Sentences with phrase «on transportation research»

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And speaking of transportation, if you're going on a long trip with several destinations, it helps to research what kinds of transportation you'll need to get from place to place.

Spend some time doing research on how safe airline transportation or just flying in general is.

Since then, a research company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)-- unaffiliated with Musk or any of his other companies and ventures — is right on track to making science - fiction legit science by building an actual test track for the technology in California.

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There is no clearly defined role of the Manhattan Borough President in terms of transportation and street safety, meaning that it could be anything from supporting non-profits with the Borough President's discretionary funding to doing research on street safety to coming out in support of Department of Transportation and other city agencies&raqtransportation and street safety, meaning that it could be anything from supporting non-profits with the Borough President's discretionary funding to doing research on street safety to coming out in support of Department of Transportation and other city agencies&raqTransportation and other city agencies» proposals.

AAAS letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to resist any effort to undercut the National Science Foundation's ability to support research across all fields and concern on language in a pending innovation bill that seems to require awarding 8 percent of research funding outside the usual peer - review.

The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies is embarking on a major study to find out what drivers are doing that endangers them and others on the road.

The research group has also been conducting research on refrigerated sperm transportation as a method to replace the transportation of adult genetically modified mice.

While at UT, David was a researcher in the Webber Energy Group, where his research focused on advanced biofuel production to offset petroleum use in the transportation sector.

Although the research focused primarily on NPP in analyzing social networks, the researchers believe it also has the potential to be applied in biological networks, disease networks, protein interaction networks, food networks and transportation networks.

The study is the second major report this month calling for greater research on the environmental effects of producing ethanol and other renewable transportation fuels.

Those new initiatives range from fighting a fresh war on cancer and developing cleaner energy and transportation systems to doubling spending on competitive agricultural research and improving the computer literacy of U.S. school children.

The report notes that research about the impacts of warming on transportation is scarce.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy are presenting collaborative research on the use of mathematical methods for understanding the transportation of chemical compounds in biological tissues, like the skin.

It is the product of a long and contentious debate in Congress that included efforts to eliminate the Transportation Enhancements program (TEP), which for about 2 decades has required states to spend a small portion of their federal transport funds on 12 types of activities, including bike and walking paths, but also «archaeological planning & research,» and «environmental mitigation.»

At a Senate hearing where the NRC report was unveiled, Senator Maria Cantwell (D - WA) said the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation would like to see the budget of NOAA's acidification research program nearly double next year, to $ 20 million.

Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about the value of scientific research and development.

President Barack Obama on Friday signed a major new transportation funding bill that extensively reworks — and cuts — a little - known program that has paid for hundreds of field research projects over the last few decades.

Prior to joining the State Department, Gunderson was an American Chemical Society - sponsored AAAS Congressional Fellow (2012 - 13) with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources under Chairman Ron Wyden (D - Oregon), with a legislative portfolio focused on basic energy - science research and development, low - carbon transportation fuels, alternative fuel vehicles, and critical minerals / elements.

«The idea of automated car - sharing vehicle or a ride - sharing service, when you increase the occupancy of a vehicle, the emissions and fuel use overall are going to be split over those individuals, hence they are going to be lower,» said Susan Shaheen, the co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, whose research focuses on car - Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, whose research focuses on car - research focuses on car - sharing.

The research was conducted in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation, a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit organization, and Environmental Health Analytics LLC.

Engineer Daniel Sperling, of the University of California, Davis, joins the roster of Blue Planet laureates for research on the impact of transportation on the environment and pioneering studies leading toward more efficient and environmentally friendly transportation systems.

Although there is no equivalent legislation pending in that body, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the America COMPETES Act, a broader bill to reauthorize programs at NSF and research at the departments of energy and commerce that could include language on NSF's oversight of major facilities.

But the research suggests that even if researchers maximized the capacity to grow biofuels on all marginal lands, «the amount of cellulosic ethanol it could produce is only enough to provide 1.5 percent of U.S. transportation fuel by 2020.»

The findings, published recently in Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, build on a 2016 paper in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.

was convened by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as it considers its version of the Weather Forecasting Research and Innovation Act — a bill Klockow had followed while a fellow.

The center conducts research on the production of liquid transportation fuels via artificial photosynthesis, which utilizes solar energy, water and carbon dioxide, DOE said Tuesday.

[6] Research based on data from Washington, DC, which does not provide yellow bus transportation to most students, indicates that parents are willing to choose an elementary school that has proficiency rates that are 11 percentage lower if the school is one mile closer to them.

In this report, we review the available research on student transportation and profile transportation options in five choice - rich cities: Denver, Detroit, New Orleans, New York City, and Washington, DC.

On the other hand, research indicates that rural students who live a long way from their school face significant time and transportation barriers to extracurricular participation.

We are doing research on how best to provide transportation in such a way to get students to school each day.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Conducts policy research on the economic impact of transportation investments and disruptions to the transportation system for significant freight and highway projects, in coordination with the OST - P40 office.

Conducts policy research on road pricing, congestion management, and other strategies for making more efficient use of transportation infrastructure, and encourages modal administrations to adopt these strategies.

He has more than 25 years of experience in transportation human factors research, demonstration, and deployment, and is an internationally recognized authority in operator fatigue and its management, recently publishing a book for senior government and industry decision makers on this topic.

The Chief Statistician of the United States appointed him to the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, and he serves on several committees and task forces of the Transportation Research Board.

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

She co-chairs TRB's Transportation Research Record Review Board and Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation and chaired and served on many other committees and expert panels.

Most recently, she was invited by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — International Transport Forum (OCED - ITF) to chair the annual Transportation Statistics meetings, and the research working group project on «Big Data and Open Data.»

Produces independent research and reports focused on the Department's strategic priorities, the performance of the transportation system and the outcomes of investments made through the federal program.

Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions A resource from the Federal Transit Administration that includes research on transit and climate change, tools for measuring and reducing carbon footprints, and information on transportation - related climate change adaptation.

On behalf of the Secretary of Transportation, OST - R's Research Development and Technology (RDT) Office convenes a group called the RD&T Planning Team that brings together the research directors of each of DOT's modal operating administResearch Development and Technology (RDT) Office convenes a group called the RD&T Planning Team that brings together the research directors of each of DOT's modal operating administresearch directors of each of DOT's modal operating administrations.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced in response that they're performing «extensive» research on features like City Safety.

At the Audi event here, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute unveils its latest study on the total cost of ownership of diesel engines, which have been criticized in the past for being too expensive.

Ideal candidates will have strong writing and analytical skills, the ability to work within tight deadlines on multiple projects simultaneously, exceptional legal research skills, and a desire to learn about the nation's transportation industry.

TRB provides services to exchange information on current transportation research and practice and manage cooperative research programs and publications.

Data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, showed there have been only 16 total tarmac delays of more than three hours reported from May 2010 through February 2011 by the airlines that file on - time performance data with DOT, compared to 664 reported from May 2009 through February 2010.

The research also fails to square with U.S. Department of Transportation research which shows deadly distracted driving behavior on the decline in cities where laws are coupled with tough enforcement.

The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, today released Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities, a special report presenting the findings of a 2009 survey asking participants the importance of different transportation features for theiTransportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, today released Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities, a special report presenting the findings of a 2009 survey asking participants the importance of different transportation features for theiTransportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, today released Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities, a special report presenting the findings of a 2009 survey asking participants the importance of different transportation features for theiTransportation Characteristics of Livable Communities, a special report presenting the findings of a 2009 survey asking participants the importance of different transportation features for theitransportation features for their communities.

The report provides transportation professionals with an overview of the scientific consensus on current and future climate changes of particular relevance to U.S. transportation, including the limitations of present scientific understanding as to their precise timing, magnitude, and geographic location; identifies potential impacts on U.S. transportation and adaptation options; and, offers recommendations for both research and actions that can be taken to prepare for climate change.