Sentences with phrase «plan city infrastructure»

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In many big cities, municipal land - use planning departments and other local agencies are hiring planners to help manage growth linked to population increases, burgeoning private investment and new infrastructure.

It remains to be seen how the staggering population loss will affect Bing's plans to revitalize the Motor City by shrinking city finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new sCity by shrinking city finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new scity finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new size.

Among the events being planned for T3's new Innovation Studio are a saké tasting and a panel discussion about what Boston needs in terms of infrastructure to attract more innovative companies to the city.

The Canadian Global Cities Council, a coalition of Canada's eight largest urban regional chambers of commerce, is calling for airport policy reform to align Canada with global best practices, and for our international airports to be factored into transit infrastructure planning by all levels of government.

In October, Waterfront Toronto announced it had chosen Sidewalk Labs to present a plan to design a brand new area of the city from scratch, with innovative technologies and infrastructure that's expected to include roads designed for driverless cars.

«We don't plan infrastructure, we don't plan cities, we're never going to do that,» explained Uber Product Manager Jordan Gilbertson in a briefing.

Allowing ride hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City and infrastructure spending were also pushed by business groups, but workers» compensation legislation was considered especially key for Senate Republicans this year, who agreed to an extension of the millionaires tax rate expiring at the end of the year as well as a college tuition plan backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

De Blasio also released an updated 10 - year construction plan for the city that adds roughly $ 6 billion in new costs he described as «crucial» to maintaining the city's infrastructure needs.

The Move NY plan, proposed by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz, would place tolls on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan in order to raise money for mass transit repairs and infrastructure.

During a Brooklyn subway trip Wednesday, Cynthia Nixon said New York City needs a «comprehensive» congestion pricing plan that includes new tolls on roads and criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo as someone who «is not very interested... in investing in infrastructure.»

[T] he income tax surcharge that Mayor de Blasio has proposed for the most financially prosperous among us, vested stakeholders in this city, and its critical infrastructure, is a plan all New Yorkers can rally around to meet the long - term needs of our subways.

Today, Governor Cuomo laid out an economic development plan for the City of Syracuse that invested in nano and UAS technology while bolstering upstate airport infrastructure.

The Independent Democratic Conference member on Monday said in a statement he backed the plan as proposed by Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner to have the state commit to a massive infrastructure investment in the central New York city.

After a year of mostly verbal sparring between New York City officials and the president, the Trump administration's plans to scale back infrastructure plans and social spending and an immigration crackdown are poised to hit New York — the president's home state — where it hurts.

This complements the more than $ 20 billion resiliency plan we're undertaking across the five boroughs to protect our neighborhoods and infrastructure from flooding, sea level rise and other climate risks, helping us create a more resilient, sustainable and equitable New York City.»

Miner also asked Katko to make sure any tax reform plan preserves the tax - exempt status of municipal bonds, which helps cities finance their infrastructure projects.

He was responding Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner's plan to use any cash windfall to upgrade her city's water and sewer infrastructure, which she said would benefit everybody and lay a foundation for business success.

The plan also recommends congestion pricing for cars entering the city and adding tolls on area highways to pay for infrastructure projects.

In the meantime, Cuomo said instead of negotiating with the Legislature at the Capitol, he plans to focus instead on building infrastructure, including airports, roads and bridges, and the long - awaited upgrade of New York City's Penn Station.

The Action Plan, in conjunction with other City investments, will support approximately 3,000 new housing units, 500,000 square feet of retail space and 800 hotel rooms in Jamaica through economic opportunities, cultural amenities and infrastructure.

And the city of Fulton, in Oswego County, could get $ 50,000 for a new master plan, $ 100,000 for infrastructure improvements and $ 250,000 to help refurbish a former Nestle chocolate plant for reuse.

A decade ago, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York offered a plan to ease traffic in Manhattan and raise hundreds of millions of dollars to improve the city's aging infrastructure.

At the time, the city's subway system was ascendant, but the plan would have raised at least $ 500 million annually that could have been used to counter festering problems, including a fraying transit infrastructure.

Battery Park City resident and C.B l member Anthony Notaro, who chairs the board's B.P.C. committee and co-chairs its planning and community infrastructure committee, was elected the board's new secretary on Tues., Oct. 25.

Hawkins said if he is elected, he will audit infrastructure planning and the long - term fiscal sustainability of the city.

In a State of the City address titled «More Justice,» City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito outlined Thursday a plan to reinvent the city's criminal justice system and target some of the most systematically troubled parts of the city's legal infrastructCity address titled «More Justice,» City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito outlined Thursday a plan to reinvent the city's criminal justice system and target some of the most systematically troubled parts of the city's legal infrastructCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito outlined Thursday a plan to reinvent the city's criminal justice system and target some of the most systematically troubled parts of the city's legal infrastructcity's criminal justice system and target some of the most systematically troubled parts of the city's legal infrastructcity's legal infrastructure.

Her Office of Innovation outlined new, inexpensive technology the city planned to use to manage its infrastructure.

As well as the need for a debate around road user charging, he remarked that a national infrastructure plan must reflect the emerging new city and regional governance arrangements such as sub national transport bodies.

DeFrancisco said Mahoney's offer this week to pay for the repair of some city streets was praiseworthy, but he questioned why it was accompanied by public statements suggesting that Miner had no plan to repair infrastructure other than begging for more state and federal money.

He added, «Thomas» plan offers a new vision with concrete steps to create jobs, fix our crumbling infrastructure, and restore trust in City Hall.

Instead of waiting years to complete planned work and repairs, the city has decided to spend an additional $ 1 billion on infrastructure projects over the next two years.

The candidate is also calling for housing reform and infrastructure needs and plans to introduce a nine - year housing incentive for «young, tax - paying men and women who are looking to revitalize the city... and promote local wealth,» in January 2018.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued the roll out of his 2015 agenda Tuesday with details of an infrastructure plan that includes upgrading New York City region airports to providing broadband for upstate rural areas.

In an effort to create more jobs and affordable housing, the city plans to spend nearly $ 17 million on infrastructure improvements in an industrial part of the neighborhood.

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Late last year, Miner presented a «Syracuse Billion» plan that focused mainly on the city's infrastructure needs.

Bramson pledged to implement «the most ambitious downtown development plan in the entire Hudson Valley» and to «seize hold of tomorrow» through city - wide infrastructure and environmental initiatives.

In the meantime, Cuomo says instead of negotiating with the legislature at the Capitol, he plans to focus instead on building infrastructure, including airports roads and bridges, and the long awaited upgrade of New York City's Penn station.

«I plan to work to repeal the discriminatory trash fee, coordinate with city officials to rebuild and repair our community's sidewalk, streets, and water infrastructure, proactively work with the Albany police and community stakeholders to develop strategies to improve public safety, promote economic development strategies that benefit everyone in our community, and ensure city services are accessible,» he said in an emailed statement.

«So the Council proposes that the city develop a Neighborhood Commitment Plan to accompany rezoning proposals, describing and tracking commitments for housing, schools, infrastructure, and other city services.»

Governor Cuomo today said that the «State of The State» address that he will deliver tomorrow afternoon would be his most ambitious one yet: (Cuomo 1-20-15) Cuomo outlined a transportation and infrastructure plan in New York City this morning, as... Continue reading →

The speaker will outline idea to improve the planning process, calling for the creation of «Neighborhood Commitment Plans» so that communities can track promises the city makes when it re-zones a neighborhood — like housing, schools and infrastructure.

The Regional Planning Association has pitched two major transit projects aimed at coping with an influx of commuters and the city's aging infrastructure.

So even without planning it, every city's infrastructure follows the same mathematical pattern?

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

Facing the likelihood of more heat waves and heavier rainfall, officials are trying to plan for a future that could strain the city's infrastructure.

But after he submitted his business plan to a start - up incubator in a small city close to Barcelona, he was invited to join, gaining access to infrastructure and expertise.

The authors argue that cities need to step out of traditional roles in planning urban infrastructure and learn how to better understand the needs of residents in order to craft policies and programs that enable the adoption of energy and carbon - efficient technologies and practices.

«By using this software, we remove the planning issues that often exist between these separate entities and consider a city's infrastructure issues more holistically.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303