Sentences with phrase «new transportation system»

Take a small example: Moving away from internal - combustion automobiles and trucks means more than just swapping in electric vehicles and expanding public transit; it also means building the infrastructure to support the new transportation system (chargers, added bus lines, additional electric power plants), retraining the people whose livelihoods were based on maintaining conventional vehicles, changing how cities are laid out and much more.

Additionally, libraries that need to move items across multiple floors or buildings can now benefit from a new transportation system that will help get items back on the shelf.

What new or emerging technologies could potentially impact the way people, goods, and services are transported, and how do we ensure accessibility to and inclusiveness of these new transportation systems and projects?

Not exact matches

As the North American oil transportation system continues to evolve, with new pipelines, reversals of existing lines and a growing role for oil - by - rail, what is clear is that the North American oil market will eventually settle into a new era of pricing relationships which will be very different than those which prevailed prior to 2008.

While pricey, cost of living in New York City is offset by its top public transportation system, diverse population, and electric atmosphere.

He namechecked a variety of thinkers influencing his new - age concepts, including Janette Sadik - Khan, a transportation advisor to Michael Bloomberg; Designer Alex McDowell of the World Building Institute; and Geoffrey West, the complex systems theorist at the Santa Fe Institute.

«As the oil and gas industry becomes mature there, companies are going to have to have a bunch of sub-sea systems that will have to be monitored,» said Dean Richter, a retired navy submarine captain and director of development for maritime transportation systems for New Jersey - based QinetiQ North America.

A transportation system would connect the city of Pune with the planned new airport in Mumbai in 25 minutes.

British tycoon Richard Branson - backed Virgin Hyperloop One is proposing to build a super-fast transportation system in India that would connect the city of Pune with the planned new airport in Mumbai in 25 minutes, saving about three hours.

Since then, researchers and a handful of companies have been trying to figure out how to actually create such a system that would create an entirely new form of transportation.

And, occasionally, New York City acknowledges the delightful mystery surrounding its 24 - hour transportation system.

And in 2013, Musk unveiled a design for a new kind of transportation system called Hyperloop.

Our robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm for government missions, democratize lunar research and exploration, and blaze the trail for commercial space transportation and exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Around the world, the race is on to find new, more sustainable ways to power our homes, factories, and transportation systems.

VICTORIA — As B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone heads to Ottawa with a shopping list for transportation needs, New Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastalTransportation Minister Todd Stone heads to Ottawa with a shopping list for transportation needs, New Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastaltransportation needs, New Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastal ferry systNew Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastal ferry systnew money for our coastal ferry system.

«Our transportation system is more than bridges and light rail, it includes our marine highway that coastal residents and businesses rely on» said Gary Holman, New Democrat spokesperson on BC Ferries.

Even that's not necessary, as the public transportation system on the island is excellent — with big, new, clean buses on a regular schedule.

The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions based on policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.

Innovators in transportation will be better able to solve the pressing challenges facing the sector following the launch of a comprehensive new data facility by the Transport Systems Catapult.

We don't see it any more,» he said, adding he sees a new system addressing the «transportation nightmare commuters face on a daily basis.»

One issue that could loom large in the 2018 election is the status of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City's mass transit system.

TL; DR version, Governor Nelson Rockefeller wanted the state to have control over the entirety of New York's transportation systems.)

After a New Jersey Transit train derailed Thursday morning in Hoboken — the latest in a series of train derailments to afflict the greater New York transportation system — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said citizens could take some solace in at least one thing: the two of them work well together in times of crisis.

One of the biggest challenges facing New York City right now is its aging mass transportation system, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's infrastructure deteriorating as subways and trains run on an outransportation system, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's infrastructure deteriorating as subways and trains run on an ouTransportation Authority's infrastructure deteriorating as subways and trains run on an outdated system.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the state Department of Transportation has upgraded its 511 New York system, including a new free mobile device application that provides New Yorkers with up - to - the - minute information regarding traffic, transit and emergency service notifications as well as weather advisoriNew York system, including a new free mobile device application that provides New Yorkers with up - to - the - minute information regarding traffic, transit and emergency service notifications as well as weather advisorinew free mobile device application that provides New Yorkers with up - to - the - minute information regarding traffic, transit and emergency service notifications as well as weather advisoriNew Yorkers with up - to - the - minute information regarding traffic, transit and emergency service notifications as well as weather advisories.

New York's transportation system is essentially broke, with both transit and road networks in precarious condition.

«To continue to grow in size and strength, we must develop a new interconnected, planned system of mass transportation, roads and bridges and airports for the next 100 years,» Cuomo said in unveiling his vision for the agency in his budget proposal in January.

De Blasio also helped launch the new NYC Ferry system in 2017, bringing a new transportation option to places like the Rockaways and Astoria at the same cost as a subway ride.

«I am writing to express my complete disappointment that the proposal from New York State, Oneida County, Amazon and other partners for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program was denied,» Picente wrote in his letter to Chao.

This new program not only improves our transportation system to help people get around, but simultaneously cleans up our air and offers greater access to the disabled.

«New Yorkers deserve to have a safe, reliable and efficient transportation system,» Heastie said in a joint statement with Ways and Means Committee chair Helene E. Weinstein.

Also at 12:30 p.m., a special presentation on how to effectively plan for automated vehicles in New York's transportation system, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, 25 Beaver St., Suite 2transportation system, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, 25 Beaver St., Suite 2Transportation Council, 25 Beaver St., Suite 201, Manhattan.

In recent days Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly engaged two of the massive transportation agencies he controls on hot button topics, demanding in an open letter that the MTA act to address a recent spike in sexual assaults reported as occurring on the New York City subway system and demanding answers from the Port Authority on a report that NYPD officials ensnared in a corruption investigation arranged for a special escort, with a lane closure, through the Lincoln Tunnel.

Eligible expenses include studies of potential markets, products, labor markets, or transportation systems; advertisements for the opening of a new business; compensation for consultants and employees undergoing training and their instructors; and travel for the purpose of securing suppliers, distributors, and customers.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and New York State Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi today said they have written to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao, expressing their strong disappointment that the proposal from New York State, Amazon and other partners to participate in an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Pilot Program... Read more

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In an address at the City University of New York today, Cuomo revealed what he's calling an «aggressive action plan» to fix Penn Station, as well as mitigate what he claims will be a ripple effect on the city's other transportation systems — namely, the subway.

Experts say the project is vital to New York City's transportation system and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, and problems in the existing 105 - year - old tunnel have caused delays in the already congested and delay - plagued rail system.

Ms. Calhoun, 53, has been the acting commissioner of the state's Department of Transportation since August, and her background could help Mr. Cuomo with one of the biggest headaches of his current term — the deterioration of New York City's subway system, which was the subject of a New York Times investigation this weekend.

This plan will not only transform New York's bridges and tunnels into the transportation system of tomorrow, but it will create good - paying jobs for thousands of New Yorkers.

In her remarks, Teachout highlighted the potential for innovation through 21st century transportation technology by not «just treating the MTA like an ATM as Andrew Cuomo does, but investing in our transit system, and then encouraging entrepreneurs to come here to invest in new transit systems that we haven't even thought about yet.»

«No one can excuse the mayor from being responsible for the public transportation system, the New York City transit that is encompassed wholly in his city.

U.S. Reps. John Katko (R — Camillus), Claudia Tenney (R — New Hartford), and Elise Stefanik (R — Willsboro) this week urged President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support New York's application for the FAA unmanned - aircraft systems (UAS) integration pilot program (IPP).

Appearing at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Transit Museum in Brooklyn, Mr. Cuomo continued to hype his vision of a New York with fully refurbished system of public works.

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In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, de Blasio repeatedly said Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

Supervisors and workers at a Signal Construction Unit at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Metro - North Hudson and Harlem Line have manipulated the payroll system by abusing overtime rules that inflate their salaries and pensions according to a forensic audit of overtime practices released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

BOSTON — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined mayors from across the U.S. on Monday to demand increased federal transportation funding, promising a campaign to get Washington to spend more on bridges, roads and improvements to mass - transit systems.

The governor Tuesday also unveiled his ambitious plan to modernize New York's infrastructure and transportation system, most notably proposing a rail link to LaGuardia Airport.