Sentences with phrase «lack of public transportation»

And while one reason for that is the lack of public transportation options compared to nations with higher gas taxes — many in the US have no other choice to drive, and thus a tax on their transportation option is seen as unfair — it also stands to reason that it doesn't need to be that low.

Because of its remote location and a lack of public transportation, Lo So Shing Beach is a good option if you're looking for a beach that doesn't host hordes of sun - worshippers.

«The road disrepair is especially troublesome in Staten Island, where the lack of public transportation infrastructure causes islanders to use their vehicles to travel throughout the Island,» Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Matteo (R - Mid-Island) wrote on Jan. 16.

«Here on Staten Island we have a severe lack of public transportation.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, also a Democratic candidate for governor, wrote in a series of tweets: «While Baltimore seemed a perfect fit based on @Amazon's criteria, it's clear that a lack of public transportation, following Larry Hogan's decision to kill the Red Line, was a critical nail in the coffin.

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TfL, which is responsible for the city's transportation system, determined that Uber was not «fit and proper to hold a private hire operator license» owing to its lack of corporate responsibility and to concerns regarding public safety and security, according to a TfL statement.

Other important considerations around fairness must also be addressed, such as whether to provide charge - free access options or routes to ensure accessibility and inclusivity, whether to charge individuals a congestion fee for driving where alternative modes of transportation are not available (e.g. the lack of public transit in rural areas), whether the charge for commercial and private vehicles differs or not, and whether individuals living further away from urban areas and thus travelling further distances should face a higher charge than individuals living in urban areas.

Protesters have rallied, sometimes violently, against a lack of government services and problems with public transportation and corruption.

A victory parade is set to take place in downtown Seattle, and fans are being encouraged by the city to carpool or use public transportation to reach the area, due to lack of available parking.

The MTA discriminates against people with disabilities because of its widespread lack of elevators and electric lifts in the subway system, rendering it significantly more inaccessible than other cities with large public transportation systems, according to two lawsuits filed yesterday.

Despite intense opposition from nearly every local elected official and a total lack of public input on the new design, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Transportation are moving forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit.

The union representing Metro Bus drivers and mechanics says it wants the public and the Governor to know members are «very frustrated» about the lack of a contract after eight years of negotiations, and have «no confidence» in the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Executive Director to reach an agreement on their behalf.

Red Hook Houses, a NYCHA development that has been isolated by lack of sufficient access to public transportation, has been a focus of the streetcar proposal.

In a letter sent to New York State Assembly Insurance Committee Chairman, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Majority Leader Lorigo advocates for hosting a roundtable in Buffalo in hopes of finally bringing these extremely popular and successful services to Buffalo where affordable public transportation is significantly lacking.

«When you look at mass public transportation in Buffalo right now and Western New York, it's suboptimal and that just is a result of lack of investment,» Higgins said, «and I think we need ultra-modern cars, I think we need a new track bed, I think we need a better experience than what we have right now to enhance ridership.»

«The public has been raising Cain over the transportation community's lack of sensitivity to environmental issues,» Forman says.

But then one would recall that other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.

I currently live in St. Louis, another city that lacks any type of public transportation and we have loads of business at the shop I am in now.

As is the case in many suburban and rural communities across the Garden State, limited public transportation and lack of walkability place restrictions on how young people get around.

In more geographically remote areas however, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students may not have access to a wide range of experiences in directly seeing money in operation due to a lack of retail outlets, banks, public transportation, and other services that larger centres may take for granted.

Cons: Lack of frequent shuttle service to the airport and distance to public transportation.

The lack of high rise hotels and public transportation gives the island a laid back, relaxing feel.

Massachusetts - based artist Tomashi Jackson's research in the Atlanta area has led her to tackle the issue of public transportation — or the lack of it — as it was used to segregate the rural and historically white population of...

Few in the art public ever made the trek — unfathomable traffic and a lack of public - transportation options played at least some part — and most critics based their venomous reviews on press images.

The problems are: Lack of a constructive, earth nurturing moral outlook, ideology that encourages expanding capitalist economies that do not factor ecological capital or its destruction into their bottom line, greed as a way of life, corporate imperatives and power, intentionally misinformed or ignorant public (especially in the United States and China), inertia, rampant bad design in energy generation, housing, transportation, community planning, consumer products and packaging and materials cycling, etc..

This is due to the lack of sprawl and the low energy needs thanks to the abundance of public transportation options.