Sentences with phrase «on the transport network»

A TfL spokesperson told Business Insider: «Members agreed that we should examine how we could use our unique position to encourage more diversity in advertising, reflecting the huge range of people who travel on our transport network every day.

«Women face specific challenges on our transport network that are not currently being addressed.

This analytical document presents some of the potential impacts of the different manifestations of climate change on transport networks, paying particular emphasis identifying issues pertinent to transport infrastructure in the ECE region and taking into account the different modes of transportation.

Hurricane Sandy hit New York's shores in October 2012, wreaking havoc on transport networks and power grids, and causing billions of dollars in damages.

Not exact matches

On a trip to China in November to reduce tensions caused by the train contract cancellation, Communications and Transport Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza also discussed the mobile network plan with the Chinese government, according to a ministry press release.

The state government today announced significant improvements to the way heavy vehicle transport is managed on the state's road network.

«Autonomous cars won't use the network to drive — they will rely on on - board systems — but different types of connectivity (V2X) can improve the overall transport systems, for example by improving traffic flow.

Train traffic has been disrupted by explosions on the rail network, and on most major roads throughout the region, checkpoints have been set up by rebels and Ukrainian forces, making goods transport a risky business.

Sheila's theme for the year is «Access for all», and over the next twelve months she will be exploring and developing the theme paying particular focus on looking at accessible transport networks.

Energy Saving Trust chief executive Philip Sellwood added: «With a network of advice centres across the UK, we will be able to offer millions of people free and impartial advice on environmental matters such as energy efficiency, renewable technologies and greener transport.

He insisted the raids were nothing to do with the July 7th bombings on the London transport network last summer.

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has produced a manifesto that looks at the major transport issues that affect our industry today and makes recommendations on how the UK should be approaching the challenges of running a world class network.

Elaborate trade networks have also evolved, with oil being smuggled across borders in plastic jugs and transported by trucks and on donkeys into Iraq and Turkey.

Managing transport demand on both the interurban and urban networks involves an increasingly important set of tools to meet the major national objectives of improving journey time reliability and reducing carbon emissions.

The report praises the emergency response to the four bombs on the London transport network last year, but says lessons must be learned on helping victims.

The Campaign for Better Transport's spokesman Philippa Edmunds also welcomed the announcement but said more commitment to upgrades on the strategic rail freight network would benefit the economy and help tackle pollution.

English local authorities will compete for a share of # 690M to be spent on improving their transport networks and tackling urban congestion

These will focus on the topics of «collaboration» (sponsored by Kier); «bringing in new skills and talent» (sponsored by Colas); «changes to our networks» featuring Transport for the North's major roads director Peter Molyneux (sponsored by WSP); and «innovation — changing the way we work» (sponsored by Yotta).

To safeguard resilience, we must: Maintain our assets, focusing on our flood defences, water networks, roads and public transport.

In addition, improvements to this vital transport network (which as many people travel on everyday as the whole UK train network) have been seriously held up.

The Government should increase spending on the UK's road network to match what is being spent on rail, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

The recent extreme weather events have highlighted how everyone relies on or uses the UK's transport network daily and it is fundamental to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the community.

Sadiq Khan has banned all adverts which portray «an unhealthy body image» from appearing on London's transport network.

CIHT welcome the decision by Prime Minister David Cameron to launch a targeted review of the resilience of the transport network to extreme weather events, announced at yesterday's first meeting of the new Cabinet Committee on flooding.

By contrast, he said improving the current transport network with traffic flow measures, high - occupancy lanes on motorways and unblocking pinch - points could be very effective, as could investment in cycling and walking schemes.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: «The full HS2 route will be a game changer for the country that will slash journey times and give rail passengers on the existing network thousands of extra seats every day.

A Department for Transport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High STransport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High Stransport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High Speed Two.

The Countryside Alliance believes a vibrant countryside needs five key changes and calls on the Government to: SERVICES — Ensure an accessible and reliable rural transport and broadband network HOUSING — Promote local solutions to the lack of affordable rural housing EDUCATION — Enable all children to gain a practical understanding of the countryside FARMING — Support British farmers and producers COUNTRY PURSUITS — Repeal the Hunting Act and champion country pursuits For more information or to arrange interviews please call the Countryside Alliance press office on 0207 840 9220 or 07500 834 163

But it will do little to cut carbon or entice people out of cars and planes, so the # 2 billion per year that the government has earmarked could be better spent on improving our existing rail network — as well as improving local transport in our towns and cities.

After a joke about sleeping with entrepreneurs - his wife Samantha, specifically, he moves on to name - check the high - speed rail network proposed by shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers on Monday before slipping in his priorities for both the NHS and the «broken society».

The first, from think - tank New Economics Foundation (NEF), asserted that it is surprising that the single largest transport investment in UK history, HS2, has only been assessed on its own merits rather than against what the # 33 billion cost could achieve if more evenly spread across the transport network.

«On our public transport networks, in public buildings, banks, stores and shopping precincts — all those places where teenagers are told to take their hoodies down and where motorcyclists are expected to remove their helmets — it is only reasonable to expect everyone to show their faces.

Mr Khan distanced himself from Mr Corbyn during the campaign, pledging to freeze fares on the capital's transport network and build more affordable housing, but also promising to champion business and cut taxes on enterprise.

Over his term the UK hosted a number of international technical committee meetings along with a workshop on global issues related to security of the transport network.

«Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said this week that the Conservatives will back the development of new high speed rail lines in their election manifesto... «I am working hard on proposals to take high speed rail forward in this country to see if we can't at least start to catch up with countries like France and to deal with the capacity problems on our network,» she said.»

With the network beset with problems at the same time as inflation - busting fare rises come into force, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said passengers were on the «end of a real double whammy».

Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat transport spokesman, said the late running engineering works amounted to a «fiasco» from Network Rail, with services still cancelled on the West Coast mainline.

«This government is committed to improving on the road transport network, the water transportation system, the public transport infrastructure and most importantly attract the needed investment to fund our Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP), which is already being implementetransport network, the water transportation system, the public transport infrastructure and most importantly attract the needed investment to fund our Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP), which is already being implementetransport infrastructure and most importantly attract the needed investment to fund our Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP), which is already being implementeTransport Master Plan (STMP), which is already being implemented».

Network Rail and Transport for North are currently working on plans for a high - speed rail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway station.

«While a wave of farming peoples from the Near East replaced these hunter - gatherers, some of their lineages may have persisted longer in the far south of the Iberian peninsula and on off - shore islands and were then transported to the melting pot of Carthage in North Africa via Phoenician and Punic trade networks.»

Microtubules not only confer mechanical stability on cells and help to dictate their forms, they also serve as an intracellular transport network.

Other vital structures, the axons and dendrites — known collectively as neurites — that project from the nerve cells and send and receive messages are dependent on this neural transport network.

The TOD (transit - oriented development) Standard is based on eight elements: walkability; bicycle - friendliness; a connected network of streets and paths; a robust transit system; a balanced mix of activities; dense, vertical building; compact development; and a shift away from personal motorized transport.

The researchers point out that organised trauma care networks rely on correct and prompt identification of patients with serious injury and emergency transport direct to a trauma care centre rather than the local hospital.

The study conducted by the UZH researchers reveals that, through their unique network structure, rivers collect and transport DNA containing information on the organisms in the water and on land.

LONDON / PARIS (Reuters)- Hurricane - force winds and torrential rain disrupted transport networks and cut power supplies in Britain and France on Tuesday, one of the busiest travel days of the year just before Christmas, pushing the death toll to at least six people.

They also simulated the trade in grain based on an interactive reconstruction of the Roman transport network, which takes into account the cost of transport depending on factors such as distance and means of transportation.

Statement on behalf of Climate Action Network Europe, Carbon Market Watch, European Environmental Bureau, Sandbag, Transport & Environment, and WWF European Policy Office EU governments must step back from irreparably weakening Europe's biggest climate law, six of Europe's leading environmental NGOs have said, after talks between member states and the European Parliament ended in deadlock...

Concretely, based on basic research on nanoscale materials, such as atomic and molecular transport and chemical reaction processes, polarization and excitation of charge and spin and superconducting phenomena, we are conducting research on atomic switches, artificial synapses, molecular devices, new quantum bits, neural network - type network circuits, next - generation devices, high sensitivity integrated molecular sensors and other new applied technologies.

REVIEW: â $ The Silk Road is the ancient trade route passing from the shores of the Mediterranean through Bukhara and Samarkand to Dunhuang and on to Xian in central China.â $ Visitors can view a map of the complex network of pathways that transported silk, spices and other commodities as well as cultural influences.