Sentences with phrase «on our transportation infrastructure»

«We've met with Capitol Hill, staff on the Transportation Infrastructure Committee [of Congress], the Pentagon, Homeland Security, the State Department, Department of Transportation,» Egli said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2016 agenda includes more spending on transportation infrastructure and a plan to ease tolls on the the New York State Thruway for some New Yorkers.

Gubernatorial candidates generally favor more spending on transportation infrastructure - but are split are paying for it with tolls.

Prior to holding these positions, Dorer led technical organizations at Volpe focused on transportation infrastructure and operations related research.

I am pleased to present the 2014 Report to Congress on the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 (TIFIA), pursuant to the requirement of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Section 2002 (h).

It includes information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, analytic methods and tools, GHG reduction strategies, potential impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure, and approaches for integrating climate change considerations into transportation decision making.

This letter constitutes the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Report to Congress on the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) projects whose sponsors submitted letters of interest under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP — 21).

Cities around the world are replacing urban highways with surface streets, saving billions of dollars on transportation infrastructure and revitalizing adjacent land with walkable, compact development.

Currently, she focuses on transportation infrastructure projects in Canada's Northwest Territories and the Russian Far East.

Not exact matches

The demographic data firm Sperling's BestPlaces based its predictions on factors including cost of living, access to transportation, infrastructure, and education, updating its analysis as the e-commerce giant continues to tease new information about the massive project called HQ2.

Ninety - three of the smart city projects are focused on transportation, according to SCMP, and could potentially use its connected infrastructure to build the number of driverless cars and shared - driving models on the road.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao (R) looks on as President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower, August 15, 2017 in New York City.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastruInfrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructureinfrastructure program.

availability of sufficient pipeline, gathering, and other transportation facilities and related infrastructure to process and transport its production and the impact of these facilities and regional capacity on the prices received for production;

The most important policy action for mitigating the damage of a recession is for the central bank to keep interest rates low, according to the respondents, followed by increasing spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects.

Anthony Foxx, U.S. transportation secretary, speaks during a Bloomberg Government event on U.S. infrastructure in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 11, 2015.

At a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on oversight of airline customer service, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz and other airline executives answer lawmaker questions about how to improve employee empowerment in tricky situations.

The upshot is that Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure may need to be included on the list of critical infrastructure targets, which includes utilities, transportation systems, financial markets and most recently election systems.

Finalist cities are refining their pitches based on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations in site selection — economic development opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate costs.

For five years now, CNBC's study «America's Top States For Business» has ranked all 50 states on this basis, using a wealth of criteria, from access to capital to business friendliness to transportation and infrastructure.

In contrast, spending on public infrastructure, such as transportation systems, that benefit not only the current generation but future ones as well, should also be paid for not just by current generation but also by future generations who will also use them.

We need to begin reducing the number of vehicles on our roadways, and the best ways to accomplish that is to invest in public transit infrastructure and embrace innovative transportation options that offer alternatives to conventional driving and car ownership,» says Black.

Because it reduces price and increases volume, it suggests that if Uber ultimately succeeds, the company could have a much bigger impact on urban mobility, labor, the environment, local economies and the national transportation infrastructure than we've all supposed — and its effects could confound the expectations of its harshest critics.

In the equity market, while investors used proxies such as utilities, transportation and energy sector exposure to express views, there are now ETFs that focus exclusively on this opportunity, specifically those that capture the infrastructure value chain.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

The Chair of the Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee and senior GVBOT staff travelled to Victoria today for the provincial budget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordability.

The Commercial Observer is hosting its 2nd Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Construction Forum on June 6.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced plans for a 5 - mile test track late last year and is about to break ground on an initial framework for what HTT CEO Dirk Ahlborn hopes will become the U.S. transportation infrastructure Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced plans for a 5 - mile test track late last year and is about to break ground on an initial framework for what HTT CEO Dirk Ahlborn hopes will become the U.S. transportation infrastructure transportation infrastructure of the future.

Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from water, energy.

This is having a negative effect on China's competitiveness at the very low end of the value chain, but higher wages are feeding into higher consumption, while the authorities continue to target transportation and environmental infrastructure for investment.

One of the most high - profile resolutions — co-sponsored by nine chambers or boards of trade from across the country — called on the federal government to refrain from changing the current governance model of Canada's ports and major airports, given that they are economic drivers for our national economy and crucial pieces of transportation infrastructure.

She echoed Mayor Mandel's oft - heard comment that Edmontonians should not settle for «good - enough» and spent much of her speech praising his progress on infrastructure, transportation and arts issues over the past nine - years.

With key economic decisions around international trade, transportation, infrastructure and natural resource development on the horizon, it will be important for the new government to recognize the critical role that Western Canada and B.C. play in our national economy.

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It also emphasizes that Canada could play an important role in meeting Japan's energy security needs, contingent on building the necessary transportation infrastructure to deliver Canadian LNG to Asia.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

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.

He serves on the Committee on Education, the Workforce and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Congressional Arts Caucus.

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.

Congressman Adriano Espaillat said, «I commend Governor Cuomo on today's announcement to invest and modernize New York's infrastructure with clean alternative transportation projects that will benefit communities throughout the state.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough, Ranking Member of the Assembly Transportation Committee, said, «I salute Governor Cuomo's vision and progress which has begun here on Long Island on our transportation and infrastructure nTransportation Committee, said, «I salute Governor Cuomo's vision and progress which has begun here on Long Island on our transportation and infrastructure ntransportation and infrastructure network.»

The state will pay for the new projects and improvements on infrastructure by using existing state, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority and financial settlement funds from banks, Cuomo said.

The governor unveiled his six - point infrastructure and transportation plans on Tuesday that include largely downstate projects and also some sizable cash influxes for statewide transportation budgets.

Laura Curran and Jack Martins played nice, mostly, on Friday morning during their first public showdown since winning their parties» nominations for Nassau County executive — an event where the main topic was transportation infrastructure.

County Executive Picente will be on hand to discuss national strategies for Transportation, Infrastructure, Legislative priorities and other topics effecting Counties with a National Perspective

As decades of mismanagement continue to wreak havoc on the city's transportation infrastructure, congestion pricing has once again been touted as a viable solution, both for the crumbling subway system and for the gridlock that clogs the city on a daily basis.

Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat who sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, supported bipartisan legislation to prevent the bankruptcy of the Highway Trust Fund.

On NY1, Cuomo explained how he sees economic development, saying that «in Upstate New York [it] means basically restoring the economy, and in downstate New York it means growing the future economy — the high tech economy, having the transportation infrastructure to do that — and making sure the economy is working for everyone.»

New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney recently held a telephone town hall on local transportation and infrastructure issues in the Hudson Valley.

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, right, stands with Mayor Bill de Blasio, and other local elected officials and transportation advocates, as they urge increased federal transportation investment in vital infrastructure in New York, on Nov. 24, 2015, under the Amtrak Rotunda at Penn Station in Manhattan.