Sentences with phrase «road congestion in»

Commuters who do drive themselves to work spend about 70 hours a year in traffic delays, which means Washington, D.C. is viewed as having the worst road congestion in the United States.

Not exact matches

CNBC's Eunice Yoon looks at the challenges Beijing faces in urbanization, including road congestion and pollution.

Quicker journeys will result in less congestion as each car will be on the road for less time.

TomTom's interest in maintaining its Congestion Index is obviously geared toward selling people GPS devices; the gadgets can, after all, tell you which roads to avoid.

In a statement, transport minister Paul Maynard said it could help make vehicles more energy - efficient and save costs: «Advances such as lorry platooning could benefit businesses through cheaper fuel bills and other road users thanks to lower emissions and less congestion.

Americans spend 42 hours on average sitting in congestion every year, costing each driver roughly $ 1,400, and last week the American Roads & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) reported that more than 54,000 of the country's 612,677 bridges are rated «structurally deficient.»

But while drones have been touted as a way to relieve urban congestion, their real sweet spot is in delivering to hard - to - reach areas — such as rural locations inaccessible by road.

Ride - hailing offers a new option for the movement of people around the province and Lower Mainland and could serve as an integral tool in the management of road congestion and a complementary element to a public transit system that is nearing capacity in many communities.

I hope you weren't driving on those visits (on the wrong side of the road) coz it's a nightmare in the City, and don't get me started on the congestion charge!

Now that the congestion from recent road construction has cleared, economic development is blossoming in the Interstate Highway 80 corridor through Orland Park and Tinley Park.

In transportation, this well - established response is known in various contexts as the Downs - Thomson Paradox, The Pigou - Knight - Downs Paradox or the Lewis - Mogridge Position: a new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term, but almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost due to increased demand in the longer terIn transportation, this well - established response is known in various contexts as the Downs - Thomson Paradox, The Pigou - Knight - Downs Paradox or the Lewis - Mogridge Position: a new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term, but almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost due to increased demand in the longer terin various contexts as the Downs - Thomson Paradox, The Pigou - Knight - Downs Paradox or the Lewis - Mogridge Position: a new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term, but almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost due to increased demand in the longer terin the short term, but almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost due to increased demand in the longer terin the longer term.

To add insult to injury, while more roads may solve congestion locally, more traffic on the road network may result in more congestion elsewhere.

By exaggerating the economic benefits of road capacity increase and underestimating its negative effects, omission of induced traffic can result in overallocation of public money on road construction and correspondingly less focus on other ways of dealing with congestion and environmental problems in urban areas.

As New York considers congestion pricing, the systems used in London, Singapore and Stockholm could provide a valuable road map.

Sodeinde said the rehabilitation of these roads has to a large extent reduced the traffic congestion in the last three weeks, saying that the Public Works gangs are on the road day and night to give the roads a facelift.

A bill that surfaced late in the state legislative session became the subject of a fight that legislators said pitted safety measures on the Long Island Rail Road against the need for a third track to improve efficiency and cut congestion.

«Open road, Cashless Tolling is critical to modernizing our roadways, easing congestion, and reimagining our transportation system for the 21st century economy,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.

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.»

The debate over creating new dedicated revenue for the MTA has revived discussions of congestion pricing, which would add tolls to city roads and possibly the East River bridges in order to both manage traffic while also raising money for transit.

The governor said the decisions were in line with his administration's resolve to ensure free flow of traffic across the State, noting that their activities were contributing to traffic congestion on Lagos roads.

Today Mr Grayling said the Tories supported quick - fix measures to deal with Britain's congestion problems, including putting in longer trains, improving bottlenecks on individual roads and making improvements to transport interchanges.

Adam Price, Plaid Cymru parliamentary transport spokesperson, explains why Plaid support road pricing in principle, pointing to the success of congestion charging and small - scale road pricing schemes.

One traditional way of dealing with congestion is building more roads, but in a press conference in London this morning, Sir Rod warned: «The UK can not build itself out of the current road congestion.»

«Provided it is well targeted, a national road pricing scheme of this type could reduce congestion by some 50 per cent below what it otherwise would be in 2025 and reduce the economic case for additional strategic road infrastructure by some 80 per cent,» it says.

Sir Rod Eddington reported to the previous Labour government that road pricing could help tackle congestion and in 2005 launched a «national debate» on road pricing, in order that it could be considered as one possible remedy.

In this way supporters of road pricing claim it can reduce congestion and is a fairer way of charging drivers than an indiscriminate road tax.

The government maintained that road charging would be purely designed to tackle congestion, not act as a «stealth tax» to raise revenue or track drivers via in - car technology.

Also road congestion pricing schemes have been implemented in a limited number of urban areas as a transportation demand management tool to try to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

When farms fail, unplanned haphazard development usually follows, clogging our roads with congestion and resulting in other unintended negative consequences of poor planning.

Deficient roads are costing New Yorkers $ 24.9 billion a year in vehicle maintenance, traffic crashes and congestion - related delays.

Singapore sets varying fees based on the road and time of day, and adjusts them in response to traffic conditions, with fees going up when there is congestion, and down when there is not.

The main objection to motorway polls or congestion charging is that 86 per cent of the AA motorists would not trust the government to keep its word if they had offered reductions in fuel duty or road tax upon the introduction of road pricing.

Motorists across England will be allowed to drive on motorway hard shoulders in a bid to ease congestion on the busiest roads, the transport secretary announced today.

«In addition to the environmental and safety benefits of reduced congestion, such a plan also stands to generate funding for much - needed investment in our roads and transit system,» the agenda readIn addition to the environmental and safety benefits of reduced congestion, such a plan also stands to generate funding for much - needed investment in our roads and transit system,» the agenda readin our roads and transit system,» the agenda reads.

That's why we called for a debate on road pricing back in 2005, and why we are working with interested local authorities to bring forward local schemes as targeted solutions to specific congestion problems.

The article pasted below - Listen To The Protest And Just Go Local - essentially says that the party is opposed to a national programme of road - pricing but in the spirit of the party's new emphasis on localism, it supports the freedom of local government units to choose their own models - like Ken Livingstone's congestion charge.

Technology has advanced in the decade since the last major congestion - pricing push in New York, and a growing number of cities and municipalities have harnessed it to unclog roads, shorten commutes and raise millions of dollars for transportation needs.

If it went ahead it would be the biggest change to London's roads since the Congestion Charge came in a decade ago.

Stott wants to encourage drivers to use the Thruway to relieve congestion on routes 370 and 57 and on Buckley Road, now used heavily in Syracuse's densely populated northern suburbs.

Legislator John Dougherty introduced the idea in December, pointing to the lack of tolls for local traffic in Buffalo and congestion on roads like Taft Road in Liverpool.

Lower outer borough bridge tolls and money for roads and bridges were in an earlier plan proposed by Move NY, a grass - roots campaign, as a way to garner broader support by distributing the costs and benefits of congestion pricing more equitably across the city.

Cycling is well known to improve individual health and fitness; it also benefits the wider population in terms of economy, road congestion and environmental impact.

«We are already struggling with the number of cars we have in the streets of our cities; congestion, air pollution, road safety issues, health impacts from people driving all the time,» said Luc Nadal, technical director for urban development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

Automated systems that would let cars travel in tight packs would cut drag and therefore fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, highway congestion and road noise.

Nicholas says that the road map analogy is appropriate because it will relieve congestion in the regulatory system and show applicants who are «lost» which route to take.

But even with a good travel plan in place to encourage pupils to walk or cycle to school, traffic congestion, road safety, impacts on neighbours, and parking for staff and parents can become highly contentious issues for both primaries and secondaries.

Barnet has placed the cameras in and around the schools to prevent traffic congestion and increase road safety.

With these roads» perpetual congestion, it didn't take long to discover how accomplished this car is in heavy traffic.

The reduction of single occupancy vehicles from the road is an integral component to reducing traffic congestion, strengthening the investment in our Nation's infrastructure by reducing vehicle strain on roads and bridges, and reducing emissions.

The cars being tested are equipped with Emergency Vehicle Warning (to let emergency vehicles such as cop cars, fire engine and ambulance pass), Intersection Collision Warning, In - Vehicle Signage (to warn the driver about road conditions and traffic congestion), Electronic Emergency Brake Light (to detect when the vehicles ahead brake in an emergency), Intersection Priority Management (to decide and make way for connected vehicles to pass at intersections safely) and Collaborative Parking systeIn - Vehicle Signage (to warn the driver about road conditions and traffic congestion), Electronic Emergency Brake Light (to detect when the vehicles ahead brake in an emergency), Intersection Priority Management (to decide and make way for connected vehicles to pass at intersections safely) and Collaborative Parking systein an emergency), Intersection Priority Management (to decide and make way for connected vehicles to pass at intersections safely) and Collaborative Parking system.