Sentences with phrase «other public transit systems»
Rep. John Katko asked a committee of House and Senate members Wednesday to restore $ 12 million in funding for Centro and billions for other public transit systems that were cut in a highway bill the House passed earlier this month.
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Austin infrastructure is strong with an international airport and, unlike other large Texas cities, a strong public transit system.
Global consultancy firm Arcadis put together its first - ever Sustainable Cities Mobility Index so people can evaluate how their homes» public transit system compares to ones in other cities.
It had lower marks than others for its hours of metro accessibility and general access to public transit systems.
What DC's dangling: a hip, upwardly mobile urban center with a young, highly educated, tech savvy workforce, an expansive public transit system, biking trails and other neighborhood amenities, not to mention close ties to Amazon's chief executive, Jeff Bezos.
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.
I look forward to working with the MTA, Councilman Dromm, and other community leaders to ensure the line is safely repainted and that a functional public transit system does not come at the cost of our community's well - being.»
There's an increasing consensus that the money, estimated to be between $ 5 billion and $ 7 billion, should be spent on infrastructure — the state's aging roadways, bridges, transit and other public systems.
The mini 2 ships with iOS 9, which brings new multitasking features, an aggregated News app and public transit directions to Apple's mobile operating system, among other new features.
And when something is not close by, getting around town is easy with the San Diego Trolley, the city's light - rail public transit system that conveniently connects downtown to other parts of the city.
And have you compared those figures to the loss of life, or incidence of other disease, caused by all the carbon monoxide, ozone, etc. produced by all the automobiles a public transit system would otherwise pull of the roads?
Even if Allan Savoy's method doesn't sequester as much carbon as stated, holistic management in concert with conservation, using hemp and other stocks for replacing trees and petrochemicals, ramped up public transit systems plus educating the public to conserve makes the most sense and could very well save our sorry asses.
It would be great if other international cities followed Russia's example and installed squat - detecting machines as part of their public transit systems because any way of working physical activity into one's daily schedule is a smart idea.
And through conversations with others in the growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving of local economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back ownership of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous land rights — all of which would help to end grotesque levels of inequality within our nations and between them.
It's an idea whose time as come, especially for big city residents where private car ownership is extraordinarily expensive and other options from public transit to bikeshare systems.
But more recently, transit providers everywhere have realized that by unlocking their data, they can gain access to a vast network of developers and thinkers who will take on the task of creating websites, publications, iPhone apps and any number of other systems for helping people use public transit better.