Sentences with phrase «transit lines»

Child, who has played a role in bringing developers to rapid transit lines in foreign countries, said that opportunities exist all along the rapid transit path, not just at the stations.

Come 2018, those areas will feel even closer; that's when the city's new light - rail transit line is due to open.

Also in this update are status updates for transit lines if your local agency reports them.

Such development would place jobs and housing around transit lines, making commuting easier and creating more space for walking and biking.

A convenient transit line is a better investment than a «smart» highway system.

On 15 May 2010 the first Bus Rapid Transit line commenced service linking Sathorn to Ratchapruek across the Chao Phraya River in Thonburi.

Similarly, preparations for new transit lines in Surrey and in Vancouver have progressed enough that they could be under construction by the end of the year.

There are a couple of themes that we drone on about at TreeHugger: how cities are part of the solution for global warming because people have smaller carbon footprints; how revitalization along transit lines gets more people out of cars; how efficient it

It increases funding for a program called «Small Starts,» which could benefit New York City's plans for an ambitious bus rapid transit line on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens.

PATH train service from Hoboken is still suspended and some New Jersey Transit lines have not been fully restored.

A Toronto friend looking for his first house recently settled on a newish build, located well to the west of the downtown and away from transit lines.

We didn't respond to that large regional economic shock by building light rapid transit lines in Saskatoon or sending stimulus bonus cheques to people living in Hamilton.

Also, a successful plot by General Motors and several partner companies in the 1930 and 1940s bought up and shut down rail transit lines across 45 American cities, replacing them with bus routes driven on GM buses.

Some neighborhoods on public transit lines may end up being quicker commutes than areas closer to downtown metros.

Transit should be conceived hierarchically: from walkable and bikeable streets supporting local bus and streetcar lines to trunk transit lines with dedicated rights - of - way.

Pressed by tight budgets, some towns are cutting transit lines and subsidizing car rides.

In Canada, the crowdfunded LineSix bus service — a private commuter shuttle offering an alternative to a particularly overtaxed Toronto transit line — shut down when it became apparent its service bucked municipal law.

Many cross-town commuters are poorly served by hub - and - spoke rail - based transit lines.

Horgan and New Democrat housing spokesperson David Eby joined Coquitlam - Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson in Coquitlam, where older rental apartment buildings will be demolished to make way for residential towers along the new Evergreen transit line.

The extensions were included in Referrals 8293 and 2825, which approved three contracts with Hudson Transit Lines, the Tappan Zee Express Bus Service, and Rockland Transit Corp..

It's a crowded marketplace, but the Transit Connect benefits from the brand cachet that comes from Ford's all - conquering Transit line.

Cue Transit App, which pulls departure times for all nearby transit lines in an easy - to - read format.

Pickpockets normally target large metro / subway stations where many transit lines converge because it gives them plenty of places to exit if they're being chased.

Each map is a walkthrough of the game, creatively matched to a traditional transit line.

The 4,000 miles of rail includes repairs to flagging tracks, freight rail, and some high speed transit lines.

In addition to hopping on the Plant Tram, a special car that ran on Helsinki's regular transit line from Sept. 5 - 7, and donating plants to the cause, residents are being encouraging to help Wayward Plants and its local partner, the environmental group Dodo, map out current and potential urban growing spaces along the Plant Tram route.

From Howard Beach to Richmond Hill and Ozone Park, people are walking their dogs, dining out at restaurants and hopping aboard the mass transit lines to catch some of the action of the Big Apple.

It boasts immediate adjacency to the Metro Rail Red transit line and numerous amenities.

But what about the Bus Rapid Transit line?

The Vancouver Board of Trade formed a coalition and successfully demanded a re-vote by the 2005 TransLink board to save the Richmond - Airport - Vancouver rapid transit line (known today as the Canada Line).

Please note the following websites for the latest information on New York and New Jersey transit lines.

Counsel to Infrastructure Ontario with respect to the design, build, finance and maintain project for the development of a light - rail transit line across the city of Toronto.

Served by the local SEPTA public transit lines, Levittown is a place where some residents don't need cars, or drive them only occasionally.

In August 2014, construction crews in Waterloo, Ont., began building the so - called Ion light rail transit line, an $ 818 - million megaproject that will connect a disparate region known for its tech sector, insurance companies and Mennonite farms.

These local real estate experts are up to speed on projects such as the building of new transit lines (Toronto), the construction of a sports arena (Edmonton) or the creation of a new university campus (Calgary).

EllisDon won the $ 5.3 - billion contract to build Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line, the largest PPP project in Canadian history, working alongside ACS Infrastructure Canada, Aecon and SNC - Lavalin as part of the Crosslinx Transit Solutions consortium (the project is scheduled to be completed in 2021).

Add to this the good shopping and access to transit lines and Horn believes this community «will grow up in the next 15 to 20 years.»

New Orleans now has nine transit lines that offer 24 hours of service.

The unfinished developments — Schuylkill Yards, uCity Square and Navy Yard — already include millions of square feet of offices, retail, transit lines and residential spaces.

«We're happy the Evergreen Line is finally complete, but this is just one transit line, in one area.

He had been critical of Whitman's deregulation of public utilities, when a terrifying accident on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit line (then regulated like a utility) brought subway service to the fore.

They need to take this opportunity to make their demands known to the MTA, whether it is for a new bus rapid transit line, access to Metro - North or Long Island Railroad at a subway rate, or connectivity with the ferries.

Among Cuomo's plans for bolstering subway service in New York City: Awarding $ 1 million «Genius» grants for those with the best idea at fixing problems along the transit lines.

Neither the 10C, the bus that runs from East Hampton to Montauk, nor the S92 was previously running seven days a week, making it difficult for some of those who relied on the transit line to get to their jobs.

Baran worked with Cappelli in several capacities for the past 11 years, advocating for a North Shore Bus Rapid Transit line.

One idea for getting around that comes from Hong Kong: the city government buys the land around any new transit line, and the sale of that now more valuable real estate funds the construction of the new line.

And I don't see why no one calls for this with police departments, transit lines and other public agencies.

It is the first law enacted in over ten years that provides long - term funding certainty for surface transportation, meaning States and local governments can move forward with critical transportation projects, like new highways and transit lines, with the confidence that they will have a Federal partner over the long term.

«This new bus rapid transit line will give residents and tourists a safer, more efficient option for getting to work, to school, or wherever they need to go,» said Secretary LaHood.

Powerful The Transit line offers three powerful choices.