Sentences with phrase «more curb cuts»

Busting up the concrete resulted in more curb cuts, according to Patterson.

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During a major industry gathering in Houston this week Ali al - Naimi, Saudi Arabia's oil minister, ruled out the possibility of cutting output, damping hopes of more aggressive action to curb a glut estimated by some traders to be as large as 2m b / d.

During economic downturns, businesses tried to curb expansion and cut expenses by shutting down the older, more heavily taxed and less efficient central city plants.

Hearteningly, a University College London study showed how the steps taken to eat more healthily, such as cutting out meat, were the same as those to curb climate change — a win - win situation that more governments would do well to heed.

The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration — all proven security measures that officials and experts have said are more effective than building a wall along the Mexican border.

Ognibene also criticized Crowley over the Council's approval of a new high school for Maspeth without concessions for neighborhood children and a curb cut for buses, suggesting she could have won the concessions from the city School Construction Authority if she had consulted more Council members behind the scenes before the vote.

Also mentioned were bike racks, broken sidewalks, potholes, «curb cut» ramps, less stop and frisk, noisy clubs, mental health care, more mom and pop stores and small business in general.

Talks likely to continue, but slowly Japan, meanwhile, focused on ways to curb more emissions by midcentury instead of by 2020; Saudi Arabia, like India, insisted that the burden of doing more to cut emissions falls squarely on the shoulders of industrialized countries — which, within the world of U.N. climate talks, does not include Saudi Arabia, despite its wealth and vast oil resources; and Qatar, which is hosting the next major climate conference but which has historically played a quiet role in the talks, did not offer a submission.

Curb weight should get cut, and the Toyota V - 6 engine should be massaged to produce just a touch more power.

What's more, the car featured here is equipped with the lightness - adding Weissach package, which cuts a total of 18 kg (39.7 pounds) from the final curb weight.

but that wouldn't last more than 6 months before it was either curbed considerably or cut altogether as the manufacturing spend brigade went to town.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

As oil prices languish, even oil - producing nations are getting in on the fun: cutting subsidies and curbing consumption so they can save more of their production for export.

Comedian Larry David of «Curb Your Enthusiasm» has curbed prices, cutting more than $ 2 million off the listing price of his Pacific Palisades home.