Sentences with phrase «impacts on our transportation»

Don Broughton, Avondale Partners, discusses the blizzard's impact on the transportation sector.

Both companies have been criticized, however, for not opening up their data to cities and not providing transit agencies with information that would help officials gauge the services» impact on transportation.

«Damage from a major dike failure could be in the tens of billions of dollars, with very serious effects to the economy of this region, British Columbia and all of Canada due to the impact on the transportation of goods and services,» said Pitcairn.

Their impact on transportation construction projects was recently

Their impact on transportation construction projects was recently on display in the Hudson Valley.

Garodnick, who grew up on the East Side and is vying for the position of City Council Speaker, has questioned the rezoning proposal's impact on transportation and public spaces, despite mounting pressure from the real estate industry to fall in line with the plans.

Providing legal counsel in litigation involving actions taken by the Secretary or employees of the Office of the Secretary, in litigation relating to more than one operating administration, and in litigation raising issues of broad or significant impact on transportation policy or the Department;

Extreme rainfall events and flooding have increased during the last century, and these trends are expected to continue, causing erosion, declining water quality, and negative impacts on transportation, agriculture, human health, and infrastructure.

Planning ahead is our best option for managing climate change's impacts on our transportation networks.

The decision... would have a profound impact on transportation, manufacturing costs and how utilities generate power.

Chicago is set to launch a bike - share program throughout the city that could have a significant impact on transportation downtown.

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And considering that transportation represents more than half of all oil use in the world, the type of vehicles we're driving will have a huge impact on that industry.

availability of sufficient pipeline, gathering, and other transportation facilities and related infrastructure to process and transport its production and the impact of these facilities and regional capacity on the prices received for production;

These employees also collect data on the regional impact of government policies like taxation, international trade, labour markets, transportation or agriculture.

«I know that it's becoming cliché,» concedes Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures (which organizes the Summit), «but I actually think virtual reality is going to have an even more profound impact on society, how we organize ourselves, how we communicate, even modes of transportation.

Because it reduces price and increases volume, it suggests that if Uber ultimately succeeds, the company could have a much bigger impact on urban mobility, labor, the environment, local economies and the national transportation infrastructure than we've all supposed — and its effects could confound the expectations of its harshest critics.

We're very bullish on the impact that autonomy, electrification, and sharing will have on the transportation sector and we look forward to continuing to invest in the future of transportation.

The Chair of the Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee and senior GVBOT staff travelled to Victoria today for the provincial budget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordability.

«It's clear government has listened to our concerns and acted to make sure that we can fund transit and transportation in a way that has the least impact on small business,» states Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

The chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee of the broader Senate appropriations committee want GAO to «examine the impact self - driving trucks will have on the two million Americans who currently work as truck drivers and the communities where they live,» according to a press release issued last week.

Additionally, motor vehicles and parts dealers as well as computer and electronic products — both much larger product categories — are among the notable losers in terms of the immediate impact of the reform.2 On the other hand, sectors such as other transportation equipment (including aircraft) and chemicals would benefit.

The technology has already made an impact on the financial services industry and it can be an important next step for the Internet of Things (IoT), specifically in transportation telematics.

While we are encouraged by the recent progress on public transit expansion and improvement, we remain concerned that the strength of our families, businesses, and overall economy will be negatively impacted should dedication to meaningful, timely transit and transportation investments waver.

- cutting subsidies for social services such as education and health, transportation and even water and irrigation reduction of rights of workers, easier termination of services, with harmful impact on gender, race and ethnic relations

A. Sween's transportation design dream team included Isuzu for the diesel engine, Johnson Truck Bodies for the lightweight shell, Thermo King for the refrigeration unit and ARI, whose truck expertise and analytical tools would help calculate the design's impacts on cost and efficiency.

The winning idea was a refill solution in eco-design that would optimise transportation and have a great impact on sustainability.

Those nine areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact of packaging, advocating for responsible policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.

I think its cool — in a geeky green - kinda way — to see just what the impact is of closing your curtains on a hot summer day, taking public transportation, or setting up a compost bin.

Susan Surdej of the state Department of Transportation discusses the work starting today on the Skyway and its impact on the region's commuters.

As ride - hailing made its long - awaited regional debut, local residents offered varying opinions on how the new mode of transportation will impact the riding public and the economy.

The Port Authority has been managing its real estate interests, with the divestiture of the World Trade Center retail project to Westfield for $ 1.4 billion as a prime example, as part of our commitment to refocus on our core transportation mission, taking into account impacts on its financial position,» the agency said in a statement.

In the letter, publisher Michael Kane insisted the bill won't impact the already existing Commercial Goods Transportation Fair Play Act and pointed out Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat with ties to organized labor, backed the carrier bill in the Senate both in committee and on the floor.

Also at 7 p.m., the MTA, the NYC Department of Transportation and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried co-host a Manhattan community workshop to discuss and solicit public feedback on minimizing impacts of L line subway tunnel closure, Town & Village Synagogue, 334 E. 14th St., Manhattan.

Transportation - Much of the pipeline will pass along the Thruway right - of - way, an «unprecedented» use of that land, with construction or a spill potentially having an impact on traffic as well.

That report, called a draft environmental impact statement, will provide a recommendation to the New York State Department of Transportation on what multibillion - dollar option they should select for the project.

Buffalo, NY — The Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council has released a long awaited study on the impact of removing the Lackawanna Toll barriers.

A spokesman for Adams said it was too soon to say how much taxpayers would save, but the BP's office is working with local groups and government staffers to begin studying the impact on taxpayers, as well as the impact on the environment and on municipal transportation.

Upon reviewing the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's (NFTA) proposed cuts and changes to service, Legislator Joseph C. Lorigo became increasingly concerned about the negative impact they would have on the constituents in the 10th District, if approved.

The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of a derailment.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's on Wednesday announced that transportation officials will include a contentious tunnel option in a draft environmental impact statement as part of the Interstate 81 replacement project.

The meeting on Tuesday was directed by a three - person panel consisting of special advisor to the Governor on the Tappan Zee Bridge Project Brian Conybeare, Secretary of Transportation for the Governor Karen Rae, and Robert Conway, senior vice president of the environmental planning and engineering consultant firm AKRF and the creator of the Final Environmental Impact Survey (FEIS).

She noted also that New York City is a transportation hub and that the case is already scheduled so there will be no concerns about caseload impact on the court's docket.

In collaboration with many researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty elsewhere), we have examined the role of cross-immunity on the evolution and dynamics of influenza; the impact of behavioral changes, long periods of infectiousness, variable infectivity, co-infections, prostitution, social networks, and vaccine efficacy on HIV dynamics; the role of exogenous re-infection, variable progression rates, vaccination, public transportation, close and casual contacts on tuberculosis dynamics and control; the impact of life - history vector dynamics on dengue epidemics; and on the identification of time - response scales for epidemics of foot and mouth disease.

For industries, including retail, manufacturing, transportation and others, these forecasts can better protect employee lives and sensitive physical and intellectual property in a way that allows them to maintain continuity of business, lessening the impact of tornadoes on local economies.

The report notes that research about the impacts of warming on transportation is scarce.

«Maybe we can have the best of both worlds: a price on carbon to create an innovative environment for clean technology in California and keep businesses within state lines and not cause an adverse impact on consumers through radically higher prices for transportation fuels or electricity.»

Forman had gained renown with his book Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions and was subsequently invited to join a national council on the impact of the U.S. transportation network on ecology.

Memories are still fresh of the extreme record - setting -15 °C cold wave that hit the North American East Coast a week later, which brought with it significant impacts on the region's people, transportation systems and economy.

The continued development of maritime transportation around the world, especially in new areas such as the Arctic, can increase conservation impacts to wildlife, including disturbance, fatal strikes, introduction of pathogens through ballast water, habitat destruction through anchoring (especially on corals), introduction of invasive species, air emis ¬ sions, noise, and fuel spills.

Virginia Burkett, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist who co-authored a 2008 study on climate change's impact to transportation systems on the Gulf Coast, said last week that an average temperature change of 2 or 3 °F in the Gulf Coast region could have a significant effect on train tracks buckling, causing more derailments.