Sentences with phrase «at 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.

The new suitcases with smart «rollies» do not help much at mass transit stations or when it is necessary to climb three flights of stairs because the lift does not work.

«Look at the mass transit system here... commuters are doing everything on it except reading!

Not exact matches

At the end of October, the Highway Trust Fund becomes insolvent, lacking the funding it needs to continue projects that repair and build the nation's federal, state, and local highways, bridges, tunnels and mass transit programs.

To suddenly think we might be moving into a future where we're delivering cargo and mass transit at the same time, that's a big mindset change for everybody.

«Whether you're using mass transit for your morning commute, taking an e-bike for a mid-day meeting, using Pool to take a ride home or renting a car for the weekend,» Khosrowshahi said at the press event in D.C. today, «we want Uber to be there with you and we want to partner with cities to be part of our solution moving forward.»

Thomas Stringer, a site - selection manager at professional services firm BDO, said D.C. can satisfy much of Amazon's wish list, from quality of life to access to mass transit.

Have the slaughters at the Munich Olympics, the Achille Lauro, PanAm 103, the World Trade Center (1993 and 2001), the pentagon, and the heroes on flight 93, the khobar towers, the London and Madrid mass transit, the Cole, the embasies in Africa....

A mass transit system was needed to move these people from their homes in the suburbs to the city centre, and attempts at using chain - driven buses had already failed.

Instead of saving our mass transit system and working on other important issues, we're wasting taxpayer dollars so politicians can come to Albany and stare at each other.

Aviation is the hub of a modern economy, maritime is the cash cow, given the normally huge revenue from ports in a globalised economy that thrives on international trade; and rail holds the key to truly modernising the Nigerian local economy, both in the mass transit of people; and mass movement of heavy bulk, at tolerable costs, and with least cost to road infrastructure.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

This includes thousands of new road signs, new mass transit and airport advertising, and new tourism apps announced at the summit.

In a press release on the governor's website, Cuomo explained that he has «directed state law enforcement officials to step up security at high - profile locations around the state, including our airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.»

He says he's directed state law enforcement officials to step up and security and patrols at high - profile locations across New York, including airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.

At noon, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie makes an announcement regarding mass transit and transportation infrastructure in Westchester County, White Plains Train Station, 16 Ferris Ave., White Plains.

The WFP has chosen to hold tomorrow's interviews at the TWU HQ to highlight its ongoing campaign to save public transportation and student MetroCards, according to party spokesman Dan Levitan, who added: «It's a symbolic move to show that affordable, reliable mass transit will continue to be one the Party's big priorities going forward.

Sikora said he was endorsed by StreetsPAC, a traffic advocacy organization, and said he had worked on mass transit issues at NYPIRG.

Cuomo said as much on Monday with reporters in New York City trying to pry details out of him on how he'll propose a system of fees for driving at peak hours in order to relieve congestion and help bolster mass transit.

«With such great wealth concentration at the top of the economic ladder, and working people having a harder and harder time,» Gianaris said, «it seems fair to me that we should ask a little bit more on a temporary basis to make sure mass transit is working for everybody.»

Forty - nine percent of voters in New York disapproved of how Gov. Andrew Cuomo is handling mass transit in the state, while a plurality also disapproved of a proposed congestion pricing plan that is aimed at raising money for trains and buses in New York City, according to a Quinnipiac University poll on Thursday.

«The consensus is someone has to pay the fare for bad mass transit, and at the moment, it's Gov. Andrew Cuomo who's getting his political ticket punched,» said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

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

The highway trust fund shouldn't be used to pay for mass transit, but instead roads, Katko said, or at least mass transit authorities should pay in too.

With less mass transit options than other boroughs, Staten Island residents rely heavily on driving, and 82 percent of households in the borough own at least one car.

After the deadly pickup truck attack in lower Manhattan, commuters traveling to and from New York City can expect to see more security at «high - profile» sites, including mass transit systems, airports, bridges and tunnels, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement Tuesday evening.

At the same time, the study does not rule out mass transit options.

Also at 11 a.m., the MTA PD's canine training facility in Stormville — the only mass transit - related canine training school in the U.S. — opens, MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast, MTA Police Chief Michael Coan, other MTA and police officials, elected officials and canines are expected to attend.

Still, Cuomo has sought to invest heavily in mass transit infrastructure, spending $ 100 billion over the next five years on capital spending projects at the MTA.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses will spend less time tied up at intersections as the city expands the use of technology designed to give mass transit the green light.

On Friday starting at around noon, the contenders to run the country's biggest mass transit network will descend upon Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office, where they will interview with the governor's MTA search committee.

Mr. Stringer acknowledged in an interview on Monday that he would have to win support in Albany for his plan to work — no easy task at a Statehouse where suburban lawmakers are in open revolt against a payroll tax meant to pay for mass transit.

He asserted that Republican senators and congressmen will find themselves at odds with their constituents if they repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut taxes for wealthy interests or slash outlays affordable housing, mass transit or education.

«We know we got a lot more work to do in terms of improving mass transit in the city, but at least these last few days have been better than I think we feared.»

To encourage the use of mass transit this weekend, the Port Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are offering free LaGuardia Link Q70 bus service, in effect at 12:01 a.m., Friday until 11:59 p.m. Monday.

And the agreement adds a $ 2.75 surcharge on ride hail services in Manhattan, aimed at bolstering mass transit and the trouble subway system while also setting in motion a push to reduce congestion.

At 9:30 a.m., the Thruway Authority holds a mass transit task force meeting, White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Ave., White Plains.

Acting out of an «abundance of caution,» the governor announced higher security measures at high - profile locations like airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems after the attack.

After the Nice attack, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he had stepped up security measures at high - profile locations here in New York, including airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.

At 8 a.m., Crain's New York Business holds a summit on fixing the state mass transit system, Sheraton New York Times Square, 811 Seventh Ave., Manhattan.

Extra police were sent to Madison Square Garden Monday night, and Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state is boosting security at airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.

Mr. Astorino is appearing with the mayor this afternoon at a bi-partisan press event to urge increased funding from the federal government for mass transit through a beefed up transportation bill.

Dinowitz, however, thought the city should at least put some extra money into mass transit to cover the MTA's subway rescue plan.

Forced into a corner, the Senate could, say, cut gasoline - tax funding for mass transit, but not eliminate it entirely, thereby allowing Democratic senators to claim they rescued mass transit from the ravages of the House Republicans, and allowing Republicans to get at least some of what they want.

«I am calling for a Green New Deal for New York to establish the human right of all New Yorkers to economic security and prosperity, including decent jobs, living wages, publicly - funded health care, good public education from pre-K through college, and affordable housing, mass transit, and clean energy,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster who unloads trucks at night at UPS in Syracuse.

Matthiessen expains the details of the Move New York plan and its place in this new, unique political moment — Governor Cuomo has recently said that he's looking at some version of a congestion pricing plan and there is immense attention on how the city and state can improve mass transit, reduce traffic congestion, and repair, sustain, and expand the subway and other transportation options.

It is a popular plan aimed at both fighting congestion and raising revenue to create a city with improved mass transit and better flowing roads.

«We had also sought alternative transportation modes that would help relieve at - capacity mass transit service and already - congested roadway networks in the vicinity.

The two leaders also promised to hold drills in the coming months to evaluate each state's response to terrorism and to deploy additional cops, particularly at major mass transit hubs.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a program Wednesday to refurbish the region's mass transit system, after scaling back the cost of the program at the insistence of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.