Sentences with phrase «for urban congestion»

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Public transit is a key piece of urban infrastructure, important for getting people where they want to go while limiting congestion and pollution.

Other important considerations around fairness must also be addressed, such as whether to provide charge - free access options or routes to ensure accessibility and inclusivity, whether to charge individuals a congestion fee for driving where alternative modes of transportation are not available (e.g. the lack of public transit in rural areas), whether the charge for commercial and private vehicles differs or not, and whether individuals living further away from urban areas and thus travelling further distances should face a higher charge than individuals living in urban areas.

Jurisdictions have turned to mobility pricing to address a specific or combination of objectives, such as managing congestion in rapidly growing urban areas to facilitate the movement of people and goods, generating revenue for transportation infrastructure projects, maintenance and improvements, or environmental reasons.

English local authorities will compete for a share of # 690M to be spent on improving their transport networks and tackling urban congestion

Wisconsin's highways are aging, congestion is worsening in Milwaukee, Madison and other urban areas and there is demand for public transit, even in rural areas, that isn't being met.

17 Self - driving cars could improve highway flow by regulating distances between cars and ease urban congestion by automating the search for parking (which causes up to three - quarters of city traffic).

«We are already struggling with the number of cars we have in the streets of our cities; congestion, air pollution, road safety issues, health impacts from people driving all the time,» said Luc Nadal, technical director for urban development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

During the 20th century, urban transportation planning in North America was mainly concerned with easing traffic congestion, improving safety and saving time for motorists.

The report also recommends tax incentives to encourage more residents to purchase cleaner vehicles and possibly even implementing a Stockholm - like congestion pricing system for the city's urban core.

The Trumann area has many excellent school districts, 2 large hospitals in Jonesboro, low traffic congestion, easy commute, low crime rates, low cost of living, many options for home ownership, from urban to rural, and opportunities for outdoor activities are abundant, including duck hunting, and fishing.

Achieving that goal ultimately means improving urban life by reducing congestion, pollution and the need for parking spaces.»

In our analysis we found that an urban development strategy focused on access for all, rather than for a minority who use cars, with congestion pricing, realistic parking charges, and speed limits low enough to stop the slaughter of pedestrians and cyclists would as a co-benefit also reduce oil use and CO2 emissions from cars to barely more than twice today's levels in 2020, way below the trends.

I'm in Guangzhou, China's third largest city, for an «International Symposium on Analysis and Countermeasures of Traffic Congestion in Urban Centers.»

Had there been no public transportation service available in the 439 urban areas studied, congestion costs for 2009 would have risen by nearly $ 19 billion from $ 115 to $ 134 billion.

There is also ample scope for reforming tax systems to deal much more effectively with broader environmental and related problems that can be a significant drag on economic growth, such as the health and productivity impacts of poor air quality, and severe congestion of major urban centers.

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The combination of hazardous winter weather, highway traffic congestion in densely populated urban centers like Chicago, and the poor condition of rural roads can make Illinois a dangerous place for drivers.

«A freeze on vehicle excise duty for hauliers and HGVs will, I'm sure, be welcomed by many, as will plans for a # 220 million transport fund for national roads and a # 690 million fund to tackle urban congestion.

And, according to Texas Transportation Institute's 2009 Urban Mobility Report, based on wasted fuel and lost productivity, the overall cost of traffic congestion reached $ 87.2 billion in 2007, which translates to $ 750 for every U.S. traveler.

The location and high levels of transport connectivity, substantially lower traffic congestion levels compared to other business precincts in the Metro, large available workforce of all skill levels and the Urban Development Zone (UDZ) tax incentive that is applicable to portions of the VRC all make the VRC an attractive area for investment.

While the 100RC programme identifies 11 shocks, from a nuclear incident to civil unrest, the one that stands out for Evangelinos in terms of a vibrant downtown is the possibility of «financial and / or economic crisis», while possible stresses (from a list of 37) could include aging infrastructure, crime, homelessness, lack of affordable housing, traffic congestion, uncontrolled urban development and an undiversified economy.