Sentences with phrase «us road system»

If you do the math, the current value of the U.S. road system is $ 13 trillion, an investment made over the last century.

On one side, you can either increase the supply of roads by laying more pavement, or use technology to squeeze more capacity out of the existing road system.

Look, when we say that God waited to send Jesus until there was a common tongue and a good road system, what we are also saying is that the only part of the world that God really cared about was the part under Roman rule (Most of Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia).

So anyway, while I do think the Roman road system and common language helped the spread of the Gospel, I don't think we can say that this was why Jesus came at the time and place that He did.

The rest of the world did not have access to the Roman road system, nor did they speak the common language of the Roman empire.

Specifically, he used the Roman road system and he wrote manuscripts that were duplicated by hand copying.

Colonies were quickly inter-connected by road system and trade and commerce grew.

In addition to confiscating land, Israelis have taken control of road systems, water supplies, electricity, employment and markets in the occupied territories.

, and her aura was not one which installed colempte confidence in me of her competence.Eventually, we reached a stage where the lead midwife announced that upon another examination (that we had been told was advisable due to the amount of time my partner had been in labour) that she would be calling in an ambulance as the baby was apparently taking longer to recover it «s heart rate between contractions than it had been previously which was a concern, and that my partner needed to be dealt with in hospital.The reassurance of the surroundings of home was soon replaced by a period of comparative chaos and strange faces which then developed into me travelling with my now scared and distressed partner in a speeding ambulance across a busy city road system amidst late afternoon traffic.

Drawing a parallel to the railroads of the 1800's, it is possible that since the infrastructure already exists, (which lowers «entry» / initial investment costs making it a better investment) businessmen might attempt to monopolize the road system.

The roads could be paid for without a centralized tax system by using a toll road system.

Not helping the cause of Niagara Falls, USA was a road system which, critics say, severed the waterfront from the city.

For Jamaica, StreetEasy attributed its rise to a number of favorable factors, including «a healthy growth in population since 2011, strong growth in interest among buyers and renters, comparatively low prices and convenient access to the New York City subway and Long Island Rail Road systems.

«You can not be competitive without access to broadband, it is Eisenhower's highway road system of the»50s.

That's why I have asked the Department for Transport and the Treasury to carry out a feasibility study of new ownership and financing models for the national roads system and to report progress to me in the Autumn.

Together, we can make our road system better.

Draconian cuts during the red - and - green budget fiasco left the Department of Public Works with far too few resources to adequately maintain the sprawling county road system.

I hope we would also agree that a greater emphasis must be placed on repairing our crumbling infrastructure, particularly the county road system.

That is why my colleagues and I in the County Legislature voted to appropriate an additional $ 5 million of the county's fund balance, our rainy day account, to help repair the county road system because it was not just raining; it was pouring.

The ranks of county highway workers were decimated and as a result the road system has suffered for the past decade.

One of the most important tasks of county government is to maintain our county road system.

«We have the water and sewer infrastructure, we have the county road system.

Christina Simmonds, the Ukip branch chairman, said the party had focused on local issues — complaints over changes to the road system in the centre of town, car parking, leisure facilities.

Also, the manufacturing, mining and the National Road Fund Act to fund the rehabilitation and maintenance of the national road system.

«There is no energy grid in Alaska, and often no road system, so we probably can't do this with electricity alone.»

Instead, llamas carried the heavy loads along the empire's vast road system.

«There's a very limited road system, and most of our travels are either by foot or by small airplane,» says Austin, who often spends weeks camped on the banks of the Sepik River in the north - central rain forest where he collects lizards, snakes, and frogs.

Think of an arterial road system into a city that provides hundreds or thousands of routes for different types of vehicles and destinations.

Implementing a speedy and effectual outreach post-disaster is a nontrivial challenge «due to potential infrastructural changes such as destruction of road systems that make some highways impassable, and damage to the facilities and / or warehouses that serve as storage for relief supplies.»

Ur, the principal author of the study, says the extensive road system points to «a far more integrated agricultural economy than anyone had recognized.»

The new evidence suggests repeated climate - driven re-introductions of the bacterium Yersinia pestis via the Silk Road system into European harbors from wildlife rodent reservoirs in Asian plague foci, with a delay of 10 - 15 years after pluvial periods that affected large parts of central Asia.

So I'm playing with the idea that the beginning of containerization and the passage of the Federal Interstate Highway Act are in fact intermittently related to the same cause: the decay of the existing road system.

Following the lead of road systems in the West is a nearly impossible task for the African continent.

The proposed changes would lead to poorer educational outcomes and require thousands of children (some as young as four) to travel long distances on inadequate road systems to school every day;

The new open - air Evoque comes with a host of off - road systems, including hill - descent control and Land Rover's «Terrain Response» system.

The new data, published in FHWA's latest «Traffic Volume Trends» report — a monthly estimate of U.S. road travel — illustrate the growing demands facing the nation's road system.

While it seats only five, the Grand Cherokee has luxurious appointments in its top trims that allow it to easily go head - to - head with the GX 460 — plus a choice of powertrains, a sophisticated off - road system and plenty of towing capacity.

America's road system has grown substantially since FHWA was first established.

Discrepancies may occur between the mapping and the actual location due to changes in street names, construction or other road system changes which are beyond the control of Volkswagen Canada.

So, how does this new off - road system work?

A Land Rover representative told me, as I drove up and down dirt tracks with minimal traction, that the car would figure out which program it should use when Terrain Response was left in automatic, but its off - road systems would work faster if I had the right program already dialed in.

Perhaps better than any other vehicle on the market, this new Discovery proves just how outdated that notion is — not only is this British - built SUV a fully modern proposition, it's one of the more involved and tech - rich vehicles on the road, thanks to its deeply complex off - road systems and considerable luxuries.

Being a Jeep vehicle, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is equipped with advanced off - road systems, like the Selec - Terrain ® traction control system, which allows you to tackle any environment.

The suspension will shrug off broken surfaces and bumps in the road too, cossetting passengers from the worst of the UK's road system.

The XC60's standard - fit safety technologies are excellent, or rather those that we were able to test are - its Turn Across Path and Run Off Road systems are not yet a feature of the Euro NCAP programme.»

All diesel models get full - time four - wheel drive and an active off - road system that adjusts the systems to suit different terrains, but the Overland, Summit and SRT8 versions get more advanced and capable four - wheel - drive systems.

Though not many people are going to take a $ 70,000 — let alone $ 90,000 - plus — vehicle for a romp in the mud, it's nice to know that, if you must diverge from the civilized road, the 2009 Land Rover Range Rover is equipped with one of the finest off - road systems ever designed.

It has class - leading approach, departure and breakover angles (24.3, 26.5 and 20.1 degrees respectively, compared to 34.7, 29.6, and 26.3 for a «proper» Range Rover), can wade in up to 650 mm of water, and has a bunch of clever off - road systems including Low Traction Launch, Hill Descent Control and Gradient Release Control fitted as standard.

Adaptive Cruise Control in the Range Rover Sport, automatically keeping distance from slower vehicles ahead, helped ease the long highway miles, although I found on curvier roads the system was prone to misidentifying which cars were actually in the the lane ahead of me.

Inclusions are autonomous emergency braking and updated infotainment systems as well as an intuitive mode - based (and more advanced) off - road system.