Sentences with phrase «for road transportation»

The updated NIR (2011) report did not contain updated emissions factors for road transportation, thus the 2010 values were utilized by Carbonzero (see Table 1 below).

Cons: Still about a hundred choices more rationally suited for road transportation; still not sure what the statement is

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, «transportation in the U.S. costs the equivalent of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.

«Thanksgiving has historically been one of the busiest holidays for road trips, and this year we could see record - level travel delays,» INRIX transportation analyst Bob Pishue said.

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Contact the department of transportation and ask whether major construction is planned for nearby roads.

For the last 300 years, the assumption of Europe and North America was that you were going to have a mixed economy, with governments investing in infrastructure, roads and other transportation, communications, water and sewer systems, gas and electricity.

Uber's testing operations on public roads are temporarily on hold until further notice after Doug Ducey, governor of Arizona, instructed the department of transportation to ban all testing for the meantime.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

For inclusion in the fund, over 70 % of a company's cash flows must be derived from infrastructure - related businesses, which include airports and companies engaged in storage and transportation, water and toll roads.

He explored, surveyed, and built and maintained the first road for public transportation in Parley's Canyon in Salt Lake City, which is named in his honor.

- State to provide infrastructure of communications, roads and transportation for private enterprise and foreign companies,

The following excerpt from the Rio Abajo Press, February 2, 1863, indicates the importance of the crop more than 100 years ago: «Congress takes fifty thousand dollars out of the pockets of the people of the United States to make us good roads for intercommunication and the transportation of chile Colorado to market.»

and they'll be able to use those 11 million dollar cars for the other 310 days (41 home games regular season and 8 post season home games) Public transportation isn't cheap,... until you add up the true cost of other options (building new roads, parking, traffic congestion) Compare the cost to the BART / Oakland Airport connector!

In areas of British Columbia and Alberta not yet accessed by road or rail, boats were the primary form of transportation for large amounts of freight or passengers since the days of the fur trade.

Beckman, who retired as an assistant vice president of transportation for Milwaukee Road in Chicago, learned his new trade from his father, Alfred, a retired farmer who spent the last 10 years of his life making brooms as a hobby.

Gerald Brooks, an attorney for the Park District, said the Illinois Department of Transportation plans to transfer authority over Belmont Road to DuPage County, which will require the center turn lane.

SoRSA SoRSA (Society of Road Safety Auditors) represents an exciting initiative for the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT), in providing a home for the development of professional highways safety auditing best practice.

«Open road, Cashless Tolling is critical to modernizing our roadways, easing congestion, and reimagining our transportation system for the 21st century economy,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.

«To continue to grow in size and strength, we must develop a new interconnected, planned system of mass transportation, roads and bridges and airports for the next 100 years,» Cuomo said in unveiling his vision for the agency in his budget proposal in January.

In exchange for bribes, Smith promised to get $ 500k in Senate transportation earmarks for a road project and Holloran promised hundreds of thousands in NYC City Council member items.

After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line Third Track, Double Track, Jamaica Station Reconstruction, 39 renovated Long Island Rail Road stations and grade crossing eliminations — modernizing transportation across the region to provide a state - of - the - art system for Long Island.

Another $ 750 million will be earmarked for other Department of Transportation - managed roads and bridges, but what exactly that entails also will remain a mystery for a bit longer.

Cuomo unveiled the latest peek into his plans for the coming year in Liverpool yesterday, proposing $ 22 billion for fixing roads and bridges upstate over the next five years, in what he calls the biggest ever transportation capital plan.

Cuomo's aides also pointed out many steps that they say made the session a good one for business, including a tax cut that they say will provide relief to nearly a million small businesses, and «record» investments in roads, bridges and public transportation.

The agenda, outlined at an Association for a Better New York breakfast in Manhattan, is headlined by major New York City - area transportation projects, including a new AirTrain that will connect the subway and Long Island Rail Road to LaGuardia Airport in Queens.

«I don't remember as I always say that under NPP for eight years, Ghana was actually a paradise but look around you today, look at our interventions in transportation, look at our transformation in the sea ports of Ghana, look at the transformation in our road network, look at the elevations in all the key medical facilities we have across the country, look at the new ones coming up, look at the housing infrastructure...» she pointed out in response to claims by the NPP that the Mahama administration has been a disaster and made Ghanaians poorer.

► Another $ 22 billion is included for transportation infrastructure including $ 7.8 billion to rehabilitate bridges and $ 1.6 billion for road resurfacing.

The Empire State Development corporation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road have formed a partnership to redevelop the station and a request for expressions of interest and proposals will go out this week.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that a quarter of all its additional resurfacing miles will be designated for Staten Island roads over the next two years.

The Department of Transportation is using Staten Island as a testing ground for rubberized asphalt, paving a portion of West Fingerboard Road in Grasmere with the material last fall.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA's) East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, is expected to cost nearly $ 9 billion when finished in 2019, more than twice the MTA's initial cost estimate and a decade later than expected, according to a report released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

Provides $ 300 million in new money for repair of roads, bridges and infrastructure under the transportation component of the NY Works program with $ 100 million of it awarded competitively through the Regional Economic Development Councils.

Assembly Republicans» priorities for the 2017 legislative session include eliminating a predicted $ 1 billion shortfall in transportation revenue, possibly by relying partly on toll roads.

«If I'm adding all the projects that he announced today for transportation — things like LaGuardia [Airport], Penn Station, Long Island [Rail Road] third track, there's billions of dollars being thrown out,» he said.

Cuomo's 2015 budget has designated $ 1 billion for updating roads and bridges across the state, according to the Associated Press, but transportation departments downstate are receiving much more funding to improve their infrastructure.

«When the Democrats controlled everything, the New York City Democrats, there were bailouts for the MTA, the Metropolitan Transportation Association, and no money for upstate roads and bridges — and that was the tradeoff every year before that.

I urge members of Congress to support the funding for the transportation bill to bring much needed money to Erie County and to allow for the repair and reopening of roads like Tonawanda Creek Road.»

Milwaukee County has a $ 30 wheel tax, and uses that money for priorities like public transportation and road projects.

State officials are hoping that an alternative to Wisconsin's current low - bid - wins system for road projects will help them stretch precious transportation money just a bit further.

Senator DeFrancisco says the legislature in those years approved a bail out for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but did not provide and funds to repair roads and bridges upstate.

US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is warning states of the danger of letting a federal fund for road and bridge repairs run out of money.

«Thankfully, Lagos in preparation for the launch of the State's tourism master plan has began upgrading and expanding critical infrastructure including transportation, roads and of course the recent reclamation that is ongoing,» Mahama said.

«Open road, cashless tolling exemplifies New York's commitment to a transportation system for a 21st - century economy,» Governor Cuomo said.

Also at 11 a.m., construction industry representatives, government officials and transportation advocates hold a news conference to discuss the release of a report about road conditions in NYC and state, and call for increased government funding of public works and renovation projects; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Mr Julius Debrah, the Chief of Staff, assured the people that government would see to the tarring of the Wa - Bulenga road to ease the challenges with transportation if voted into power for the second term

At 2:30 p.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb joins Assemblyman Steve Hawley and others to call for increased funding for local roads, bridges and highways in upstate New York, Ontario County Transportation Center, 2930 County Rd. 48, Canandaigua.

Another $ 750 million will be earmarked for other Department of Transportation - managed roads and bridges, but what exactly that entails also will remain a mystery until Cuomo's budget is unveiled.

Also at 1 p.m., Sen. Tony Avella and Teddi Kavanaugh, president of the Off Broadway Homeowners Association, call on the New York City Department of Transportation to pave a small strip of Depot Road that hasn't been paved for seven years despite complaints, 40 - 26 158th St., Queens.