Sentences with phrase «own transportation costs»

Cleveland's commute time is one of the lowest at an average 10.5 minutes, and transportation costs are about 32 % of residents» budgets.

Transportation costs add up to 33 % of annual income.

Minneapolis commuters don't have it bad — average commute is 12 minutes and transportation costs are fairly low at 27.5 % of annual income.

Transportation costs account for close to 35 % of residents» income.

Houston is similar to Dallas — the average commute is about 12 minutes and transportation costs make up 28 % of annual income.

Chicago's commute time is fairly high at 13.5 minutes, but transportation costs are on the low end at 27 % of annual income.

«They may be able to look at some of their distribution structure to see if they can take advantage of lower transportation costs,» he says.

Proximity to the four - million - square - foot shipping center and its central U.S. location give Zappos several advantages, including rock - bottom transportation costs in getting its packages to UPS.

Then there are the transportation costs incurred by not having access to rides back and forth between the host hotel and the showroom floor.

Tala and Clive spent about $ 325 on transportation costs, which consisted of shuttle services for the guests who stayed nearby rather than at the castle itself.

If you add the lower of these tolls into the calculation, and assume we'd have received similar prices on the west coast as the landed U.S. prices I used above, you're still looking at $ 8 to $ 12 million per day in transportation costs.

Wage and transportation costs are getting higher in China, Cao says.

Packaged food companies, such as Conagra Brands Inc and General Mills Inc, have flagged higher transportation costs and rising commodities prices in recent months.

Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

Transportation costs take up a surprisingly large chunk of your monthly budget, especially if you're a car owner.

You're not supporting the manufacturing (and subsequent carbon footprint) of a brand new product or the location and transportation costs (both financial and environment - impacting) to get it to your front door.

Rubin argued peak oil supply and rising prices would push up transportation costs and slam the brakes on globalization.

Because gas is not evenly distributed around the world, and when regions such as China and Korea look to import gas to heat their homes, these high transportation costs mean that large regional price differences can occur.

Fuel surcharges can range from 6 % to 30 % of transportation costs, he says.

Keany picks up orders directly at the creamery, saving the cheesemaker on transportation costs.

«We looked at transportation costs, labor costs, productivity, and it made sense,» said Allan McArtor, chief executive of Airbus Group Inc. «We will be building single aisle airplanes (in Mobile) for a long, long time.»

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 - The federal government will cover 100 percent of emergency power and public transportation costs through Nov. 9 for the areas of New York and New Jersey that were hit hard by superstorm Sandy, according to the U.S. senators of the two states.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 - The federal government will cover 100 percent of emergency power and public transportation costs through Nov. 9 for the areas of New York and New Jersey that were hit hard by superstorm Sandy, officials said on Thursday.

Western Canadian production is discounted somewhat both by quality and transportation costs, but has spiked several times in the past decade as pipeline space runs tight.

This number covers everything from housing and food to childcare and transportation costs.

More recently as wages in China have risen, some economists see some «near shoring» of work back to Mexico that would allow manufacturers to save on transportation costs, given the shorter distance to U.S. markets.

Tucker recommends having enough cash to cover three to six months of living expenses in an emergency fund, which includes rent or mortgage payments (including property taxes and insurance), utility bills, transportation costs and food.

Housing costs are 138 % above the national average, while transportation costs are higher by more than a fifth.

On the one side is an American technology company with a history of questionable business practices, and on the other is an outdated bureaucracy that does much to keep transportation costs high in the city.

Transportation costs pushed Singapore's inflation rate to 5.4 percent in April, the most this year, government figures show.

Profits $ 480 to $ 800 per day minus materials and transportation costs.

Earnings $ 300 to $ 700 daily minus materials and transportation costs.

Many firms also need more dough to pay for increasing labor and transportation costs.

Better transportation infrastructure could improve the region's accessibility, lower transportation costs, and foster linkages between production facilities and existing rail lines and seaports, all of which would increase the region's export capacity.

Not only will triple digit oil prices sever those trans - oceanic trade links through soaring transportation costs but they will throw the U.S. economy back into recession.

Minnesota ranks higher than Utah thanks to a slightly higher median household income, and lower housing and transportation costs.

In fact, as several of the country's lawmakers have noted, due to the conditions of our roadways «American businesses pay $ 27 billion a year in extra freight transportation costs, increasing shipping delays and raising prices on everyday products.»

If you buy a home and therefore don't pay rent, or you won't need a car, you can replace those costs with what will surely be lower home maintenance and public transportation costs.

Transportation costs to deliver treatment reagents to our landfills, wastewater treatment facilities and other locations

Since the late nineteenth c entury, however, trade has increasingly consisted of intermediate goods as collapsing transportation costs have spread trade across widely - dispersed value chains.

Yes, Ma, and the collapse of transportation costs over the past 100 - 200 years has made it harder than ever to trace the source of imbalances by looking at final - goods trade flows.

We are building processes that optimize our transportation costs as well as designing innovative inventory controls to effectively move product between facilities.

First, the collapse in transportation costs has stretched value chains across sometimes dozens of countries, so that most trade consists of intermediate goods, not finished goods.

The report said the low - cost student pass has helped halve average family transportation costs by $ 23 a month.

The study found the living wage for Metro Vancouver increased $ 0.33 over last year to $ 19.14 — a jump mediated by the introduction of the U-Pass, which has helped cut bus transportation costs for some families struggling to make ends meet.

He agrees that manufacturing in Mexico for export to U.S. consumer markets has become more attractive as a result of the recent rise in Chinese labor and transportation costs.

The value of bitumen at a production site would be lower due to transportation costs and diluted bitumen frequently trades at a discount to WCS.

This tax will directly raise the cost of many consumer goods including gasoline and natural gas, and indirectly for many others due to higher production and transportation costs.

The Mexican cement giant grew mightily, but economies of scale top out quickly and transportation costs are high.

Through the in - court restructuring process, we were able to materially improve our already low cost structure by eliminating legacy transportation costs and reducing gathering and processing fees and interest costs resulting in improved margins.