Sentences with phrase «as road transportation»

Focused on the power, manufacturing, and aviation sectors, the ETS only covers 45 percent of the total amount of carbon emissions in Europe, while leaving out some of the main culprits such as road transportation and agriculture.

Location near the water and major ports as well as road transportation making shipping important to the local economy.

Not exact matches

Pennsylvania Representative Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has encouraged his Republican colleagues to consider raising the gas tax as a way to keep the Highway Trust Fund — which funds road, bridge and transit projects — solvent after 2021.

The number of cars on the road is expected to decrease by 135 million globally as car sharing and public transportation improve.

Putting a price on roads is often described — to mix transportation metaphors — as the «third rail» of Canadian politics.

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association released their 2017 Bridge Report which outline the 55,710 bridges in the US classified as «structurally deficient.»

TransLink, as the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority is known, has control over all public transit and roads in Vancouver and its surrounding cities.

In terms of our transportation infrastructure, according to the most recent World Economic Forum rankings, the U.S. fell from 7th to 18th in the quality of our roads over the past decade, as our investments in this space have declined by half as a share of GDP since the 1960s.

Housing affordability topped the list, identified by 40 per cent of respondents, followed closely by the need to invest in public transit as well as broader transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and highways.

Distance to travel to the audit location, as well as they condition of the roads (transportation costs and time add to the cost of the audit).

Now it is a life on wheels with all the problems of such a life: two small daughters who have to sleep on a shelf of the truck Garlits uses as transportation; a wife trying to make a home on the road; short, frantic visits to places like Half Moon Bay and Yellow Belly and Cicero and Oswego; road maps and strong coffee and restless sleep at roadside.

And perhaps not surprisingly, despite a long road of personal responsibility that started in 3rd grade on public transportation, my journey as a parent is where I've realized the full scope of personal responsibility.

Beckman, who retired as an assistant vice president of transportation for Milwaukee Road in Chicago, learned his new trade from his father, Alfred, a retired farmer who spent the last 10 years of his life making brooms as a hobby.

In transportation, this well - established response is known in various contexts as the Downs - Thomson Paradox, The Pigou - Knight - Downs Paradox or the Lewis - Mogridge Position: a new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term, but almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost due to increased demand in the longer term.

Road data also shows, thought, that removing or leaving lanes «as they are», without providing any alternative system of transportation, leads to bigger jams, the best examples coming to any city near you without a responsible infrastructure design ®

Among our team is the person who served two Governors as lead transportation advisor, overseeing roads and bridges, as well as mass transit.

«I don't remember as I always say that under NPP for eight years, Ghana was actually a paradise but look around you today, look at our interventions in transportation, look at our transformation in the sea ports of Ghana, look at the transformation in our road network, look at the elevations in all the key medical facilities we have across the country, look at the new ones coming up, look at the housing infrastructure...» she pointed out in response to claims by the NPP that the Mahama administration has been a disaster and made Ghanaians poorer.

The news comes as several transportation improvements begin today, with the Long Island Rail Road on a weekday schedule on 10 of 11 tracks.

The Department of Transportation is using Staten Island as a testing ground for rubberized asphalt, paving a portion of West Fingerboard Road in Grasmere with the material last fall.

Also road congestion pricing schemes have been implemented in a limited number of urban areas as a transportation demand management tool to try to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

«As chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, he fought to ensure New York's roads, bridges and mass transit systems are safe and reliable.»

The NYC Department of Transportation said it has repaved 4,734 miles of road as of last week, with the agency on track to reach its target of fixing 1,300 miles this year.

The study failed to mention the city's laundry list of ongoing transportation - related issues — numerous derailments at Penn Station, its tardiness in completing $ 100 million in road projects that has caused crippling traffic around JFK and La Guardia airports, and subway delays that cost residents as much as $ 389 million a year in lost wages and productivity.

Housing needs, such as affordable housing and housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the forums.

NEW YORK, NY — The New York State Thruway Authority, New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the Trucking Association of New York today announced «Safety Breaks» as part of the Trucking Association's Share the Road program to educate the general motoring public about the blind spots around large commercial trucks.

Improving our roads, bridges, water, and sewer infrastructure has always been a top priority of mine as a member of the Assembly's Transportation Committee.

Udoma listed capital priority projects in 2016 to include power projects, transportation, railways and roads as well as water projects.

Even as Republican lawmakers try to tie eliminating the state's prevailing wage to lowered costs for road projects, the top transportation official says he is skeptical about the hoped - for savings.

As it is with other mega cities in the world, such as New York, New Delhi and Jakarta, the population growth in Lagos brings with it challenges, ranging from environmental to transportation and provision of a good road network, among otherAs it is with other mega cities in the world, such as New York, New Delhi and Jakarta, the population growth in Lagos brings with it challenges, ranging from environmental to transportation and provision of a good road network, among otheras New York, New Delhi and Jakarta, the population growth in Lagos brings with it challenges, ranging from environmental to transportation and provision of a good road network, among others.

There, local or regional state transportation workers will re-purpose the panels which can serve as the road surfaces for smaller bridges.

Wills said he chose the Sutphin Boulevard location as his headquarters not only because it is in the center of the district, but also because it is close to major public transportation hubs such as the Long Island Rail Road.

2013 Budget Proposal Includes Additional $ 700,000 for Pay - As - You - Go Capital Improvements and $ 39 Million Investment in County's Roads, Bridges, Parks and new Senior Transportation Vans

Wheel - tax revenue can be used for nothing besides transportation projects, such as maintenance of roads and bridges or public - transit operations.

Earlier this year, STRI research associate William Laurance published a paper in Science, stressing the importance of considering wildlife conservation during transportation infrastructure planning, because it is well known in the conservation community that roads «can unleash a Pandora's box of environmental ills, such as land encroachment, wildlife poaching, forest fragmentation, exotic species invasions and illegal mining.»

That study, which appeared in Transportation Research Part F in 2002, still stands as one of the clearest examples of what it means not to give full attention to the road.

The team noted that the plague tended to spread along established transportation lines, such as major roads, rivers, and coastlines, and moved fastest on these routes.

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that in the past 20 years roads along the East Coast have experienced a 90 percent increase in flooding — often making the roads in these communities impassable, causing delays, as well as stress, and impacting transportation of goods and services.

Certain new construction costs — items such as land acquisition, water and sewer line extensions, transportation and road work, for example — may not be factored into the comparison,» the report states.

about U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces More Than $ 319 Million as Repayment for Repairs to Damaged Roads and Bridges

It was the first time such a structure was used for a transportation project and has since become a standard provision of many TIFIA loans that have uncertain revenues pledged, such as toll road revenue.

As part of the Safer People, Safer Streets Initiative the Department's field offices convened transportation agencies to conduct road safety assessments in every state.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao directed Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today to award $ 10 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help begin repairs on the bridge over Atlanta's I - 85 near Piedmont Road which collapsed during rush hour as a result of intense heat from a fire below.

When you first see it in the flesh, life - size on a real road, the i3 strikes you as an oddly shaped transportation device — and that's notwithstanding the blue - swirl camo on this prototype.

Title: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces More Than $ 319 Million as Repayment for Repairs to Damaged Roads and Bridges Link: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary...

Thirteen years ago, the association lobbied the U.S. Transportation Department to designate Woodward the nation's first «All - American Road,» as part of its work to identify and designate local landmarks.

Subject to this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall make and administer a compliance, safety, and accountability grant program to assist States, local governments, and other entities and persons with motor carrier safety and enforcement on highways and other public roads, new entrant safety audits, border enforcement, hazardous materials safety and security, consumer protection and household goods enforcement, and other programs and activities required to improve the safety of motor carriers as determined by the Secretary.

I heard she had studied public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School and had taken a job with the late Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, but only recently I read that she had just been confirmed by the Senate as the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy under Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, having done stints with Senators Charles Schumer and Barbara Boxer and become an expert in matters near and dear to Automobile Magazine readers» hearts - roads, highways, and transporTransportation Policy under Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, having done stints with Senators Charles Schumer and Barbara Boxer and become an expert in matters near and dear to Automobile Magazine readers» hearts - roads, highways, and transporTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood, having done stints with Senators Charles Schumer and Barbara Boxer and become an expert in matters near and dear to Automobile Magazine readers» hearts - roads, highways, and transportationtransportation policy.

Also, take advantage of benefits such as 24 - hour Roadside Assistance, Courtesy Transportation, and the Powertrain Limited Warranty coverage to give you confidence on the road.

It goes on to discuss such diverse methods of transportation as skis and sleds, horses and wagons, and seafaring vessels, as well as such adjunct topics as roads, maps, and vehicles for moving objects.

The capital city of Bangkok boasts state of the art transportation such as the elevated mass transit system known as the Skytrain and massive stretches of elevated roads that whisk traffic in and out of the city (I recollect that we traveled on one such continuously elevated road for more than 40 miles!)