Sentences with phrase «into better public transportation»

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Comptroller John Liu said that he didn't think the tolls would be lowered anytime soon, but the extra money generated from the Verrazano, which he said goes into maintaining the buses and subways, should go to make public transportation in the borough better.

But I know you have your very good reasons for being among the 98 percent of the population that shuns public transportation: • You can read, check email, send text messages, or catch a few winks while you're swerving into oncoming traffic and pedestrians • You have built - in motivation for stopping at Wendy's for celebration takeout, given that you haven't had to walk more than nine consecutive steps the entire day • You feel good about the copious burning of hydrocarbons, which is creating valuable new beachfront property • You get to trade hand gestures and occasional gunfire with fellow traffic jammers.

An important issue for the public as well as legislators, former United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood comments, «This special Journal of Adolescent Health supplement brings the important issue of driver distraction and young drivers into focus.

I looked into various options such as public transportation, Uber, etc. but in the end it looked like my best bet was going to be renting a car.

Pearce hacks into Chicago's Central Operating System (ctOS), which controls the city's infrastructure (security cameras, traffic lights, public transportation and more) as well as key data on the city's residents.

While he's best known for his labor work, my interactions with Kheel mainly focused on his concern for the environment, which were centered, locally, around moving people from personal vehicles to public transportation and, at the global scale, building consideration for Earth's ecosystems and climate into economic and social policies.

There are lots of things that go into making a city more environmentally friendly — from sufficient density, to adequate public transportation, to superior walkability, to good green spaces — but a key part of all that is

In the meantime, we suggest skipping cars altogether and going with public transportation, a bicycle, or an electric scooter; if you do have to drive, then carpool, keep your car in good condition so that it operates efficiently, look into whether Zipcar or another car sharing service is available in your area, and keep an eye out for that next generation of hybrids.

Urban transport systems based on a combination of rail lines, bus lines, bicycle pathways, and pedestrian walkways offer the best of all possible worlds in providing mobility, low - cost transportation, and a healthy urban environment.Some of the most innovative public transportation systems, those that shift huge numbers of people from cars into buses, have been developed in Curitiba, Brazil, and Bogotá, Colombia.

So, for some travel insurance plans, the effects of a strike can reach into public transportation such as trains and buses as well.

A Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act loan of $ 292 million, in combination with previously issued and authorized general airport bond revenues would make available the funds to finance an $ 884 million multi-modal development project that would consolidate rental car functions as well as public parking into a multi-level structure and provide for an extension of the Airport Transit System (ATS) at O'Hare.

Public transportation into the cities is mostly very good in Germany, so this is a valid alternative to living in the center of town.