Sentences with phrase «of cycling infrastructure»

«Reducing the scale» of cycling infrastructure: The report suggests that «Bicycle Plan and Program are more extensive than warranted by bicycle volumes.»

But in most of the UK and North America, cycling is a lot more dangerous than it should be, not only because of a lack of cycling infrastructure, but a conscious effort by the motoring world to get bikes off the roads, and to create a culture of «normalization»:

British Cycling calls upon the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to use the proven, achievable solution of cycling infrastructure to enable people to travel in different ways, as he looks to tackle the city's increasing congestion problem.

Not exact matches

Deloitte's infrastructure advisory team provides services throughout the life cycle of an infrastructure project.

The «Joe Six - Pack» world sees President Trump's proposed policies of fiscal stimulus, infrastructure spending, deregulation and protectionist measures along with a Fed rate hike cycle.

This includes investments in transit, more cycling infrastructure, and — yes — new and improved roads when our old ones are out of date and no longer meet our needs.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

Not only do we need these kinds of business «construction workers» who can cement the business infrastructure, but we also need those who know how to properly and effectively dismantle a business without the major economic disruptions we see in our «boom and bust» cycles.

Chicago's cycling infrastructure is speeding ahead, with more than 100 miles of protected bike lanes — and counting.

With the addition of Oregon, NICA now has the infrastructure in place to serve just over 60 % of the country's population; we are well on our way towards fulfilling our mission of providing every American teenager the opportunity to participate in NICA programming through a school or community based cycling team.»

The next twelve months will be absolutely critical for both parties as they try to build a digital and data - driven campaigning infrastructure for the next election cycle, and most activists assumed that NOI would be a central part of the Democratic side of that training frenzy.

At the moment, Democrats have the advantage on that front, in part because of the example (and skilled staff) of Obama 2012 but also because of a robust data infrastructure and technology ecosystem built up over the past several election cycles.

In fact, the state's existing composite business cycle index — also known as the Index of Coincident Economic Indicators, based on language identical to what's laid out in Cuomo's proposed infrastructure fund — actually did decline for three consecutive months at the end of 2014, as illustrated in the chart below.

I choose to look at the recent episodes of economic contraction across the continent as opportunities to diversify our economies and invest in building critical infrastructure, especially in power, to reduce our susceptibility to commodity shocks and break out of the perpetual boom - bust cycles.»

Liu Shaokun, an infrastructure expert at the Guangzhou office of the New York - based transportation institute, said that previously, policymakers in Guangzhou hardly bothered to consider cycling space during urban planning.

His main research interests are in the development and application of probabilistic concepts and methods to civil and marine engineering, including: structural reliability; life - cycle cost analysis; probability - based assessment, design, and multi-criteria life - cycle optimization of structures and infrastructure systems; structural health monitoring; life - cycle performance maintenance and management of structures and distributed infrastructure under extreme events (earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and floods); risk - based assessment and decision making; multi-hazard risk mitigation; infrastructure sustainability and resilience to disasters; climate change adaptation; and probabilistic mechanics.

«In particular, the cycle of materials, for instance of iron and copper, but also the representation of urban infrastructure is completely missing,» explains Pauliuk.

Frangopol, as part of the ASCE Industry Leaders Council, helps lead ASCE's efforts to achieve a «Grand Challenge» of reducing the life - cycle cost of infrastructure by 50 percent by 2025.

This intensification of the water cycle will increase the pressure on California's infrastructure to both alleviate water shortages during droughts and prevent flooding during heavy rain

Climate divorced from energy divorced from how long it takes to cycle through infrastructure minus embedded energy of infrastructure minus EROEI....

Our approach to achieving this goal focuses on three objectives: (1) to develop a reliable, predictive panel of biomarkers (including both biological and bio-behavioral measures) that can identify children, youth, and parents showing evidence of toxic stress, and that can be collected in pediatric primary care settings; (2) to conduct basic, animal and human research on critical periods in development and individual differences in stress susceptibility, thereby informing the timing and design of a suite of new interventions that address the roots of stress - related diseases early in the life cycle; and (3) to build a strong, community - based infrastructure through which scientists, practitioners, parents, and community leaders can apply new scientific insights and innovative measures to the development of more effective interventions in the first three postnatal years.

The Aqua features a small 1.5 - liter Toyota Hybrid System II (THS II) with reduction gear, which achieves fuel efficiency of 35.4 km / L (83.3 mpg US, 2.8 L / 100 km) under the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLIT's) JC08 test cycle and 40.0 km / L (94 mpg US, 2.5 L / 100 km) under the MLIT 10 - 15 test cycle.

Although, it still comes with the 1.3 - liter 1NR - FE engine or an improved 1.5 - liter 1NZ - FE engine, mated with the Super CVT - i (Continuously Variable Transmission - intelligent) automatic transmission, an available Smart Stop feature for the 1.5 - liter variants has a fuel efficiency of 20.6 km / L (58 mpg ‑ imp; 48 mpg ‑ US) under the JC08 test cycle (equivalent to 113 g / km (6.4 oz / mi) of CO2 emissions) of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).

Fuel economy is measured according to the 10 - 15 mode test cycle endorsed by Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

In light of current prospects, and the constant cycle of required infrastructure upgrades & investment to date, any attempt (s) to identify & exclude specific capex as long term «discretionary» investment looks foolish to me...]

Aside from the obvious, well - documented things — abundant space, a spirit of tolerance, a relatively low population, an excellent cycling network and public transport links, easy access to a countryside dominated by forests and lakes, a largely independent / DIY infrastructure — there are more complex and nuanced attractions.

In Sao Miguel you'll find the amenities and infrastructure for almost every type of sport or active experience, including cycling, big game fishing, birdwatching, canoeing and kayaking, canyoning, golf, hiking, horse riding, scuba diving, paragliding, whale watching, yachting and surfing.

There's also tons of infrastructure that encourages cycling, which is probably why only 29 % of residents own cars.

This combination of bicycle infrastructure, gorgeous scenery, delicious food and varied culture helps explain why cycling is the Belgium's national sport.

Lewitt focuses on conventions of support and shelter, of energy and infrastructure, in the context of the surplus matter that is up - cycled into the built environment: a process by which the material byproducts of global energy production is itself magically accounted for as a stock of supplies.

Ganske instead posits a future infrastructure where technology moves through cycles of innovation and obsolescence, and access to technology depends on location and class status — as it does today.

A short film explains why, against all odds and a distinct lack of biking infrastructure, cycling works so well in Tokyo.

Just spotted that Charles Moore also argued cycling infrastructure enables terrorism in the wake of Westminster attack pic.twitter.com/FOub 6PXzbP

It is the inertia of societal infrastructure, the carbon cycle and the climate that implies that at any point there is a significant warming that is already «in the pipeline» (and thus very difficult to avoid).

Regardless, the increase in riders points to the fact that when a city improves awareness of and infrastructure for cycling — New York has added 140 miles of bike lanes since 2007 — more people will get on their bikes.

«For many countries that already lack infrastructure for environmentally sound e-waste management, the increasing volumes are a cause for concern,» Ruediger Kuehr, the report's co-author and head of the UN University's Sustainable Cycles Program, said to the Daily Mail.

As the above video highlights, Washington, D.C. recently implemented a bike - share program known as Smart Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuters.

If the energy used for building and maintaining the extra infrastructure is accounted for in a life cycle analysis of a renewable power grid, it would be just as CO2 - intensive as the present - day power grid.

On transportation and fossil fuel emissions, cities can also invest in the long - term development of walking and cycling infrastructure.

As we mentioned yesterday, a team led by Rutgers professor John Pucher just released a major piece of research on the state of cycling, bike infrastructure, and bike safety in New York.

Cyacle is committed to expanding this scheme throughout the emirate of Abu Dhabi with hopes of influencing the urban infrastructure to accommodate a cycling culture.

, identified a need in the existing bi - GOING BEYOND THE COMMUTE cycling infrastructure and founded the The vast majority of our Minneapolis, company to meet it.

It means creating a community of integrated buildings and systems that perform like natural nutrient cycles, an organism or metabolism of viable size and density to serve as urban - scale infrastructure.

Modal choice: Shifting transport options to more efficient modes is possible, (such as from private cars to public transport, walking, and cycling), and can be encouraged by urban planning and the development of a safe and efficient infrastructure.

Therefore, considering climate variability and climate change when carrying out life cycle assessments of industry, infrastructure, transport and network industries is of utmost importance, since the need to locate most of these industries and networks in coastal areas will remain and probably increase with human coastal development.

The NBN seeks to break the «chicken or egg» cycle of inertia in new internet services on the premise of «build it (ie «the NBN,» or for electricity, the transmission infrastructure) and they (ie «new internet services,» or for electricity, innovative renewable energy) will come.»

The key, with respect to infrastructure, is to link adaptation strategies with capital improvement cycles and adjustment of plans to incorporate emerging climate projections11, 97 — but the insights are far more general than that (see the Adaptation Panel Report56).

She shares with us her observations on cycling infrastructure and culture in the Russian capital from the perspective of a transportation policy researcher.

The firm has 35 + years of experience managing energy assets through multiple economic cycles, and a global portfolio that spans conventional and renewable power, and oil and gas infrastructure projects.