jiwei, has met Treasurer Wayne Swan and West Australian Premier Colin Barnett to clarify rules on foreign investment in resources and discuss whether China could help finance the Rudd government's infrastructure program.

Furthermore, the government said it wants to attract investments for the building of 10,000 kilometres of rail systems, and it plans to double the capacity of its freight rail networks.

In August 2012, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced $ 60 billion in private investments for road and rail projects.

They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining about the lack of investment in U.S. infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.

Pamplona Capital Management has acquired British locomotive leasing company Beacon Rail Leasing from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial for approximately $ 450 million. www.beaconrail.com Park Place International LLC, a Marlborough, Mass. — based cloud services provider and systems integrator for medical IT software, has secured a minority growth investment from WestView Capital Partners.

While Querétaro is well - positioned at a key intersection of the so - called «NAFTA Highway,» the network of roads, rail and telecommunication lines that connect the U.S. to Mexico City, the state has had a long history of foreign investment.

In the 1880s, the most sophisticated railroad managers and some economists argued that railroads were «natural monopolies,» the inevitable consequence of an industry that required huge investments in rights of way over land, constructing railways, and building train engines and rail cars.

The state government and land developers should work together to source private investment for future transport projects, according to «entrepreneur rail model» advocate, Peter Newman.

Planned investments in loading terminals in Alberta and anticipated deliveries of specially designed tank cars could see an incremental 425,000 barrels per day of heavy oil railed to market by the end of 2014, it said in a report.

For example, investments in rail from 2004 to 2008 will outweigh capital expenditures on buses by a factor of eight to one, according to the Canadian Urban Transit Association.

The total amount of development finance or rail exports it can provide, however, is tiny compared to domestic demand requirements, and if the recipients find themselves unable to repay the debt, as history suggests could easily be the case, this becomes a worse alternative to misallocating investment at home.

The Board will also continue to advocate for critical non-transit related investments in Canada's Pacific Gateway, including our roads and highways, bridges, rail network, and our port.

That's the approach Quebec - based Bombardier has taken — the company recently announced its plan to make a C$ 100 - million technology transfer investment into Turkey to help realize the country's high - speed rail vision for 2030.

One feature hindering investment in both the NSW and Queensland coal industries is the fragmented ownership of the supply - chain assets; a large number of mines share mostly state - government - owned rail and port infrastructure.

Accelerated investment in ship - loading and rail capacity has been undertaken over the past year to match expanding iron ore production.

For the two major Queensland supply chains, the ports are operating close to capacity and investment in both port and rail facilities is necessary to allow export growth.

Data from Access Economics suggest some increase is under way in overall investment spending on rail and port projects.

I remember when you railed against investment banks for dreaming up lousy deals in order to mine high fees.

He said infrastructure such as road and rail, water, port facilities and bulk handling facilities, with appropriate government involvement, would be the most likely investment before direct farm investment.

GrainCorp chief executive Mark Palmquist is urging further government investment in the nation's country rail freight network after higher costs left east coast wheat growers uncompetitive in global export markets.

GrainCorp has estimated Australia's proximity to Asia delivers farmers a freight advantage of about $ 10 a tonne of grain, but outgoing chief executive Alison Watkins warned last August that without investment in rail infrastructure this advantage would be lost.

To further your investment, the crib comes with a toddler bed rail.

Rail improvements need # 12 billion investment over five years but the Liberal Democrats propose this could be funded with levies on roads and flights.

Slaughter mentioned that she and Congressman Brian Higgins, D - Buffalo, were looking for money to fund high - speed rail between Buffalo and Rochester to double down on the state's economic development investments.

Wednesday Questions - Applying lessons learned from the privatisation of British Rail to any plans for increased private investment in the UK's motorway and trunk road network, Marking the 200th anniversary of the assassination of Spencer Percival, Prime Minister, on 11 May 2012, Plans for post-legislative scrutiny of the Health and Social Care Act 2011 Legislation - Parliament Square (Management) Bill

The 43 pages amount to a complete overhaul of how Britain is run, with rail, mail and parts of the energy sector nationalised, an enhanced role for trade unions and a substantial increase in public investment - or a dangerous spending spree, in Tory parlance.