Sentences with phrase «make efficient transportation»

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Make Your Home Energy - Efficient A number of home improvements now qualify for tax incentives provided in the Energy & Transportation Tax Acts of 2005.

«Artificial intelligence gives us an opportunity to help educate people on the most efficient way to make a journey,» Dave Roat, Cubic Transportation Systems» strategy manager, said.

Logistics and operations managers are constantly looking for new ways to make savings, from more efficient practices, to streamlined transportation, to better internal structures.

State Senator and Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said, «This is a smart undertaking that will not only make our transportation infrastructure more efficient but also safer and create more jobs.

«We want safer streets, more efficient transportation, vibrant neighborhoods, and for working people to stop struggling to make ends meet.

«To the extent that you can make things more efficient and use those efficiencies to invest in the capital program for the state's transportation infrastructure, that's a good thing,» said Mike Elmendorf, president and CEO of Associated General Contractors, a trade group that includes road builders.

Among the holy grails of physics, a room temperature superconductor, Dias said, could radically change our transportation system, making magnetic levitation of high - speed trains possible, as well as making electric cars more efficient and improving the performance of many electronic devices.

«If we took the same amount of energy we've put into making drones light and efficient, applied that to trucks and got them on the street, we could do so much good for the transportation industry and the environment.»

It will help us make parts that are stronger, lighter and function better for more energy - efficient transportation and energy production applications such as cars and wind turbines.»

Engineers at Oregon State University are studying a new approach to organize and route truck transportation that could save millions of dollars, improve the quality of life for thousands of truck drivers and make freight transportation far more efficient.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) leads U.S. researchers and other partners in making transportation cleaner and more efficient through solutions that put electric drive vehicles on the road and replace oil with clean domestic fuels.

The bicycle is the most energy - efficient form of transportation, so I'm gong to make an effort to use my bike (and a backpack) on trips to the post office and grocery store for small purchases.

«Everybody has been tightening their belts,» by cutting back on energy, making transportation more efficient, and even going to a four - day week in hundreds of districts.

Conducts policy research on road pricing, congestion management, and other strategies for making more efficient use of transportation infrastructure, and encourages modal administrations to adopt these strategies.

Our overall mission is to transform transportation and make our transportation system safer, more efficient, competitive and sustainable.

The bold initiatives they proposed demonstrated that the future of transportation is not just about using technology to make our systems safer and more efficient — it's about using these advanced tools to make life better for all people, especially those living in underserved communities.

«These funds will go a long way to make transportation easier, more convenient, and more efficient for travelers in New England, with convenient access to Bradley International Airport and enhanced rail service to Boston,» said Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff.

The company also believes that 5G will be the foundation for creating more internet - connected devices, making cities smarter, energy grids more efficient, and transportation safer.

«This creates a quicker and more efficient transportation alternative to the current options that make a stop in Vancouver before heading out on their way to Prince George», says Pacific Coastal Airlines Director of Sales and Marketing Kevin Boothroyd.

We've also made historic investments in high - speed rail and mass transit, because part of making our transportation sector cleaner and more efficient involves offering all Americans, whether they are urban, suburban, or rural, the choice to be mobile without having to get in a car and pay for gas.

It makes bicycles and efficient transportation much more affordable and accessible.»

My point is that to reduce the need for drilling for oil, we must focus our efforts on making our current primary form of transportation, the internal combustion engine, more efficient and less polluting.

Simple but effective things that individuals can start doing NOW include: reducing energy use at home by purchasing energy efficient home appliances; planting trees to absorb carbon from the atmosphere; walking or taking public transportation instead of driving; making smart consumer choices by purchasing environmentally sound products and energy - efficient vehicles; and practicing waste minimization, product reuse, and recycling.

Likewise, long - distance transportation can also be made more efficient; see the solutions in our Transport Sector.

So, unsurprisingly, cycling advocates tend to ask some deep questions about our transportation priorities, such as: 12 BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA Why can't we seem to make room on our roads to allow people who want to travel via an efficient, zero - carbon mode of transportation to do so safely?

If we make sustainable forms of transportation more affordable and efficient, more people will be able to participate.

How might history have been different had environmentalists and their political allies 20 years ago proposed that the nations of the world make a massive, shared investment in clean energy, better and more efficient housing development, and more comfortable and efficient transportation systems?

Solutions IBM (or the report writers recommend) are fuel efficient cars, more public transportation, more ridesharing, more telecommuting, combined with the use of technology - congestion charging, but an integrated «multi modal» management system that would be able to generate predictions for operators on what traffic was going to do in the very near future, as well as end user information sent via phones and smart phones, to help those in traffic make alternate solutions.

Some of the things covered are: What Tesla Motors» mission is, SolarCity (mentioning again the imminent IPO), Musk's idea for an electric plane that would be much more efficient than the current generation of planes, why hydrogen fuel cells won't make it in cars, the «hyperloop» 5th mode of transportation -LRB-!?)

While buses just make up 1 % of transportation - related oil consumption (yup, they're pretty darned efficient), a combination of investment in cutting edge vehicles for mass transit and an effort to exclude or limit dirty cars, trucks and other vehicles sends a signal that world - class cities focus on people, not cars.

Via Frost & Sullivan, Earth2Tech More Transportation News Tesla Files IPO Papers, Ending Production of Electric Roadster in 2011 Steven Chu Announces $ 1.4 Billion Loan to Nissan for LEAF Electric Car GM Invests $ 246 Million to Build Electric Motors In - House, Make Them Smaller & More Efficient

But technology that makes transportation networks more advanced and helps us devise the most efficient vehicles that use renewable fuel will also be key.

We can and we must make our buildings, appliances, and transportation systems more energy efficient.»

The list of products and services that will be needed in the 21st century as a response to global warming is virtually endless; new energies being developed, new solutions for making homes energy efficient, new modes of transportation, etc, etc..

«We believe our cities need more efficient, affordable transportation options to make car ownership a thing of the past and look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with transit agencies to achieve this goal,» Lyft said in a statement.

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