Sentences with phrase «in surface transportation systems»

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On September 7th Jason Crusan, NASA's Director of Advanced Exploration Systems confirmed in testimony before the House of Representatives space subcommittee that NASA is preparing to formally solicit commercial transportation of payloads to the Moon's surface.

The program's fundamental goal is to leverage Federal funds by attracting substantial private and other non-Federal co-investment in critical improvements to the Nation's surface transportation system.

to provide technical assistance in the nationwide application of those systems as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States.

As such, PHMSA — in continued collaboration with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration — seeks information regarding the design, development, and potential use of automated transportation systems to safely transport hazardous materials by surface mode in compliance with the HMR, and to identify requirements within the HMR which may impede the integration of this technology.

In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support the development and maintenance of standards and protocols using the services of such standards development organizations as the Secretary determines to be necessary and whose memberships are comprised of, and represent, the surface transportation and intelligent transportation systems industries.

The terms intelligent transportation system and ITS mean electronics, photonics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system.

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a shared - use corridor study, in consultation with the Surface Transportation Board, Amtrak, freight railroads, States, non-profit employee labor organizations, and other users of the rail system, as appropriate, to evaluate the best means to enhance and support the further development of high - speed and intercity passenger rail service within United States shared - use corridors.

an assessment of the current performance of the national surface transportation system and an analysis of the system's ability to achieve the policy, objectives, and goals set forth in sections 303 and 312;

In anticipation of the development, testing, and integration of Automated Driving Systems in surface transportation, PHMSA is issuing this request for information on the factors the Agency should consider to ensure continued safe transportation of hazardous materials without impeding emerging surface transportation technologieIn anticipation of the development, testing, and integration of Automated Driving Systems in surface transportation, PHMSA is issuing this request for information on the factors the Agency should consider to ensure continued safe transportation of hazardous materials without impeding emerging surface transportation technologiein surface transportation, PHMSA is issuing this request for information on the factors the Agency should consider to ensure continued safe transportation of hazardous materials without impeding emerging surface transportation technologies.

I am clearly just scrapping the surface here in terms of what forms disruptive systems would take in terms of sustainable transportation.

In a recent 18 - month sample - collecting mission, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College swabbed and dabbed surfaces from the complete set of 466 Metropolitan Transit Authority stations to map out the first genetic profile of a city's transportation system.