Sentences with phrase «about transportation systems»

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«It's very sad and I'm very conscious that this woman's family has suffered a tremendous loss, but if you think about the industry, it's the safest form of transportation ever built and it's done nothing but improve,» said John Cox, a former airline pilot who is now president of consulting company Safety Operating Systems.

British tycoon Richard Branson - backed Virgin Hyperloop One is proposing to build a super-fast transportation system in India that would connect the city of Pune with the planned new airport in Mumbai in 25 minutes, saving about three hours.

«However, a person or business needs to think about what local amenities are important to them too, whether it be local public transportation systems, walkability, access to natural amenities, and so forth.»

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a group of about a hundred engineers from around the world, have come together via the JumpStartFund crowdsourcing platform to pitch together their ideas for a working Hyperloop system in exchange for potential equity.

Along with Vaughn, Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch have also been linked to starring roles in True Detective season two, which will take place in California and may or may not be about the «secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system»...

In the same way, you need a tight system for knowing about guest food restrictions ahead of time, and you need to ensure your transportation phase keeps things separated in order to avoid cross-contact.»

It is also important for women thinking about a planned home birth to consider if they are healthy and considered low - risk and to work with a CNM, certified midwife, or physician who practices in an integrated and regulated health system; have ready access to consultation; and have a plan for safe and quick transportation to a nearby hospital in the event of an emergency.

Find data on local demographics, transportation, land use, economic activity, food systems, and more that can help uncover what the data says about your community.

In her remarks, Teachout highlighted the potential for innovation through 21st century transportation technology by not «just treating the MTA like an ATM as Andrew Cuomo does, but investing in our transit system, and then encouraging entrepreneurs to come here to invest in new transit systems that we haven't even thought about yet.»

About Sibley Square WinnDevelopment is reshaping Downtown Rochester with a multi-year project to transform Sibley Square into a vibrant, mixed - use urban center, featuring the best apartment homes in Rochester, Class - A office space, green living, elegant landscaping, premier security systems and centralized transportation.

Also this week, DeWitt and Bill Mahoney of Politico New York sit down at the Reporters Roundtable to talk about the ongoing soap opera being acted out among the state Senate's Democratic factions, and the Cuomo administration's continued efforts to distribute blame for the problems facing the downstate transportation system.

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.

Congressional members, transit officials and labor leaders have raised an alarm about proposed Republican legislation that would end automatic federal transportation money and leave New York City's transit system in jeopardy.

As director of SU's sustainability education, May «works with professors and students from all disciplines, as well as with staff in energy management, food services, parking and transportation, buildings and grounds, and waste management to promote understanding and research about the university as a whole system of resources and best practices,» according to a university webpage.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio faced tough questions from state lawmakers about the city's contribution to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday as officials in City Hall, the governor's office and the Legislature continue to debate how to bail out a subway system beset by breakdowns and delays.

De Blasio has voiced concerns about assuring that money raised in the city through congestion pricing gets spent on the city's transportation system.

Both the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization act.

Coalition members are concerned about the impact of Quail Ranch on the already overextended water resources, transportation systems, and infrastructure needs in existing communities.

Series creator Nic Pizzolato has previously revealed that the second season of the series, set in a fictional California town, would be about «hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United States transportation system.»

Pizzolatto has previously described the script as being about «hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United States transportation system.»

John Wells, a longtime writer - producer in series television (ER, The West Wing), makes his feature debut with a compelling story about three executives (Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones) who get canned after long careers with a manufacturing conglomerate called Global Transportation Systems (GTX).

Because there, you have to think about how you build the education, transportation, and housing systems simultaneously.

They are adamant about the need to improve the enrollment system to take into account distance that children have to travel because of transportation and the need for siblings to attend the same school.

It's about whether we have a transportation system that moves us forward or one that holds us back.

about U.S. Department of Transportation's National Freight Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations to Improve National Freight System

The report set the stage for conversations about the future of the Nation's transportation system and meeting the needs of the expected growth.

Mr. Eck leads a federal workforce of about 900 employees and manages the $ 1 billion annual budget of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).

There's widespread disagreement about how autonomous systems will work, how they will integrate into a mature transportation system that already embraces more than a billion nonautonomous vehicles, and even what the true benefits will be.

The bold initiatives they proposed demonstrated that the future of transportation is not just about using technology to make our systems safer and more efficient — it's about using these advanced tools to make life better for all people, especially those living in underserved communities.

Research where you will be visiting to find out more about their public transportation system.

How to travel to and within Switzerland: In this module, you will learn about Switzerland's transportation system, also known as the Swiss Travel System, which, precise like a Swiss watch, connects even the most remote places by train, bus, andsystem, also known as the Swiss Travel System, which, precise like a Swiss watch, connects even the most remote places by train, bus, andSystem, which, precise like a Swiss watch, connects even the most remote places by train, bus, and boat.

Elon Musk has revealed a whole host of details about his subterranean tunnel transportation system called Loop.

In the long run I don't think we will succeed in getting transportation of oil by trying to stop oil production on a site - by - site basis, we are going to have to put a high price on transportation fuels that have high carbon emissions and get much more serious about driving energy innovation they can get the transportation system off carbon.

Thomas — You're absolutely correct about the impact our transportation system has on greenhouse gas emissions.

My first EcoChallenge was to take on the hyperlocavore 100 mile diet, and since then I've thought about food, food transportation and the import / export systems nearly every time I grocery shop.

About Hubway The Hubway system is regional public transportation by bike, owned by the municipalities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville and operated by Motivate, a national leader in bike share.

Designed for future implementation in California's Silicon Valley, with rails extending throughout the valley, the system maintains some of what we love most about cars — a private, comfortable way to get from Point A to Point B — while also solving some of the issues associated with car - based transportation — skyrocketing oil use, global warming emissions, a lack of safety, and traffic.

The decisions we make about how to expand our transportation systems to meet growing needs in the next one, five, ten years will have enormous impacts.

A truly sustainable transportation system goes well beyond electrifying the vehicles we use; it's about transitioning the system to one in which we can all thrive.

Significant emission reductions from the transportation sector will help the Bay Area attain and maintain state and national air quality standards and reduce greenhouse gases.Bay Area residents and visitors can learn more about the bike share system at www.bayareabikeshare.com, scheduled to go live later today, facebook.com/bayareabikeshare,and @sfbayareabikeshare on Twitter.The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is the regional agency responsible for protecting air quality in the nine - county Bay Area.

We think of wealth as a Wall Street guy buying a new Ferrari, but when we talk about the world, wealth is the ability to build a strong enough house and have good enough emergency systems and transportation to not die in a hurricane.

Our auto - centric transportation system currently produces about five percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

For anyone who's lived here, it really doesn't take an expert to recognize that the island - state has a number of things going for it: a contained urban area (the longest east - west stretch is just over 40 km and north - south stretch about 20 km), one of the most efficient and reliable electrical grids, sophisticated IT sector, ambitions to remain at the forefront of maintaining its already world - class transportation infrastructure, and a top - down policy environment which will ensure rapid deployment of a complicated and ambitious system once there is buy - in from the top.

Kunstler insists that he is not all doom and gloom, that we can be sensible about how we design our cities and towns, our transportation systems and our food supply and adapt to new conditions.

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We are an independent, non-partisan science organization that researches and reports the facts about climate change impacts, such as extreme weather, drought, flooding, wild fires, and sea level rise, as well as alternative energy systems and transportation.

A nationwide coalition of organizations, Transportation for America is also calling for a a revamped system of transportation in America, including federal help in retrofitting unsafe urban roads, complete streets for cars, cyclists and pedestrians, more local and democratic decision - making and using transport to create affordable housing and jobs (they are talking about over 20 million new jobs in building new infrastructure and repaiTransportation for America is also calling for a a revamped system of transportation in America, including federal help in retrofitting unsafe urban roads, complete streets for cars, cyclists and pedestrians, more local and democratic decision - making and using transport to create affordable housing and jobs (they are talking about over 20 million new jobs in building new infrastructure and repaitransportation in America, including federal help in retrofitting unsafe urban roads, complete streets for cars, cyclists and pedestrians, more local and democratic decision - making and using transport to create affordable housing and jobs (they are talking about over 20 million new jobs in building new infrastructure and repairing the old).

There's much to dislike about the Senator, but he does understand the importance of electrifying our transportation system (too bad he wants to power it with nuclear plants).

Many public transportation systems are intuitive and have central hubs where you can get a lot of information about a number of routes at once — think New York City's subway system or Washington D.C.'s metro trains.

It all started when three MIT students put together a presentation for their network security class at MIT about their findings regarding the security vulnerabilities of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's CharlieCard fare - pass system.