Sentences with phrase «about mass transit»

The same article, with only irrelevant semantic changes, could have been written - and indeed, is often written - about our general education systems, about our university systems, about our health care systems, about our mass transit systems, about our infrastructure, and so on.

And we didn't hear anything about mass transit outlined anywhere in the economic bailout.

The point is to eliminate the four main reasons people whine about mass transit: having to get to and from a station or bus stop; having to wait for the bus or train to arrive; having to make a bunch of stops and possibly change buses or trains; and being stuck with a large group of people who may be as crabby as you are about the whole ordeal.

Not exact matches

Talk about bad timing: President Obama is due in NYC today — just as news broke about his administration's decision to cut anti-terror funding for the city's mass transit system and port security.

ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big - projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.

Cuomo noted only about 5 percent of outer borough residents drive into Manhattan, with the vast majority of commuters taking mass transit.

With less mass transit options than the other boroughs, about 82 percent of Island households have at least one car.

Albanese is also talking a lot about the subways, seizing on the city's transit woes and saying he wants to be «the mass transit mayor.»

Asked about his latest commute by subway, de Blasio said his morning trip from Gracie Mansion to Brooklyn and then to City Hall is logistically too complicated for mass transit.

After weeks of silence about the state of mass transit, this finally provoked Mayor Bill de Blasio to finally criticize Cuomo, drawing a nasty rebuke from Cuomo's spokesman.

New York state legislators on Thursday expressed confusion about how, exactly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 26 billion plan to invest in the region's mass transit system could actually be dubbed a plan, since it contains no explanation of where its funding is coming from.

Cuomo pitched a new big - projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.

Legislators expressed confusion about how, exactly, Cuomo's $ 26 billion plan to invest in the region's mass transit system could actually be dubbed a plan, since it contains no explanation of where its funding is coming from.

Transportation advocates are concerned about Cuomo's interest in the city's mass transit system and have been pushing Cuomo to pick someone with experience with a large transit system.

De Blasio, who gets to recommend four members to the board — subject to Cuomo's forwarding the nominations to the Senate, for its approval — now routinely responds to every question about problems with the city's mass transit system by saying that the MTA is a state creature.

«Some of the changes needed would benefit cities all over the country... I would borrow from Mayor Bloomberg's efforts on gun control... but I have a more economic frame... I'm concerned about getting the federal government back into the mass transit and affordable housing business where it was for a half - century and should be and can be again.»

After weeks of silence about the state of mass transit, this provoked Mayor Bill de Blasio to finally criticize Cuomo, drawing a nasty rebuke from Cuomo's spokesman.

The NYT opines: «If (Cuomo) is serious about «a redesign of the M.T.A. on every level,» he should look for new ways to pay for mass transit.

Cuomo acknowledged the political challenges of approving new tolls but said decisions about how to address traffic and the city's beleaguered mass transit system have been put off too long.

Daily News City Hall Bureau Chief Jennifer Fermino reports that Bloomberg, during his weekly radio show, jabbed Cuomo for not including mass transit as part of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, which is about to begin construction.

Cuomo, who effectively runs the MTA, has been butting heads with de Blasio about funding mass transit.

Cuomo (pictured), who effectively runs the MTA, has been butting heads with de Blasio about funding mass transit.

Pollsters at Quinnipiac University called 822 voters on landlines and cellphones, asking questions about subways, buses, funding for mass transit — along with questions about the ongoing feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The first, named CoRoT - 7b after the spacecraft that witnessed the transits, weighs about five Earth - masses, measuring about one - and - a-half times Earth's width.

Eventually, there was a bit of gas - tax money to spend on mass transit, and ISTEA is the bill that gave states more flexibility about how to spend it.

That said, it'll probably meet the needs of an undemanding driver who really doesn't care about cars but doesn't have (or prefers not to use) mass transit.

The switched.com piece says mass - transit commuters with e-readers are downloading romances in record numbers because they don't have to worry «about a fellow traveler casting a judgemental glance» at the book cover.

I told you about an experiment that Massachusetts» mass transit system — the MBTA — was trying.

There was a rush to mass transit, a glut of SUV's for sale, and a shift in attitudes about the merits of suburban life.

Such changes might depend on a social movement for climate stabilization that supports long - term changes in social norms (e.g. about family size), greater availability of mass transit, climate - friendly urban design, or other actions that are impractical on the short term but on a longer time scale increase the plasticity of potentially high - impact behaviors.

He's also about to relocate from the San Francisco Peninsula to North Berkeley, remodeling a home within walking / biking distance of everything, including great mass transit.

Now just one more thing, how about using some of the income from the much needed carbon tax to finance energy efficient housing at mass transit stops.

Yet from supporting bike to work day through greening Madison Square to getting serious about physically separated bike lanes, the planning authorities, citizen activists and even politicians of New York City seem to have put their weight behind pedestrian, bike and mass - transit friendly planning.

Bikes and mass transit are central to sustainable urban mobility, so no wonder we get so excited about folding bikes.

Read more about what they have to say about investment in mass transit here and here.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a mass transit accident, contact attorney J. Todd Tenge, serving Boulder, Fort Collins, Denver, and nearby Colorado locations, to speak with him and the talented Tenge Law team about your options for pursuing a lawsuit and financial compensation.

If your employer lets you work four ten - hour days, you're spending about $ 1,100 a month on airfare and some pocket change for mass transit from SFO to work.

Meanwhile, according to the American Public Transportation Association, mass transit produces 95 percent less carbon monoxide, 90 percent less volatile organic compounds, and about half as much carbon dioxide as private vehicles.