Sentences with phrase «from road and rail»

With only three maintained trails in the park, some of the closest wildlife encounters in the national park system, and a remote expanse that is disconnected from road and rail systems, Katmai preserves a natural environment that we do not see very often anymore.

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Mobius said investors can participate in various ways, including via construction equipment companies, which should see demand from increased road, rail, port and bridge development.
Swiss Rail began unloading Davos - bound passengers from their express trains, taking them on a half - hour bus trip on back roads around the blockage and then loading them onto a crowded red commuter train that ran the rest of the way into Davos.
Walking distance of 500 meters from Western / Central railway station, accessible by road and local rail from all parts of the city
As a matter of fact the French government has reduced the value added tax on theme parks from 18.6 % to 7 %, lent 4 billion francs at preferential rates and provided 2.7 billion francs in infrastructure improvements, such as highways and rail roads.
For example, Argentinian wines from Mendoza are shipped via Chilean ports, Valparaiso and San Antonio rather than Buenos Aires due to the latter being a 1,100 km distance by either road or rail.
Buses: Hackney Road and Mare Street; Tube: Bethnal Green; Rail: London Fields (10 mins from Liverpool St); Overground: Haggerston or Hackney Central; Parking: street
The Stade des Lumieres is located 12 km from the city centre and 15 km from Lyon Saint - Exupery airport with numerous routes by road and rail.
Garden City is known for its tree lined streets; myriad activities for children; and is an easy commute to New York City from nearby Long Island Rail Road stations.
«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.
For example, in the case of Heathrow, there have been significant challenges to creating an appropriate rail link to the west of Heathrow airport so currently all freight to and from Heathrow is by road.
Wednesday Questions - Applying lessons learned from the privatisation of British Rail to any plans for increased private investment in the UK's motorway and trunk road network, Marking the 200th anniversary of the assassination of Spencer Percival, Prime Minister, on 11 May 2012, Plans for post-legislative scrutiny of the Health and Social Care Act 2011 Legislation - Parliament Square (Management) Bill
The economic pain from Penn Station's crumbling infrastructure and the Long Island Rail Road's service disruptions could last years, rippling beyond train riders and the businesses where they work.
The bill is aimed at providing relief to Long Island commuters, who primarily benefit from travel to and from New York City with the Long Island Rail Road.
And our infrastructure must be world class, from rail, to air, to our roads, and our digital networAnd our infrastructure must be world class, from rail, to air, to our roads, and our digital networand our digital networks.
Aviation is the hub of a modern economy, maritime is the cash cow, given the normally huge revenue from ports in a globalised economy that thrives on international trade; and rail holds the key to truly modernising the Nigerian local economy, both in the mass transit of people; and mass movement of heavy bulk, at tolerable costs, and with least cost to road infrastructure.
Lhota again urged Long Island Rail Road riders to «seriously consider» transit options for getting to and from Manhattan as commuters crossed their fingers in anticipation of what awaited this morning.
The East West Road should be completed and, I am happy that the Federal Government is ready to build the rail line from Calabar to Lagos that will pass through our communities.
For at least three decades, officials have debated adding a track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, with often vehement opposition from some residents over train noise, disruption during construction and the acquisition of homes and businesses.
New York has received $ 295 million to repair the Harold Interlocking in Sunnyside Yards, a junction that sees trains from the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.
Harold Interlocking in Sunnyside Yard is the busiest passenger rail junction in North America, with 783 trains moving through the area each day from three different transit systems: the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Tranrail junction in North America, with 783 trains moving through the area each day from three different transit systems: the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey TranRail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.
State and local elected leaders from Nassau County are urging Cuomo to release the «full details» of his proposal to build a third track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line.
Long Island Rail Road customers will be able to use their smartphones to buy a ticket to and from anywhere in the system by the end of next month — four months earlier than originally planned, officials said.
«As from this first quarter, we should be able to begin to move petroleum products from Lagos by rail up to the north so that we reduce the impact of trailers and tankers on our roads,» he said.
A Long Island Rail Road train running late crashed at Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal and came off the tracks during the Wednesday morning rush hour, injuring 103 people — some of whom were thrown from their seats, officials and witnesses said.
The Long Island Rail Road said it will be ready to move heavy crowds of riders to and from Belmont Park this Saturday, even if the stakes, and the attendance, won't be nearly as high as in recent years, due to the fact that there's no Triple Crown on the line.
In the third quarter, the bureau will release 46 data ranging from socio - economic survey, social statistics, road transport, rail transportation data, and solid minerals and mining sector survey.
«Only their expansion can address the coming «capacity crunch» and deliver sustained growth,» it says, adding: «Even airports as large as Bristol and Luton suffer from congested roads and delay - prone rail links.
Nassau County Executive - elect Laura Curran has selected Helena Williams, former Long Island Rail Road president, as her chief deputy county executive — a position in which she can manage all aspects of county government, from parks and assessments to the revitalization of Nassau Coliseum property.
No all south east people are saying is that we won't be taking part in the repayment processes if we don't benefit from the said loan in fact Ndigbo must learn to quantify the exact amount spent on our roads, rails and other infrastructural projects so that the corresponding amount will be deducted from our own share of the federation account
The plan that the board approved today, and that Albany will now spend months deliberating on, would fund a new fare payment system to replace the already - obsolete MetroCard; put $ 2.9 billion toward finally finishing the East Side Access project that will allow Long Island Rail Road passengers to disembark in Grand Central; allocate $ 1.5 billion to begin work on the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway, extending it from 96th to 125th streets; and fund countless other nitty - gritty, state - of - good - repair needs across the system's 5,000 - square - mile service area.
This part of the yards, named after the former moniker of Skillman Avenue, «Harold Avenue,» services multiple divisions of the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit, which use the Sunnyside Yards to turn around after coming out of the four East River Tunnels from Penn Station in Manhattan.
The chairwoman of the Tristate Transportation Campaign also wanted to know where the $ 220 million to revamp the Long Island Rail Road concourse and subway stations will come from.
There is, finally, a provision that would allow the MTA to create special districts in New York City and then claim the real estate tax receipts from those districts to pay for MTA projects, like a further extension of the Second Avenue Subway, the vastly over-budget project bringing the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal, and a proposal to bring Metro - North to Penn Station, by way of the Bronx.
Cuomo also underscored his previous announcements that proposed billions of dollars in construction programs, including an overhaul of Penn Station in Manhattan, a third rail for the Long Island Rail Road in Nassau County, a possible tunnel from Long Island to Westchester County, the Bronx or Connecticut, and a $ 26 billion capital program for New York City mass transit partly paid by the crail for the Long Island Rail Road in Nassau County, a possible tunnel from Long Island to Westchester County, the Bronx or Connecticut, and a $ 26 billion capital program for New York City mass transit partly paid by the cRail Road in Nassau County, a possible tunnel from Long Island to Westchester County, the Bronx or Connecticut, and a $ 26 billion capital program for New York City mass transit partly paid by the city.
A Long Island assemblyman is renewing a call for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers to allocate money for another Long Island Rail Road track from Sayville to Montauk to deal with demand and reduce summer traffic.
De Blasio faced criticism from political pundits and TV comedians for his decision to travel before a potential Long Island Rail Road strike was averted.
BROOKLYN — A single ticket that passengers could use to ride the subway and get a free transfer between the subway and the Long Island Rail Road could ease the strain on Brooklyn straphangers, according to a proposal from elected officials and transit advocates.
But Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been rolling out a spate of ambitious proposals in anticipation of his State of the State address tomorrow, said this morning that a train link would be constructed from the No. 7 line and Long Island Rail Road at Willets Point to LaGuardia, lending the airport the type of rail link extended to John F. Kennedy International Airport more than a decade Rail Road at Willets Point to LaGuardia, lending the airport the type of rail link extended to John F. Kennedy International Airport more than a decade rail link extended to John F. Kennedy International Airport more than a decade ago.
The Democrat governor, looking to build a physical legacy, has proposed a $ 100 billion infrastructure construction spree, which could include a third track for the Long Island Rail Road and a tunnel from the Island to Connecticut, the Bronx or Westchester County.
ALBANY, NY — Separate audits of Metro - North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), allowing abuses such as allowing some conductors to charge overtime for tasks such as washing up for work, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today.
It's an ambitious project: the Metro Rail would pick up from the South Campus station, head up Bailey Avenue, turn up Eggert Road, turn onto Niagara Falls Boulevard, down Maple Road, through the University at Buffalo campus, and end somewhere along the 990 with a Park - and - Ride.
A recent report found that high - speed rail in the Midwest would reduce air travel by 1.3 million trips and car travel by 5.1 million trips per year by 2020, saving 188,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions (equivalent to taking 34,000 cars off the road while still getting everyone to and from work).
And the third, which could be completed within a decade, is a 20 - kilometre crossing of the Fehmarn Belt to Germany from the Danish island of Lolland, which already has rail and road links to ZealaAnd the third, which could be completed within a decade, is a 20 - kilometre crossing of the Fehmarn Belt to Germany from the Danish island of Lolland, which already has rail and road links to Zealaand road links to Zealand.
Canada currently sends oil from the tar sands to the US through road and rail, but it is cheaper and safer to send oil through a pipeline.
It is where the Princes Highway crosses the Murray River on the main road and rail routes from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Nestled in the Buckinghamshire Village of Stoke Hammond, close to Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley and Milton Keynes, we have excellent rail and road links from London.
Yet instead of keeping this a tightly wound yarn of imprisonment and escape, Verbinski — working from a script by Justin Haythe («The Lone Ranger,» «Revolutionary Road»)-- opts for something bigger, grander and more operatic, sending the film wildly off the rails over the course of its far - too - long 146 - minute running time.
Instead, get into the Long Island Rail Road and to Farmingdale Station and then call the Hotel Shuttle or a cab from that Station (see information By Train above).
The hazards we have encountered at the street circuits visited so far by the championship range from thick painted road markings and tram rails to different types of surface, including concrete, but our tyres have consistently delivered a blend of safety, performance and longevity.
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