Sentences with phrase «existing road system»

So I'm playing with the idea that the beginning of containerization and the passage of the Federal Interstate Highway Act are in fact intermittently related to the same cause: the decay of the existing road system.

On one side, you can either increase the supply of roads by laying more pavement, or use technology to squeeze more capacity out of the existing road system.

Not exact matches

Existing toll lanes on the highway system are reserved for buses, emergency vehicles and car - pooling vehicles with three or more passengers; cars with two passengers can pay to use the road during peak hours.

They cut through the social, political and economic systems that existed and which were oppressive and demanded that those who were to be followers on the road must live in a totally different way.

«Importing LIE traffic to Westchester will overwhelm our roads and communities, add billions of tons of carbon emissions into our air, and divert desperately needed infrastructure dollars from being spent where they are truly needed — on our existing roads, bridges, and rail systems.

Drawing a parallel to the railroads of the 1800's, it is possible that since the infrastructure already exists, (which lowers «entry» / initial investment costs making it a better investment) businessmen might attempt to monopolize the road system.

The onshore natural gas pipeline system consists of approximately 111 km Main Pipeline and approximately 75 km Lateral Pipeline, including bitumen surface access roads (including culverts) from the nearest existing roads (of whatever surface) to the regulating & metering stations and valve stations of both pipelines.

B'TSelem, an Israeli human rights group in a report have pointed out that Israel has constructed a parallel system of roads in the West Bank for Palestinians who are barred from using many existing ones and have described the system as bearing

Three systems of toll roads exist: open (with mainline barrier toll plazas); closed (with entry / exit tolls) and open road (no toll booths, only electronic toll collection gantries at entrances and exits, or at strategic locations on the mainline of the road).

It says the existing use of GPS satellite systems as a tool to avoid traffic build - ups will be extended to automatically debit the motorist's bank account for the cost of a road or mileage toll, and to allow police to monitor the speed of all cars.

Site upgrades to the existing property include general site work to the structures of the house,; thermal, plumbing and electrical work; improved road access for school buses attending the site; and upgrades to the home's electrical systems.

Projected carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars could remain level at three gigatons through 2050 despite many more personal vehicles on the road with only minor and affordable changes to existing engines, chassis and systems, according to a new report.

Professor Rakotonirainy, from QUT's Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety — Queensland (CARRS), has researched the security systems of existing fleet, future autonomous and connected cars and found there was little protection against hacking.

Or worse, when the rubber hits the road in the daily work of teaching, data sits unused, gathering proverbial dust inside expensive software systems while teachers go on teaching as if the data didn't exist.

Expanding the availability of Sync Applink to over 3.4 million existing vehicles, Ford will offer the in - car connectivity system for download on 2010 model - year and newer vehicles currently on the road.

This initial phase, which is funded with the TIFIA Loan, includes (i) the construction of two reversible lanes with associated exit / entrance ramps between Valley View Lanes and Turbeville Road; (ii) the construction of managed lanes from south of IH35E — IH635 interchange to Valley View Lane; (iii) reconfiguration and rehabilitation of general purpose lanes from IH635 to Corinth Parkway; (iv) the construction of direct connectors to Sam Rayburn Tollway; (v) the reconfiguration and / or widening of general purpose lanes and the construction of an additional general purpose lane in each direction from Sam Rayburn Tollway to US380; (vi) the construction, reconstruction, widening or rehabilitation of various frontage roads, interchanges, and bridges; (vii) the construction of a collector - distributor system between President George Bush Turnpike and Sam Rayburn Tollway; (viii) the construction of a new bridge and re-purposing of the existing bridge over Lake Lewisville; and (ix) associated mitigation projects.

With InnoDrive, the system would read the 45 speed limit sign — or, when one doesn't exist, use topographical road features (i.e. gradient and corner radii)-- and know to slow down to a safe speed.

As in the GLA, the off - road capabilities are limited to dirt roads, although the four - wheel drive systems work so harmoniously on both even on loose ground that you hardly notice that they exist.

Even better, the rear locker and various off - road systems gave us the ability to reach locations where no phone signal existed.

I don't know why it exists, other than to feed into the systems that will presumably make up a F2P model sometime down the road.

Ons ite rail infrastructure and offloading equipment with an extension to the existing rail system, new conveyor systems, and access and maintenance roads.

The key challenges are to restructure existing energy tax systems to directly target the source of environmental harm (e.g., by taxing emissions or driving on busy roads rather than electricity consumption or vehicle sales), to better align tax levels with the scale of environmental harm, and to overcome practical challenges of higher energy and transportation costs.

This Israeli startup has developed a wireless charging system that can be installed just 8 centimeters under existing roads, which can then automatically charge electric vehicles outfitted with a companion system simply by driving on the electric road.

Energy system inertia, due to existing infrastructure such as power plants and vehicles on the road today, makes additional CO2 and still further warming inevitable.

Another alternative would be road usage charges that reflected things like vehicle tare, emissions, time of day, alternative transport options, driver competence and so forth replacing the existing excise system.

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They're often located in hot urban areas, and because they're connected to existing utility and road systems, they typically don't require the same level of infrastructure investment as many suburban projects.