Sentences with phrase «budget on transportation»

The funds were approved by the agency's board and will come from its capital budget on transportation projects.

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Budget 2016 announces that the Government will eliminate tariffs on about a dozen manufacturing inputs, providing an estimated $ 9 million in tariff savings over the next five years to Canadian manufacturers in the consumer goods and transportation sectors.

And never write off a staycation, which can be a budget - friendly option to escape the tedium of daily life without actually spending on any transportation.

To survive on that income, you'll need to find low rent and set yourself a strict grocery budget — and that's before considering utilities, transportation, healthcare costs and bank fees.

I'd look into cheaper housing, cheaper vehicle and I agree w / the point about the college being one son needs to step up on and making even small savings, shelter, food and transportation the main focus of the budget.

The Chair of the Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee and senior GVBOT staff travelled to Victoria today for the provincial budget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing AffordabBudget and Finance Committee and senior GVBOT staff travelled to Victoria today for the provincial budget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordabbudget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordabbudget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordability.

Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from water, energy.

A February report, released by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, noted that key experts on a small Transport Canada team overseeing the transportation of dangerous goods were affected by budget cuts prior to the Lac - Megantic accident, leading to some early retirements.

Assembly Democrats on Monday evening released their one - house budget proposal, a $ 170 billion spending plan that would fund transportation in New York City through fees on ride hailing services and cabs in Manhattan and add more money for education than what was proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The Assembly's one - house budget would also spend $ 10.5 billion on transportation overall, including adding $ 490 million to the MTA.

Senate Republicans in the final budget agreement were able to secure elements of their original one - house budget resolution on key issues ranging from education aid to upstate transportation, a source familiar with the talks said.

Although the budget also provides $ 100 million to the MTA's capital program from redirected economic development funds, it also proposes using $ 165 million of Metropolitan Mass Transportation Operating Assistance Account funds to pay debt services on State bonds previously issued for the MTA capital program that otherwise would be paid from the General Fund and transferring $ 35 million in MMTOA funds to the General Fund.

The new state budget recently signed by Cuomo creates the Design and Construction Corp., a three - member panel to be selected by Cuomo that will advise other state departments on construction projects costing $ 50 million or more, such as large university buildings, the new Penn Station and planned upgrades at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The governor unveiled his six - point infrastructure and transportation plans on Tuesday that include largely downstate projects and also some sizable cash influxes for statewide transportation budgets.

Speaking to reporters following his first address before the Association for a Better New York in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, Johnson said he has not yet settled on the amount of money he would like to see in the mayor's preliminary budget — which will be unveiled this week — for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

Elected officials joined in Manhattan Sunday with advocacy group Riders Alliance and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli over the weekend with their eyes on the new state dollars made possible through the 2013 - 14 budget passed last month, which included an increase of more than $ 358 million for transit.

As lawmakers prepare for the state budget waltz, the state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday began to preview their one - house budget proposals, which are set to include a 25 percent income tax cut for middle class New Yorkers, a SUNY tuition freeze and «parity» between upstate and downstate transportation funding.

Thursday At the City Council on Thursday, the following committees will hold preliminary budget hearings: — Transportation at 9:30 a.m., regarding the MTA — Fire and Emergency Management at noon, regarding Fire / Emergency Medical Service and the Office of Emergency Management — For - Hire Vehicles at 1:30 p.m., regarding the Taxi and Limousine Commission — Transportation and the Capital Budget at 3 p.m., regarding the DOT expense and capital bbudget hearings: — Transportation at 9:30 a.m., regarding the MTA — Fire and Emergency Management at noon, regarding Fire / Emergency Medical Service and the Office of Emergency Management — For - Hire Vehicles at 1:30 p.m., regarding the Taxi and Limousine Commission — Transportation and the Capital Budget at 3 p.m., regarding the DOT expense and capital bBudget at 3 p.m., regarding the DOT expense and capital budgets

Initially there were concerns over how the city would allocate that budget increase, but at a Staten Island Transportation and Traffic Task Force meeting on Friday, the DOT informed Oddo and councilmembers Debi Rose (D - North Shore) and Steven Matteo (R - Mid Island) about Island - specific spending.

It's a bit of a dicey question for a politician seeking support on Staten Island, but a reasonable topic and important in both transportation planning and broad budgeting for Staten Island services.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said on Wednesday that a defeated referendum testing the public's support for a $ 60 - a-year wheel tax should show state lawmakers that local governments simply can't be left to fend for themselves when they need more money for their transportation budgets.

In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, de Blasio repeatedly said Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

The additional funding, to be announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio during a budget presentation on Thursday, means the Department of Transportation will be able to increase the number of lane miles resurfaced citywide every year.

In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, Bill de Blasio repeatedly said Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

The campaign calls on Governor Cuomo and State Legislature for equal funding between the MTA for New York City and the state Department of Transportation upstate in next year's budget.

In governor Patterson's Executive Budget he created a sales tax that did not exist prior to 2009 in which he forced the Limousine, Black car & Livery industry of NY State to collect sales tax on their services, leaving Taxi, Bus, Funeral and all other forms of transportation tax exempt.

NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Transportation chair, and 33 other lawmakers signed a letter calling on de Blasio to add funding in the next budget for Citi Bike.

«Our budget will focus on technology, power, transportation, access to solar power, promotion of entreprenureship small scale businesses.

Last night, a number of Senate Democrats took their frustration with being excluded from the closed - door budget negotiations on the final product, voting «no» on part of the agreement that dealt with transportation, economic development and environmental spending.

Also at 10 a.m., the NYC Council Transportation Committee holds a preliminary budget hearing on transportation, Council Chambers, City HaTransportation Committee holds a preliminary budget hearing on transportation, Council Chambers, City Hatransportation, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

Today's joint legislative budget hearing in Albany will focus on the governor's transportation proposals.

The first joint legislative budget hearing — on transportation this year, which is a non-traditional place to start — will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the LOB's Hearing Room B.

At 9:30 a.m., the 11th in a series of 13 joint legislative budget hearings is held, this one focused on the transportation portion of the governor's 2017 - 18 spending plan, Hearing Room B, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

The new schedule was funded by Mayor Bill de Blasio in the city's budget and put into place after the Department of Transportation increased staffing on weekends for the extra trips.

The $ 12 billion 2012 budget does not have any fare increases but relies on a three - year pay freeze for the Transportation Workers Union, and borrows billions to fund its capital plan.

Cuomo, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Woodbury Common have offered little additional information since the governor announced «We are putting a Metro - North station at Woodbury Commons...» in an hour - long speech about his proposed 2018 - 19 budget at Marist College on Feb. 22.

Cuomo's proposed $ 168 billion executive budget released Tuesday would impose significant liabilities on de Blasio and the city he governs by requiring it to assume more financial responsibility for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to budget watchdogs.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent raids on the transportation budget took a step closer Tuesday to a statewide referendum.

The state Senate Democratic Conference on Friday sent a letter to Cuomo saying that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority funding issue needs to be a budget priority to ensure «a new generation of investment in our vital transit infrastructure.»

Joseph J. Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, faced lawmakers in Albany on Thursday during a budget hearing.

Speaking during the debate Wednesday morning, both Massey and Malliotakis slammed the mayor on transportation, homelessness, New York City schools and the budget.

By helping local governments avoid federal prevailing wages and regulations on road projects, lawmakers are hoping to make the state's tight transportation budget stretch further.

An unexpected revenue windfall means the state could have enough money to eliminate a projected $ 688 million transportation deficit in the next budget and ensure the on - schedule completion of projects such as the Zoo Interchange reconstruction.

And lawmakers have now agreed to vote on portions of the budget (transportation, public safety, economic development).

Assemblyman Kevin Byrne added: «Last week during our transportation budget hearing, Senate Finance Chairwoman Sen. Cathy Young rightfully asked NYS DOT Commissioner Karas if our state would be facing any federal penalties for its illegal I Love NY signs, which Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo has already spent $ 8.1 million of your hard - earned tax dollars on.

Nothing has been finalized, including the amount of borrowing for transportation projects to be cut, Vos said during a briefing on the status of the budget talks.

• Transportation is the topic of the week's fourth hearing on the executive budget proposal at 10 a.m. in the LOB.

KERRY: The senator is a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the authorization of NASA's budget.

The remaining elected officials did not respond: from the House, Frank Lucas (Committee on Agriculture), Scott Garrett (Committee on the Budget), Fred Upton (Committee on Energy and Commerce), Edward J. Markey and Doc Hastings (both on the Committee on Natural Resources), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Committee on Science, Space and Technology), Bob Gibbs (Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment) and Nick Rahall (Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure); from the Senate, Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow (both on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry), Patty Murray (Committee on the Budget), Jim DeMint (Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation), Lisa Murkowski (Committee on Energy and Natural Resources), James Inhofe and Barbara Boxer (both on the Committee on Environment and Public Works), Harry Reid (majority leader) and Lamar Alexander (Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development).