Sentences with phrase «act as highways»

And within neurons, they act as highways for transporting other proteins.

While previous research had shown that TTLL7 modifies microtubules (hollow tubes that transport cellular components and act as highways and scaffolding in the cell) by adding one or more molecules of the amino acid glutamate, exactly how has remained a mystery.

Tubulin proteins form hollow tubes inside cells called microtubules that provide cytoskeletal structure and also act as a highway system for cellular traffic.

The vagus nerve acts as a highway transporting sleep - inducing chemicals like serotonin and gamma - Aminobutyric acid (GABA) to the brain.

Not exact matches

In other business, commissioners acting as the Zoning Board of Appeals delayed action on a request for construction trailers at Kmart on U.S. Highway 30 until May.

On Thursday, FHWA Acting Administrator Brandye Hendrickson sent a letter to DOT Acting Commissioner Paul A. Karas and New York State Thruway Authority Acting Executive Director Matthew J. Driscoll, notifying them that the federal government would be withholding an estimated $ 14 million from the nearly $ 1 billion it provides New York each year for use on such projects as bridge and highway improvements.

Marx manages a merged highway / buildings & grounds department, while also acting as an appointed water commissioner for the town.

One was the anniversary of the first container ship voyage and the other quite unrelated never connected as far as I can tell was the fiftieth anniversary of the Federal Interstate Highway Act.

National: As President Obama signs the new five - year $ 305 billion FAST ACT highway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constraineAs President Obama signs the new five - year $ 305 billion FAST ACT highway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is consthighway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constraineas a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constHighway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constrained.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970, as the successor to the National Highway Safety Bureau, to carry out safety programs under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Highway Safety Act of 1966.

Ms. Kaleta has served as Chief Counsel of the Research and Special Programs Administration, Acting Chief Counsel of the Federal Transit Administration, Special Assistant to the Chief Counsel of the Federal Highway Administration, and staff attorney in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Highway Trust Fund was established by the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 as a mechanism to finance an accelerated highway program, including construction of the Interstate Highway Highway Trust Fund was established by the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 as a mechanism to finance an accelerated highway program, including construction of the Interstate Highway Highway Revenue Act of 1956 as a mechanism to finance an accelerated highway program, including construction of the Interstate Highway highway program, including construction of the Interstate Highway Highway System.

Section 1105 of the FAST Act establishes a nationally significant freight and highway projects discretionary grant program, referred to by DOT as the FASTLANE grant program.

Center for Accelerating Innovation - to facilitate the rapid deployment of innovation into the highway community through the EDC program — a program that started in 2009 as a formalized FHWA innovation process and was incorporated into law in 2015 in the FAST Act.

Background: Federal interest in preserving highways goes back to the enactment of the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956, which authorized funds for construction of the National Interstate and Defense Highway System, known as the Interstate System.

Background: Section 1105 of the FAST Act establishes a nationally significant freight and highway projects discretionary grant program, referred to by DOT as the FASTLANE grant program.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), hereafter referred to as the «Agencies,» are engaging interested parties in a discussion on the use of programmatic approaches to conduct environmental reviews, as required by Section 1305 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21; 23 U.S.C. 139 (b)(3)-RRB-.

Mr. Gomez serves as a Civil Rights Specialist for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in its Lakewood, Colorado, Resource Center, where he performs work in various civil rights areas, but his main focus is disability law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Bloomberg reports that Barra, alongside National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acting administrator David Friedman, will have to explain why the recall is only happening now after evidence of a problem began to pile up as early as 2001.

WASHINGTON — As required by the bipartisan Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 (PSEA), the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing that hybrid and electric vehicles meet minimum sound standards in order to help make all pedestrians more aware of the approaching vehicles.

We had the interstate highway bill [the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building hihighway bill [the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building hiHighway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building highways.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall modify section 635.411 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), to ensure that States shall have the autonomy to determine culvert and storm sewer material types to be included in the construction of a project on a Federal - aid highway.

2) More importantly, the kinetic system is totally dependent on regenerative braking, and can not be «recharged» while driving at highway speeds like with an electric system (i.e. a Prius acting as a «series - parallel hybrid»).

Pickup trucks are considered commercial vehicles insome states such as New York and are not allowed on parkways without a cover over the bed.In fact, without a cover, the tailgate acts like a big air brake on the highway whichsabotages gas mileage.

INFINITI's autonomous drive technologies will act as a «co-pilot» for the driver, empowering rather than replacing them, and «delegate» more onerous driving tasks to the car — such as navigating stop - start traffic on the highway or keeping track of the positions of surrounding vehicles.

Nevertheless, «the foresight by Teague and AMC was correct» with approaches to meet the evolving U.S. government regulations covering automobiles (such as the Highway Safety Act of 1970 and the new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).

Besides these benefits, researchers believe that the kelp forests might have helped early boaters navigate, acting as a type of «kelp highway».

Highway One acts as Main Street for the people who travel up and down the west coast.

M6 acts as an invocation of the highways and their concrete islands, memorialising their past production and the shifting economies of spent resources.

«Plus, Highway 288 dips in our area and acts as the reservoir for us, and it is holding steady only half full.

We feel that this is supported by the findings from this Review, and as such are recommending to the Ministry of Transportation that the Highway Traffic Act be amended to make helmets mandatory for all cyclists in Ontario.

The TSOs» so - called «Grid Development Plan» forms the basis of the «Federal Requirement Plan for Transmission Networks,» which identifies as «urgent» under the German Energy Act a total of 36 projects, including three north - to - south electricity highways and 21 projects that traverse state or country borders.

Much as signs across the United States remind Americans that highway construction and other infrastructure projects were funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to put Americans back to work during the recession, governments must help the public understand what they gain in return for subsidy reform.

Fuel efficiency standards, measured in miles per gallon, are required under the Energy Independence and Security Act and administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as the

Fuel efficiency standards, measured in miles per gallon, are required under the Energy Independence and Security Act and administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as the CAFE standards.

The principal case relied on by Boyko, J. is the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Mansour2 which held that a parking lot adjacent to an apartment building was not a highway within the meaning of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario as it was then highway within the meaning of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario as it was then Highway Traffic Act of Ontario as it was then worded.

Secondly, and once disclosure is complete and reviewed, you can either plead guilty to the original charge (if this is the only option, the Crown is not willing to negotiate anything better and the case against you is strong upon reviewing disclosure) OR plead guilty to something better that Michael was able to negotiate for you (such as a careless driving charge under the Highway Traffic Act).

Had the defendant council as the responsible highway authority made out its defence under s 58 of the Highways Act 1980?

In particular, having both the statute and its regulations on the same page is not helpful, especially when there are a large number of regulations, as with the Insurance Act or the Highway Traffic Act.

In June, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that statements compelled by the Highway Traffic Act can no longer be used as grounds for a police officer to demand that a suspected drunk driver blow into a screening device, under the Criminal Code.

In addition, the government is proposing to amend Ontario Regulation 629 to modernize the technical requirements for highway vehicles (e.g., buses, transit buses, motor coaches, taxis, physically - disabled - passenger vehicles, and school buses) as part of the ministry's proposed standards under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Unlike criminal law, which prohibits certain activities, laws such as the Highway Traffic Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Food Safety and Quality Act, regulate activities that are otherwise lawful and often quite useful to society.

Justices of the peace have been described as «the workhorses of the provincial regulatory system,» [21] enforcing hundreds of statutes ranging from the Highway Traffic Act to the Occupational Health and Safety Act to the Environmental Protection Act.

The provincial Municipal Act gives municipalities the power to pass by - laws governing a wide range of matters including highways, transportation, waste management, parks, structures, animals, and business licensing, as well as more generally for the «economic, social and environmental well - being of the municipality,» the «health, safety and well - being of persons,» and the «protection of persons and property, including consumer protection.»

Howie recently acted as co-counsel in a case that led to a $ 9 - million settlement for a plaintiff who was severely injured in a collision along Highway 401.

Notable mandates: Represented Halifax Regional Municipality in its 10 - year battle with the federal government over the under - estimation of the value of Citadel Hill pursuant to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act; represented the province of Nova Scotia in the purchase of Bowater Mersey Paper Co. Ltd., and on the NewPage Corp. matter; advised Husky Energy on its South White Rose Extension project; acted for Emera Inc. on the development and transmission of hydroelectric power from Muskrat Falls; acted for Dexter to formulate a 3P bid to complete the twinning of the Saint John to St. Stephen divided highway, and provided legal advice when it won the contract; provided all legal services to establish title to Loblaw Co. Ltd. properties throughout Atlantic Canada as part of the establishment of a proposed REIT; engaged by TransCanada Corp. as local counsel on the Energy East Pipeline Project

Yukon Order in Council 2000/05 Pursuant to subsection 14 (3) of the Highways Act, the Commissioner in Executive Council orders as follows:

New penalties for drug - impaired driving take effect Sunday Oct. 2, 2016, in Ontario Ontario motorists stopped by police for driving while high on marijuana — or other drugs — will face the same Highway Traffic Act penalties as drunk drivers starting Sunday, October 2, 2016.

Even if you have been charged with an offence under the Highway Traffic Act, such as careless driving or driving with a suspended licence, it is critical to get legal advice before making a decision.

Under the Motor Vehicle Act, «highway» is defined as follows: