Sentences with phrase «road transport network»

«This government is committed to improving on the road transport network, the water transportation system, the public transport infrastructure and most importantly attract the needed investment to fund our Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP), which is already being implemented».

In the second report, The World Bank found four key reasons why deforestation in Central Africa is comparatively low: Road transport networks are sparse and poorly maintained; abundant mining resources remain largely untapped; wood - based energy is the largest share of the energy portfolio, but per capita charcoal consumption is low; and the agricultural sector has been neglected and underfunded.

Not exact matches

The Belt and Road Initiative aims to connect Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa with vast logistics and transport networks.

The state government today announced significant improvements to the way heavy vehicle transport is managed on the state's road network.

Says Vaculik, expanding transport beyond traditional roads could help bypass trillions in estimated infrastructure costs, save consumers lost time driving, create more efficient networks between cities and even make way for a fleet of ridesharing options — Ubers and Lyfts in air.

Following harvest, grain is transported through CBH's road and rail network to port sites and onto ships to export to customers worldwide.

Train traffic has been disrupted by explosions on the rail network, and on most major roads throughout the region, checkpoints have been set up by rebels and Ukrainian forces, making goods transport a risky business.

In India, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways reportedly has plans to increase its highway network by 20,000 kilometers over the next couple of years.1 That planned increase is roughly four times the distance from New York to San Francisco.

These will focus on the topics of «collaboration» (sponsored by Kier); «bringing in new skills and talent» (sponsored by Colas); «changes to our networks» featuring Transport for the North's major roads director Peter Molyneux (sponsored by WSP); and «innovation — changing the way we work» (sponsored by Yotta).

To safeguard resilience, we must: Maintain our assets, focusing on our flood defences, water networks, roads and public transport.

Distinguishing between traffic generated exclusively from the expansion of the road network (induced demand) and that resulting from other demand factors is of crucial importance to properly designed transport policies.

Their goods are transported by road, their workers are educated in schools, their customers are part of sophisticated networks taking in the private sector, the public sector and charities.

The Government should increase spending on the UK's road network to match what is being spent on rail, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Transport also announced the publication of the terms of reference for the study into the feasibility of new ownership and financing models for the strategic road network.

We must look at our transport network as a whole — that includes roads, rail and air travel.

REVIEW: â $ The Silk Road is the ancient trade route passing from the shores of the Mediterranean through Bukhara and Samarkand to Dunhuang and on to Xian in central China.â $ Visitors can view a map of the complex network of pathways that transported silk, spices and other commodities as well as cultural influences.

There are no roads or a public transport network on the island meaning that the inland areas can only be traversed on foot.

There is no road network or public transport on Drawaqa Island either, meaning the only way to cover the region is on foot.

Mountainous and particularly scenic, the province has a mish - mashed network of dirt and sealed roads and lacklustre public transport to match.

You could of course fly there and see it on a road trip — but given Cuba's road network and internal transport system a cruise around the coast is far and away the best option to see as much as possible in a short 7 - day visit that reaches the part most tourists never get to see.

That report, which included many references to «torrential rain,» «freezing winter» and «blizzards,» quoted local officials saying they wanted to avoid «a repeat of two years ago, when a lack of gritters and snowploughs caused roads and transport networks to grind to a halt.»

The merchant navy, the rail network, road transport, the machine tools, the housing stock, all the money, etc..

Develop and promote, as appropriate, cost - effective, more efficient, less polluting and safer transport systems, particularly integrated rural and urban mass transit, as well as environmentally sound road networks, taking into account the needs for sustainable social, economic and development priorities, particularly in developing countries.

Livingstone claims # 122m raised in congestion chargin was spent on «improving the public transport network, as well as pedestrian and cycling facilities, and road safety» in 2005/6.

In transport, infrastructure supply induces demand, and additional road network will increase automobile dependency, can even lock - in developing countries into car dependency as it happened before to other countries.

You can find out more about road and railways careers and visit the websites of leading employers, including Network Rail, Transport for London (TfL) and engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald.