Sentences with phrase «by public transit on»

Within Canada, there aren't any non co-terminal airports that are easily accessible by public transit on the ground.

Not exact matches

Jarrett Walker, a prominent public transit advocate and consultant, entered the fray by describing Musk's disdain for public transit as «a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford,» and accusing him, in essence, of attempting to impose his phobia of strangers on everyone.

Earlier this month, Google Glass made transit details a part of the wearable technology experience by allowing users who have paired Glass with an Android device to see public transit directions on the device.

A transportation study by the statistical analysis media site FiveThirtyEight showed that completing 85 percent of trips on public transit and 15 percent with Uber roughly equaled the cost of car ownership.

On the demand side, you can try to remove people from their cars, by pulling them out with public transit or pushing them out using road tolls.

Chariot, the commuter shuttle provider owned by Ford, has received a private transit program permit to operate more safely and, ideally, have less of an impact on public transit in San Francisco.

While we are encouraged by the recent progress on public transit expansion and improvement, we remain concerned that the strength of our families, businesses, and overall economy will be negatively impacted should dedication to meaningful, timely transit and transportation investments waver.

In my pre-child life, I have been on the receiving end of nonstop kicks to my seat by a small child and yes, it is annoying, but still, you have to realize they are children and that airplanes are what amounts to public transit for longer travel, so it's not going to be perfect.

I live in nyc and travel by public transit but i refuse to go on the bus with the stroller because of how big the stroller is.

Introduction of Public - Private Partnerships to Improve Mass Transit In October 2014, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report based on a NYC Transit survey that found that approximately 90 percent of New York subway stations had structural defects, yet ridership grows by more than 30 million rides each year.

A public hearing on traffic congestion in Manhattan is being held by Borough President Gale A. Brewer, together with government transportation agencies and regulators, experts, advocates for consumers and transit riders, and transportation industry stakeholders.

PLATTSBURGH Students displaced by the closure of the Webb Island footbridge last month can now catch a ride to school on Clinton County Public Transit (CCPT).

The Queens Public Transit Committee is a small but energetic group recently founded by Queens residents focused on the possible reopening of a long dormant Long Island Railroad Rockaway Beach Branch.

By contrast, 2.2 million New York City residents rely on public transit to get to work, including 190,000 working poor.

The mayor was flanked by members of DC 37, a public union that endorses de Blasio for reelection; his MTA board appointee David Jones, who has criticized NYPD fare evasion arrests; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Transportation; former City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod; and a slew of elected officials and transit advocates.

By James Briggs The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday capped two decades of public transit debate by approving construction of a $ 64.6 million, 2.1 - mile streetcar linBy James Briggs The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday capped two decades of public transit debate by approving construction of a $ 64.6 million, 2.1 - mile streetcar linby approving construction of a $ 64.6 million, 2.1 - mile streetcar line.

Officials said robust efforts reducing reliance on fossil fuels by expanding public transit, including electric buses and rail service, as well as conservation and a transition to renewables can help further lower the community's figure.

The two men held a press conference to draw attention to the proposed measure Friday at the County Center bus stop in Riverside, where they were joined by Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter; Southold Supervisor Scott Russell; Tom Neely, Southampton Town transportation director; and Vince Taldone of Five Town Rural Transit, a group that has worked to improve public transportation on the East End.

After walking miles in heels and getting there late and being underwhelmed, we almost got run over by fighting teenagers in one of the public transit tunnels on our way home.

Throughout a semester - long course, the nonprofit implements a civics curriculum based on students» civic identities and issues they care about, such as gang violence, public transit, or youth employment.25 The course framework encourages students to think through an issue by researching its root cause, developing an action plan, getting involved in their community through engagement tactics, and presenting their efforts to their class.

The author speculates that this may be caused by dependence on «forms of transportation more likely to fail during snowstorms, such as public transit or low quality cars» or to placing «less value on school attendance.»

Every 2 years beginning 2019, compile a report on the operation of the Federal transit benefit program for reference when queried by Legislative or public requests for information on the Federal program.

She is responsible for providing direction to a team of investigators on process requirements and approaches for resolving ADA and Title VI complaints filed by members of the public against transit providers.

Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) serves as one of the principal means by which the public transportation industry can develop innovative near - term solutions to meet demands placed on it.

Music for my podcast is «Ra - Monk» by Eval Manigat on the «Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective» CD by Public Transit Recording, courtesy of IODA Promonet.

Music by «Ra - Monk» by Eval Manigat on the «Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective» CD by Public Transit Recording, courtesy of IODA Promonet.

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This version is «Ra - Monk» by Eval Manigat on the «Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective» CD by Public Transit Recording» CD, courtesy of IODA Promonet.

Music for this podcast is «Ra - Monk» by Eval Manigat on the «Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective» CD by Public Transit Recording, courtesty of IODA Promonet.

Maps (good): The Maps application included with BlackBerry 10 is powered by Tom Tom, so it'll give you driving directions based on their data, but if you're a commuter who relies on walking or public transit directions, don't expect that kind of service here.

Even if you have a car with you, it's generally easier to get around on foot, by bike, or on public transit than to deal with the hassle and expense of parking in the city.

As an accomplished artist practicing in the public realm, she also realizes large - scale, permanent installations commissioned by major public agencies on the federal level as well as city and arts for transit programs.

Hop on the Bus: Start Riding Public Transit Track Buses by Phone, Internet, Bus Stop Crazy Bus Stops From Around the World What's Bus Stop Consolidation?

For example, according to IEA analysis presented in the special section on urban energy systems in Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 (ETP 2016) the gradual evolution of urban transport systems to encourage walking, cycling and public transit could save $ 21 trillion by 2050, while at the same time making a significant dent in greenhouse gas emissions.

We work with clients that positively impact their communities by inspiring people to choose energy - efficient LEDs; opt for sustainable seafood; be safer on the road; take public transit; save water; recycle; compost; protect shorelines; choose a safe sex...

The Energy Office promotes activities to reduce reliance on fossil fuels by promoting conservation through improved fuel economy, use of public transit and carpooling, and development of walk and bike - ways.

He then continues with his prescription and prediction: «we had better prepare to make other arrangements for living in this country, by which I mean specifically re-localizing, de-globalizing, with an emphasis on local agriculture wherever possible, the emergency restoration of passenger railroad service and related modes of public transit, the rebuilding of local commercial infrastructures, and a radical rethinking of how we inhabit the landscape.»

But more recently, transit providers everywhere have realized that by unlocking their data, they can gain access to a vast network of developers and thinkers who will take on the task of creating websites, publications, iPhone apps and any number of other systems for helping people use public transit better.

Her goal is to make suburban sprawl a thing of the past by equipping local governments with the tools to build neighborhoods centered on public transit and walking.

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The average Manhattanite consumes gasoline at a rate that the country as a whole hasn't matched since the mid-nineteen-twenties, when the most widely owned car in the United States was the Ford Model T. Eighty - two per cent of Manhattan residents travel to work by public transit, by bicycle, or on foot.

But there are some promising precedents: an eco rap by China's Green Beat on how using Beijing's public transit can win over the opposite sex and an awesome Dadaist meditation climate change by Dr. Octagon.

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Not only would it have jeopardized funding for mass transit and axed important pedestrian and bicycle programs, but Republicans were planning on paying for the increased costs by opening up vast swaths of public lands for oil and gas drilling.

(1) The right to transport through the territory of one of the Contracting Parties a person surrendered to the other Contracting Party by a third State shall be granted on request made through the diplomatic channel, provided that conditions are present which would warrant extradition of such person by the State of transit and reasons of public order are not opposed to the transit.

Ride sharing services like Lyft provide a valuable service in reducing drunk driving and providing alternatives to public transit, and may also one day help significantly reduce our carbon footprint by reducing the number of total cars on the road.

We have successfully represented clients who have been affected by public - transit incidents of various sorts and with different causes on buses, streetcars, subways, airport shuttles and taxis.

To make the time commuting by public transit pass more quickly, I find watching movie rentals or purchases from iTunes, although expensive, to be a satisfactory experience holding the device on my lap (although it is true what they say about the glare — it is hard to view content in bright sunlight).

You can lower your rates on Arlington Heights insurance quotes just by taking public transit or carpooling.