Sentences with phrase «including rail transportation»

Of course, the area provides great resources for a business, including rail transportation and job - ready employees.

Not exact matches

Moreover, Delaware's convenient location provides easy access to many major cities, including New York and Washington, as well as many transportation alternatives — international airports, Amtrak rail service and interstate highways — that put the rest of the world within quick reach.

Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in diverse business activities including insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, freight rail transportation, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services.

It raises its own revenue to carry out billion - dollar transportation plans that can include rail, bus, road - building, ITS and tolls.

Walmart does not disclose GHG emissions from its international marine shipping activities; it does estimate emissions from all «upstream transportation and distribution» — which includes marine shipping, trucking, air freight and rail freight — in its 2014 Carbon Disclosure Project report.

«Our transportation system is more than bridges and light rail, it includes our marine highway that coastal residents and businesses rely on» said Gary Holman, New Democrat spokesperson on BC Ferries.

Our energy transportation activities include onshore crude oil and natural gas pipelines, offshore pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, and crude by rail, while we also operate a growing power transmission business.

The timing couldn't be worse for Broward County commissioners to propose a penny increase in the county's six - cent sales tax — to fund a transportation initiative that includes light rail.

Associate members represent a broad range of suppliers, including businesses that provide glass making machinery, raw materials, inspection equipment, recyclable materials, labeling, refractories, construction and engineering services, shipping cartons, maintenance services, gas / electric energy, rail and truck transportation and advertising used in the manufacture or sale of glass containers.

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley) announced Thursday 11 union endorsements in his re-election bid, including the Suffolk County Correction Officers Association, Smart Transportation Divison of the Long Island Rail Road, Transport Workers Union Local 252 and Plumbers Local Union No. 200.

After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line Third Track, Double Track, Jamaica Station Reconstruction, 39 renovated Long Island Rail Road stations and grade crossing eliminations — modernizing transportation across the region to provide a state - of - the - art system for Long Island.

Visitors are also encouraged to use public transportation, including Metro Rail which stops near the Central Wharf.

The deterioration of Penn Station's infrastructure that resulted in Long Island Rail Road commuters» «summer of hell» was caused by decades of underinvestment in Amtrak by the federal government and the railroads that use its tracks, including the LIRR, transportation experts said.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has pulled out of the group leading the $ 23.9 billion Gateway Program that includes digging a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

She also served as Director of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, including negotiating and executing the multi-billion dollar public - private partnership contract for the Dulles rail projRail and Public Transportation, including negotiating and executing the multi-billion dollar public - private partnership contract for the Dulles rail projrail project.

The agenda, outlined at an Association for a Better New York breakfast in Manhattan, is headlined by major New York City - area transportation projects, including a new AirTrain that will connect the subway and Long Island Rail Road to LaGuardia Airport in Queens.

The new disclaimer language leaves out appointees to public authorities, which represent some of the most influential bodies in state government, including the New York Thruway Authority, the New York Power Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, bus and commuter rail system in and around New York City.

The committee's «guiding principles» charge it to be «as intermodal as possible» by accommodating all forms of transportation and providing «suitable connectivity to regional activity centers and transportation assets, including Metro Rail and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.»

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and his counterpart in Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to connect the 36 states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by rail.

Maloney is all for enhancing rail safety, including replacing Department of Transportation 111 cars.

They'll also talk about transportation issues including the reliability of passenger rail service and the safety of bridges in New York.

Long Island Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin announced 11 union endorsements in his re-election bid, including the Suffolk County Correction Officers Association, Smart Transportation Divison of the Long Island Rail Road, Transport Workers Union Local 252 and Plumbers Local Union No. 200.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday issued new proposed rules on tankers transporting oil including quickly phasing out the use of old DOT - 111 rail cars for moving crude oil and other hazardous liquids.

While buses and rail vehicles are the most common type of public transportation, other kinds include commuter ferryboats, trolleys, inclined railways, subways, and people movers.

The Denver Union Station project in lower downtown Denver, Colorado, includes design, development, and construction of a new light rail station, an underground bus facility, a passenger rail station that will serve both Amtrak and Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) trains, as well as public spaces to integrate the transportatiTransportation District (RTD) trains, as well as public spaces to integrate the transportationtransportation components.

Through TIFIA, DOT provides Federal credit assistance to surface transportation projects such as highway, transit, rail, and intermodal freight projects including seaports.

In addition to the generally applicable requirements described above (including the specific prevailing wage and labor protection requirements set forth in the RRIF statute), the rail safety standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § § 209 - 244 detail minimum safety requirements for railroad track that is part of the general railroad system of transportation.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to build a new station for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undetransportation that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undeTransportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a responsible person to fail to make existing stations in the intercity rail transportation system, and existing key stations in commuter rail transportation systems, readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undetransportation system, and existing key stations in commuter rail transportation systems, readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undetransportation systems, readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undeTransportation in regulations issued under section 244.

(7) the remanufacture by such entity of a rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, or the purchase or lease by such entity of such a rail car, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

(6) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person who provides intercity rail transportation to fail to have on each train which includes one or more single - level rail passenger coaches --

-- All stations in the intercity rail transportation system shall be made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to remanufacture a rail passenger car for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undetransportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undeTransportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- Except as otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to individuals who use wheelchairs, it shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to purchase or lease any new rail passenger cars for use in intercity rail transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, unless all such rail cars are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undetransportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, unless all such rail cars are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undeTransportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to purchase or lease a used rail passenger car for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation, unless such person makes demonstrated good faith efforts to purchase or lease a used rail car that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undetransportation, unless such person makes demonstrated good faith efforts to purchase or lease a used rail car that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued undeTransportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- Key stations in commuter rail transportation systems shall be made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as soon as practicable but in no event later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the time limit may be extended by the Secretary of Transportation up to 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act in a case where the raising of the entire passenger platform is the only means available of attaining accessibility or where other extraordinarily expensive structural changes are necessary to attain transportation systems shall be made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as soon as practicable but in no event later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the time limit may be extended by the Secretary of Transportation up to 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act in a case where the raising of the entire passenger platform is the only means available of attaining accessibility or where other extraordinarily expensive structural changes are necessary to attain Transportation up to 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act in a case where the raising of the entire passenger platform is the only means available of attaining accessibility or where other extraordinarily expensive structural changes are necessary to attain accessibility.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person who provides intercity rail transportation to fail to have at least one passenger car per train that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, in accordance with regulations issued under section 244, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

-- The term «specified public transportation» means transportation by bus, rail, or any other conveyance (other than by aircraft) that provides the general public with general or special service (including charter service) on a regularand continuing basis.

-- It shall be considered discrimination, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), with respect to alterations of an existing station or part thereof in the intercity or commuter rail transportation systems that affect or could affect the usability of the station or part thereof, for the responsible person, owner, or person in control of the station to fail to make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the altered portions of the station are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations.

-- For purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), it shall be considered discrimination for a public entity that provides designated public transportation to fail, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, to make key stations (as determined under criteria established by the Secretary by regulation) in rapid rail and light rail systems readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it is accepting applications for $ 73 million in grant funding for projects that can strengthen intercity passenger rail, support capital projects and boost safety initiatives that may include the implementation of positive train control, improved highway - rail grade crossings, and congestion mitigation.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person who provides commuter rail transportation to fail to have at least one passenger car per train that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, in accordance with regulations issued under section 244, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

-- For purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), a requirement that a rail passenger car used in commuter rail transportation be accessible to or readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, shall not be construed to require --

(iv) a failure to remove architectural barriers, and communication barriers that are structural in nature, in existing facilities, and transportation barriers in existing vehicles and rail passenger cars used by an establishment for transporting individuals (not including barriers that can only be removed through the retrofitting of vehicles or rail passenger cars by the installation of a hydraulic or other lift), where such removal is readily achievable; and

The Council will be chaired by Deputy Transportation Secretary John Porcari, and will include DOT leadership from highways, rail, ports and airports and economic and policy experts from across the Administration.

The TIFIA program provides federal credit assistance to nationally or regionally significant surface transportation projects, including highway, transit and rail.

Part I contains a summary of Departmental emergency authorities for key components of the transportation system, including air, rail, public transit, highway, pipeline, hazardous materials, and maritime transportation.

Surface transportation includes freight movements by truck, rail, pipeline, mail, Foreign Trade Zones, and other modes of transport.

a project for intercity passenger bus or rail facilities and vehicles, including facilities and vehicles owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and components of magnetic levitation transportation systems; and