Sentences with phrase «high transportation costs»

Fewer students on the rural school buses would result in higher transportation costs per student.

Packaged food companies, such as Conagra Brands Inc and General Mills Inc, have flagged higher transportation costs and rising commodities prices in recent months.

Rural schools also face high transportation costs and often struggle with city - oriented state and federal administrative requirements and limitations on use of funds.

Inadequate funding adds to factors such as high transportation costs, high costs for technology, and the expenses of having sparse student populations.

A Senate finance committee report released last year, however, suggested several complex factors were to blame for price differences between Canada and the U.S., including higher transportation costs in Canada, more onerous packaging requirements, disparate provincial regulatory requirements, a smaller Canadian consumer market — and tariffs.

Instead of us always buying into «globalization» which ignored high transportation costs from Big Oil to Wal - Mart, we should coin and use the term «localization» as the new buzz word for life style changes needed to live well.

Because gas is not evenly distributed around the world, and when regions such as China and Korea look to import gas to heat their homes, these high transportation costs mean that large regional price differences can occur.

Given the higher transportation costs of exporting oil to Asia compared to the US, Canadian producers are likely to receive less from oil sold in Asia than if the oil was sold to US refineries.

Another factor, according to the task force, is inadequacy of distribution networks contributing to high transportation costs.

Malawi has started a test program that uses drones to improve access to HIV testing for babies, because factors including poor roads and high transportation costs can result in delays in testing that prevent access to treatment.

While consolidation may make sense for some districts, it could also lead to higher transportation costs and travel distances for students, especially in rural areas.

The challenges facing rural schools are staggering — concentrated poverty, inadequate access to health care services, early childhood education and after - school programs, ballooning class size, high transportation costs, teacher shortages, and lack of broadband access.

As a result, it would be inappropriate to use the study to compare the «efficiency» of rural districts, which generally have high transportation costs, with that of urban districts, where per - pupil transportation costs are generally far lower.

The current response by the public from driving and travelling less and using more public transit as a result of higher transportation costs will be supported by sensible people looking after their personal pocket - book issues.

Higher transportation costs and incentives for bioenergy production were cited as major reasons for these increases.

In our feature article on page 16, Alanna Maya explores how challenges such as disposal restrictions, water scarcity, and high transportation costs are driving oil and gas operators to maximize their use of water resources.