Sentences with phrase «lower transportation costs»

Plus, it had lower transportation costs and a lighter carbon footprint than more exotic rainforest woods.

Other attractive amenities in these neighborhoods include lower transportation costs, walkable areas and robust transportation choices.»

For whatever food you do supply, use local and seasonal food suppliers that are more readily available and have lower transportation costs.

For example, the sectors have not worked together to lower transportation costs as they have in Boston.

Closer proximity to the customer means faster deliveries — ideal for spot market purchases — and lower transportation costs.

Better transportation infrastructure could improve the region's accessibility, lower transportation costs, and foster linkages between production facilities and existing rail lines and seaports, all of which would increase the region's export capacity.

«They may be able to look at some of their distribution structure to see if they can take advantage of lower transportation costs,» he says.

LiDestri notes that having multiple manufacturing sites adds great value because it provides customers with national representation and low transportation costs.

It's a HUGE investment opportunity, though, given how far behind their infrastructure is compared to how close they are to the US (making us a natural trade partner with low transportation costs for trade), their population, their education level (relatively high), and the areas in which they need development (agriculture and construction — both of which Caterpillar could help with).

My analysis is based on a simple model where investments are assumed to be more productive in flood - prone areas, because there are close to coast and rivers, lowering transportation costs, or because of urbanisation, which leads to concentration and development in river flood plains.

Not exact matches

Cleveland's commute time is one of the lowest at an average 10.5 minutes, and transportation costs are about 32 % of residents» budgets.

Minneapolis commuters don't have it bad — average commute is 12 minutes and transportation costs are fairly low at 27.5 % of annual income.

Chicago's commute time is fairly high at 13.5 minutes, but transportation costs are on the low end at 27 % of annual income.

And transportation companies, such as airlines, are likely to benefit this year, as low oil costs shave a significant amount off their operating expenses.

If you add the lower of these tolls into the calculation, and assume we'd have received similar prices on the west coast as the landed U.S. prices I used above, you're still looking at $ 8 to $ 12 million per day in transportation costs.

The technology behind these self - driving cars will be applied to public transportation and will decrease the risk of accidents as well alleviate traffic congestion and lower energy costs.

There are a lot of reasons an entrepreneur might like Buenos Aires: A low cost of living, a high quality of life, accessible transportation and a relatively low cost of doing business.

Oster said the key to his tube transportation will be the low cost of moving people from one location to another.

To survive on that income, you'll need to find low rent and set yourself a strict grocery budget — and that's before considering utilities, transportation, healthcare costs and bank fees.

Real - time data visibility and tracking combined with lower operating costs enables grocery transportation management teams to operate with optimal efficiency.

Minnesota ranks higher than Utah thanks to a slightly higher median household income, and lower housing and transportation costs.

If you buy a home and therefore don't pay rent, or you won't need a car, you can replace those costs with what will surely be lower home maintenance and public transportation costs.

The report said the low - cost student pass has helped halve average family transportation costs by $ 23 a month.

When Uber launched its low - cost UberX offering in the summer of 2012, the company quickly realized that the demand for its transportation services is HIGHLY elastic.

«Shipping costs will be reduced as we lower our reliance on third parties and take greater control over the transportation of customer orders, optimizing the process to benefit suppliers, customers and Wayfair.»

In the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shipped.

The value of bitumen at a production site would be lower due to transportation costs and diluted bitumen frequently trades at a discount to WCS.

Through the in - court restructuring process, we were able to materially improve our already low cost structure by eliminating legacy transportation costs and reducing gathering and processing fees and interest costs resulting in improved margins.

Despite having lower allocations to Dangerous - or - worse - rated stocks, two classes of Rydex Series Funds: Transportation Fund RYNCX [s: RYNCX] and RYTSX [s: RYTSX] receive my Very Dangerous rating because their total annual costs are a whopping 5.01 % and 5.98 %.

In recent years, intermodal transportation has played a significant role in lowering consumer costs on everyday goods, and has contributed to the viability of thousands of businesses throughout Canada.

Calling Wal - Mart «our best $ 35 oil idea» in a mid-December note, Nomura analyst Robert Drbul wrote that low oil and gas prices help Wal - Mart «for two key reasons: 1) we believe lower income demographic consumers stand to benefit most from lower gas prices, and 2) we believe its private transportation fleet (> 6,650 trucks; one of the largest in the world) will realize cost benefits due to low fuel prices.»

The most significant drivers were higher initial inventory markups and reduced transportation costs, partially attributable to lower fuel rates.

«The desire for a low - intervention birth in a familiar environment surrounded by family and friends, lack of transportation in rural areas, and cost factors could all factor in.»

It's perfectly fashioned for scooter enthusiasts in need of high quality, reliable, noise and pollution free, portable, low cost, personal transportation.

Is it for low cost items of choice, like entertainment, movies, candy, or is it to cover such things as clothes, shoes, transportation?

Low - income families struggling with fixed costs for food, rent, utilities, transportation, and child care often do not have spare money for co-payments.

Low - income students — who may already be eligible for federal Pell grants and state TAP grants — should be able to benefit from the program, such as through resources to cover costs including fees, transportation, child care and books that too often make college out of reach.

The Council's Transportation Committee recently held a hearing on a bill by this borough's three Council members to increase Staten Island Ferry service to at least one trip every 30 minutes — and the DOT said they wouldn't support it, arguing «extra nighttime service proposed in this bill is not warranted, given not only the low demand for service but also the corresponding costs involved.»

Your choice: New toll — High costs, no transportation investment Move NY — Lower tolls, fixed roads and bridges When MTA tolls and fares increased on Sunday, Move NY volunteers fanned out to all seven MTA bridges to get the group's -LSB-...]

Our overall goal has always been to secure a transportation contract with a responsive and responsible bidder that meets all the bid specifications, at the lowest cost for our transit riders.

A study by the state Department of Transportation says the project would lower shipping costs by $ 500 per container while boosting the local economy and easing congestion and wear and tear on highways and roads.

This summer a new program will be implemented and provide free / low - cost transportation grants to allow students from Title 1 schools to experience state parks and historic sites.

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

Even as Republican lawmakers try to tie eliminating the state's prevailing wage to lowered costs for road projects, the top transportation official says he is skeptical about the hoped - for savings.

«This proposed fee would discourage residents of New York from using bicycles for low cost, environmentally friendly transportation.

The SAGE study concluded that combining forces would also lead to lower operational costs, and that consolidating transportation functions could yield between $ 50 million and $ 82 million annually.

«We're about to see a rapid increase in different parts of the industry, whether it's space tourism or commercial involvement to allow NASA to get lower - cost transportation to low - Earth orbit,» Nield told the House space subcommittee at a hearing in May.

«When you add in things like transportation costs, you just can't produce these systems for the European market at a lower cost in Asia,» he says.

«Other research from our group has observed that over the past several decades, the US has developed a complex system of farming, storage, transportation, processing, manufacturing and marketing that favours a lower cost of highly processed foods,» she says.

A key question for policymakers is, which transportation technology cuts total emissions at the lowest cost — batteries or fuel cells?