Sentences with phrase «smart transportation policy»
As protesters gathered in New York City to demand action on climate change, a new report shows how smart transportation policy can play a major role in reducing carbon emissions.
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John Smart, the well known and popular Director of Policy and Technical Affairs at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) died suddenly in November at the age of 55 after a very short illness.
The President will direct federal agencies to identify and remove barriers to making climate - resilient investments; identify and remove counterproductive policies that increase vulnerabilities; and encourage and support smarter, more resilient investments, including through agency grants, technical assistance, and other programs, in sectors from transportation and water management to conservation and disaster relief.
Lee Schipper, who died last week after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer, was an unsung hero in efforts to underpin energy and transportation policies with data and to foster cleaner, smarter transportation systems in fast - growing cities around the world.
The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.
For example, «smart growth» land - use policies that would have us living closer together in villages, interconnected by public transportation, instead of sprawled out in suburbs that are entirely dependent on automobiles.
Such policies should promote the use of non-combustion renewable energy, low carbon fuels (measured on a lifecycle basis), expanded transmission and smart grid technologies, alternative forms of transportation, and energy storage.
It is a new type of smart - device that - when networked - has the power to create a much greater environmental impact on urban policies, infrastructure planning and transportation habits around the world.
It's also home to record - breaking amounts of renewable energy, as well as some of our most progressive climate policies — including carbon pricing and smart transportation choices.
The Obama Administration is encouraging this trend with something called the Partnership for Sustainable Cities, an attempt to integrate federal housing, transportation and environmental policy, and encourage smart growth over sprawl.
She joined A2L in 2017 and she also serves as senior vice president for global public policy of GRIDSMART, a company that develops smart, cost - effective technologies to improve the safety and efficiency of the nation's transportation system.