Sentences with phrase «providing access to transportation»

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«A spouse can help keep doctor's appointments and provide transportation, making for easier access to health care services,» said Dr. Jeffrey Berger, another senior member of the project and a preventive cardiologist at NYU.
Moreover, Delaware's convenient location provides easy access to many major cities, including New York and Washington, as well as many transportation alternatives — international airports, Amtrak rail service and interstate highways — that put the rest of the world within quick reach.
Establish a provincial regulatory framework which introduces ridesharing and provides residents with greater access to safe and reliable passenger transportation options.
Mr. Laurier's record of governance includes liberalizing immigration policy to populate the country particularly in the new western provinces, supporting the construction of transportation infrastructure to bolster economic development and export growth, steadily reducing tariff rates to provide Canada with a tax advantage relative to the United States, and pursuing free trade and market access for Canadian goods and services.
The Board of Trade is renewing its call for all parties running in the provincial election to pledge to establish a regulatory framework to introduce ridesharing and provide residents with greater access to safe and reliable passenger transportation options.
Other important considerations around fairness must also be addressed, such as whether to provide charge - free access options or routes to ensure accessibility and inclusivity, whether to charge individuals a congestion fee for driving where alternative modes of transportation are not available (e.g. the lack of public transit in rural areas), whether the charge for commercial and private vehicles differs or not, and whether individuals living further away from urban areas and thus travelling further distances should face a higher charge than individuals living in urban areas.
Our state of the art manufacturing facilities are located throughout the U.S. and provide convenient access to transportation lanes that are within hours of high population centers.
Hubs provide services such as parenting education, health education and access to health care, employment readiness activities, and facilitate access to services by offering service coordination, transportation, and meals.
Projects must be related to the surface transportation system and provide full access to the public.
At 1 p.m. Wednesday, an «all - in - one» resource clinic providing access to free, comprehensive services addressing aging, disability, immigration, personal finance, and transportation issues will launch at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
The new programs are expected to increase college access and support degree completion by providing wraparound services for students such as child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and / or employment counseling, legal aid, and more.
«When you see our unwavering commitment in changing the face of public transportation, committing more funds to providing jetties and expanding access to waterways, please know that we are driven only by the need to build and sustain the needed infrastructure upon which an enduring tourism landscape can stand and outlive our administration and those coming after us,» the Governor said.
The project site is in a rural residential area with access to a handicap accessible van transportation service for residents provided through Cayuga County.
For example, I have voted to improve fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, to provide communities with funding to expand public transportation, to provide tax credits to expand the use of wind and solar technologies, as well as expanding access to grants and tax credits for homeowners to weatherize their homes and purchase more fuel efficient vehicles.
The study recommends government agencies focus efforts on enacting policies and programs to better protect rural households during a drought, such as supporting sustainable agriculture projects in the region, increasing transportation options to access city centers and providing access to insurance and credit schemes.
«For women to have timely access to services that can help to save her life she still needs the community, husband and family to be able to provide access and transportation,» explains Grace Kodindo, an assistant clinical professor of population and family health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
The high - density model would greatly simplify transportation and utility networks, while at the same time providing easy access to the natural world, which would be literally an elevator ride away.
The «CST» in the spacecraft's designation stands for Crew Space Transportation, it is hoped that the craft will be able to provide reliable access to the orbiting laboratory along with the crewed version of SpaceX's Dragon.
The ADA provides guidelines for access to buildings, education and transportation; reasonable accommodations in the workplace; appropriate interview questions; housing; and other factors relating to disability.
This section also includes information on parking fees and passes, valet parking, public transportation and taxis, and the Air Charity Network, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation for people in need seeking access to specialized health care facilities.
The lottery process for oversubscribed grades gave preference first to students who previously attended the school and their siblings, then to low - income students applying to schools that previously did not have a majority of low - income students, and finally to students applying to a school within their «choice zone» (which would guarantee them access to district - provided transportation).
Waiving fees, supplying equipment or instruments, covering the cost of uniforms, providing transportation, partnering with community - based entities to offer scholarships for specialized skill and talent development, and eliminating cut policies are a few of the ways in which schools work diligently to ensure that all kids have access to the benefits of extracurricular participation.
However, true access to choice relies on dependable school - or parent - provided transportation.
These cities vary widely in terms of providing publicly - funded transportation for students, prompting new questions on how student transportation can be an enabler of, rather than a barrier to, equitable access to high - quality education in urban areas.
If I go that route (assuming my child gets in), I will need a car or access to reliable public transportation, as well as a flexible work schedule to take my child to and from school every day if transportation is not provided by the school.
Stein said that for charter schools to really work so every child has a chance to access innovation there has to be a requirement for transportation and food provided if you are low - income.
For example, connect with community partners if the barrier is clothing, transportation, housing, access to health or mental health treatment; provide training to teachers and staff to address instructional barriers; review budgets to remedy shortages of staff and / or lack of materials and supplies needed to deliver effective classroom instruction or school - wide accommodations; and engage culturally - competent staff to break down communication barriers between schools and families.
The purpose of this part is to implement the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. 41705), which provides that no air carrier may discriminate against any otherwise qualified individual with a disability, by reason of such disability, in the provision of air transportation.
Providing private developers and operators with access to tax - exempt interest rates lowers the cost of capital significantly, enhancing the investment prospects for transportation infrastructure.
«The U.S. Department of Transportation (or name of the Operating Administration or office) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting (or event) for all participants.
If recipients fail to provide full and open access to transportation for all members of the public, it will cost the American economy millions of dollars each year.
Safe non-motorized transportation options, combined with access to public transportation, are critical components of a transportation network that connects people — especially low - income households — with jobs, education, and essential services, providing «ladders of opportunity.»
The U.S. Department of Transportation is fully committed to building an accessible transportation system that provides equal access for all Americans and prevents discrimination against persons withTransportation is fully committed to building an accessible transportation system that provides equal access for all Americans and prevents discrimination against persons withtransportation system that provides equal access for all Americans and prevents discrimination against persons with disabilities.
-- Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations in an accessible format to carry out sections 304 (b)(4) and 302 (b)(2)(D)(ii) that require each private entity which uses an over-the-road bus to provide transportation of individuals to provide accessibility to such bus; except that such regulations shall not require any structural changes in over-the-road buses in order to provide access to individuals who use wheelchairs during the effective period of such regulations and shall not require the purchase of boarding assistance devices to provide access to sucTransportation shall issue regulations in an accessible format to carry out sections 304 (b)(4) and 302 (b)(2)(D)(ii) that require each private entity which uses an over-the-road bus to provide transportation of individuals to provide accessibility to such bus; except that such regulations shall not require any structural changes in over-the-road buses in order to provide access to individuals who use wheelchairs during the effective period of such regulations and shall not require the purchase of boarding assistance devices to provide access to suctransportation of individuals to provide accessibility to such bus; except that such regulations shall not require any structural changes in over-the-road buses in order to provide access to individuals who use wheelchairs during the effective period of such regulations and shall not require the purchase of boarding assistance devices to provide access to such individuals.
Benefits to Public: Federal support for transit infrastructure provides transportation alternatives for all allowing individuals who do not have vehicles, persons with disabilities, people with low income, and senior citizens to have basic mobility to access medical, employment and leisure locations.
«The US Department of Transportation (or name of Operating Administration or office) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting (or event) for all participants.
Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care.
The credit assistance was made possible under the Department's Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program that provides access to capital and helps finance projects that otherwise might be delayed.
In addition, the USRC will partner with Mayor Vincent Gray's office and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to provide a nearby offsite parking lot for bus drivers with access to concessions and dedicated restrooms.
It will also place high - speed rail on equal footing with other transportation programs, revitalize domestic rail manufacturing, and ensure that the nation can reach President Obama's goal of providing 80 percent of Americans access to high - speed rail within 25 years.
Short Term Lending Program: OSDBU's Financial Assistance Division (FAD) administers the Short - Term Lending Program (STLP), providing eligible firms with access to the capital they need to grow and compete in the transportation industry.
National Transportation Atlas — an effort to migrate geospatial data to a cloud platform, increasing geospatial analysis capabilities and providing access to data through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
In selecting communities to participate in the program, the statute requires DOT to give priority to those communities where (a) average air fares are higher than the air fares for all communities; (b) a portion of the cost of the activity contemplated by the community is provided from local, non-airport-revenue sources; (c) a public - private partnership has been or will be established to facilitate air carrier service to the public; (d) improved service will bring the material benefits of scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the National air transportation system is limited (e) the assistance will be used in a timely fashion; and, (f) multiple communities cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air service into one regional airport.
Exemptions from the slot restrictions to provide additional access to the slot - controlled airports are the responsibility of the Department of Transportation.
any transportation project eligible for assistance under this title that is on a public road within or adjacent to, or that provides access to, Federal lands open to the public.
These passes can help keep costs down and provide easy access to transportation while traveling.
We also provide hands - on help to people in indigent communities who don't have transportation and / or access to veterinary care, most of whom could not afford it even if it were available in their community.
Unfortunately, there are people who pass their untrained pet dogs off as service dogs so they can keep their pets with them to take advantage of the «perks» the ADA provides to service dogs, like access to public places (stores, malls, restaurants) and public transportation.
Our team of experienced doctors, veterinary technicians, and support staff are committed to providing the best in full - service veterinary care and emergency treatment to our friends, neighbors, fellow animal lovers and their pets in Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak, Palmer, Wasilla, Indian, Bird Creek, Girdwood, Whittier, Hope, as well as remote towns, villages, and communities throughout Alaska with access to air transportation via our Bush Client Services.
«Our wide range of transportation options, coupled with our commitment to customer service and continual platform enhancement will continue to help easyJet provide its passengers fuss - free access to an extensive range of ground transfer options for a complete journey.»
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