Sentences with phrase «city by public transportation»

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While pricey, cost of living in New York City is offset by its top public transportation system, diverse population, and electric atmosphere.

The city also wants to encourage its inhabitants to travel by bicycle, by public transportation or on foot, and its urban planning revolves around this.

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The draft recommendations made today by the City of Toronto mark a critical step in increasing public transportation options.

Hopefully by the time I get home today — who knows when that will be with the mess of public transportation available in the city — I will be able to curl up with your cookbook and decide what delicious recipes to spend my weekend making.

A victory parade is set to take place in downtown Seattle, and fans are being encouraged by the city to carpool or use public transportation to reach the area, due to lack of available parking.

Some of New York State's major transportation infrastructure projects are now benefiting from expanded use of the design - build process — but a costly pro-union rider has been attached to proposed legislation extending design - build authorization to public works financed by New York City, and could set a troubling precedent.

The report, «Vision Zero: How Safer Streets In New York City Can Save Over 100 Lives A Year,» was issued on June 8th by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and Transportation Alternatives.

But if you're riding the bus to a public high school here in the City of Buffalo and it's your only mode of transportation, you don't ride the bus by choice.

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.

WESTCHESTER, NY — For many Westchester residents, the most important public transportation system in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which gets them into the city via the Metro - North Railroad, and then to their workplace in Manhattan by subtransportation system in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which gets them into the city via the Metro - North Railroad, and then to their workplace in Manhattan by subTransportation Authority, which gets them into the city via the Metro - North Railroad, and then to their workplace in Manhattan by subway xxxxxxxxx.

The latest effort to bring the bright blue bikes to The Bronx comes in the form of an online petition launched by bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, demanding that city officials approve public funding to support the bike system's expansion into all five boroughs.

The plan would also reinstate a «lockbox» to limit the diversion by the state of any new MTA revenues for other purposes and would create a work group to assess the adequacy of public transportation in the city and its funding.

Improved access to public transportation and the availability of other options like car sharing services should be explored by both Erie County and the City of Buffalo.

While the report does not specifically say where the jails would be placed, saying only that there should be one in each of the five boroughs, for a total capacity of 5,500 beds, «located in city centers near or adjacent to courthouses and in close proximity to public transportation,» DNAinfo reported previously that the commission had identified four sites by the time that a presentation on the plan was made to Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris in March.

The loss of aid would also affect public transportation systems in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, New York City and smaller cities in New York state such as Utica, which is served by Centro.

But Metro - North officials said they expect riders who would use the proposed lines to be primarily of city residents who use public transportation, and would get to the new stations by subway, bus or bike.

If the world's cities focused their investments on expanding public transportation, walking and cycling, they could save more than $ 100 trillion in public and private capital and urban transportation operating costs between now and 2050, according to a report released today by the University of California, Davis, and the Institute for Transportation and Development transportation, walking and cycling, they could save more than $ 100 trillion in public and private capital and urban transportation operating costs between now and 2050, according to a report released today by the University of California, Davis, and the Institute for Transportation and Development transportation operating costs between now and 2050, according to a report released today by the University of California, Davis, and the Institute for Transportation and Development Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

The opening credits sequence, accompanied by a rendering of Camille Saint - Saens «Carnival of the Animals,» provides sepia - toned historical period photographs (from the Library of Congress, various museums and photographic archives, and the NY Public Library) of turn - of - the - century city and tenement life (portraits, closeups, slices of life including play, marriage, work, politics, friendships, transportation, domesticity, and leisure time).

by Walter Chaw Julien Bishop (Ewen Bremner, of Trainspotting) is schizophrenic, a stream - of - consciousness construct biding his time shambling along city streets, riding public transportation, and volunteering at a school for the blind.

Dignified, adequate infrastructure and services should be prioritized for rural areas and poor parts of urban areas; the parasitic exploitation of villages by cities should be eliminated through measures for maximum urban self - sufficiency and sustainability; public transportation, walking and bicycling needs to be prioritized over private motorized transportation; adequate shelter / housing with land rights should be a high priority for urban slums.

«[Students] come from all over the city, from South Salem, West Salem, and we don't provide school transportation, and so they're coming by either parent transportation or most of them by city bus, public transportation.»

The 30.4 % of workers who use public transportation to commute to work is by far the highest of any city in the country and more than twice as much as San Francisco.

Eugene Sunday Streets events promote healthy, active living by opening the city's largest public space — its streets — for people to walk, bike and roll to discover active transportation in a safe, car - free environment.

The hotel is within easy reach by public transportation from the city centre and is also a short drive from Málaga Airport.

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the public transportation system in Chicago, serving the City of Chicago and 40 neighboring communities, mainly by bus (140 routes and 12,000 bus stops throughout the region) and rail (8 routes and 146 stations).

Relax in 4 - star comfort on the Buda side of the Danube at Novotel Budapest City, 20 minutes walk from the castle and only 10 minutes from the downtown by public transportation.

A new study by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy found that Paris is city most accessible via public transit... Read More

Many attractions are nearby, with the city's convention center across the street and Balboa Park, the Horton Plaza shopping district, and the San Diego Zoo accessible by foot or public transportation.

For a novel way to visit «the City by the Bay» park your car and explore by foot, bike, and unique public transportation.

Larger cities in New Mexico typically have some form of public transportation by road; ABQ RIDE is the largest such system in the state.

The country is easy to get around by public transportation, both within cities and between cities, as Spain has a comprehensive high - speed rail network and even more extensive coach bus network.

Santa Susanna's town centre is just two hundred metres away, where a variety of bars, restaurants and shops are located, and in a few minutes by public transportation it is also possible to reach the wonderful city of Barcelona.

There are several beaches for surfing in Portugal that are reachable by public transportation from Oporto, a city I visited to celebrate my birthday.

Can be accessible by public transportation from the International Airport of Puerto Princesa City

Thanks to its central position, the hotel is both easy to reach and very well connected by public transportation to all of the city's major attractions.

«Bus» and «rapid» are not the first words that come to mind when New Yorkers think about getting around the city, particularly in areas of the outer boroughs that are significantly underserved by public transportation — but...

Having landed in Atlanta by way of a small town in South Carolina, he was initially in awe of the big city and its public transportation system that had a little over a decade of service to its name.

«DISCOVER EL - SPACE» BY THE DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE May 17 New York, New York This conversation and tour centers on El - Space, a design experiment aimed at improving pedestrian experience beneath New York City's network of elevated transportation structures.

The Broad, on the other hand, is right in the heart of the city, easily accessed by public transportation coming in from all across the Southern California region.

The Low - Car Diet program challenges city folk to live a car - free lifestyle for one month by pledging to walk, bike, use public transportation, skate, scooter instead, and / or use Zipcar by the hour or day, as necessary.

The events grew out of a 2005 demonstration by Transportation Alternatives, a private group in New York City focused on public alternatives to automobiles.

Cities nationwide are jumping on the «mobility on demand» bandwagon by improving public transportation and walkability and supporting car - and bike - sharing programs that give residents quick, cost - effective ways to get around without personal vehicles.

Among the supporting policies cited by the report are investing in public transportation infrastructure and renewable - based power generation, raising energy efficiency standards, adapting city design and planning, and land and forest management.

For example, they do not consider alternative methods such as reducing the amount of cars circulating within the European Union or increasing the appeal of the public transportation system by upgrading the already existing facilities, creating safer and improved bike - lanes in big cities, or electrifying the transport system to slowly reduce its dependency on fossil fuels.

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) just put out a report showing that the «average person» in 16 of 20 large US cities would save over $ 10,000 a year by using public transit instead of drPublic Transportation Association (APTA) just put out a report showing that the «average person» in 16 of 20 large US cities would save over $ 10,000 a year by using public transit instead of drpublic transit instead of driving.

Typically, the participants in such a program are city dwellers whose transportation needs are largely met by public transit, walking, or cycling.

That's the official slogan of a Copenhagen campaign — run not by the department of transportation or bike safety advocates, but by the city's public health office.

Caroline Samponaro, Transportation Alternatives Caroline Samponaro is the Senior Director of Campaigns & Organizing at Transportation Alternatives New York City's leading transportation advocacy organization, with a citywide network of tens of thousands of supporters committed to reclaiming New York City's streets for people by ensuring that every New Yorker has safe space to walk and bike and access to public tTransportation Alternatives Caroline Samponaro is the Senior Director of Campaigns & Organizing at Transportation Alternatives New York City's leading transportation advocacy organization, with a citywide network of tens of thousands of supporters committed to reclaiming New York City's streets for people by ensuring that every New Yorker has safe space to walk and bike and access to public tTransportation Alternatives New York City's leading transportation advocacy organization, with a citywide network of tens of thousands of supporters committed to reclaiming New York City's streets for people by ensuring that every New Yorker has safe space to walk and bike and access to public ttransportation advocacy organization, with a citywide network of tens of thousands of supporters committed to reclaiming New York City's streets for people by ensuring that every New Yorker has safe space to walk and bike and access to public transportationtransportation.