Sentences with phrase «transit point for»

«Unfortunately, Brazil is a source, a destination, and a transit point for men, women, and children subjected to human trafficking and slave labor,» said Carlos Henrique Haddad, a federal judge in Brazil and a member of the law faculty at UFMG.

This urban center of about 70,000 residents is by far the largest in a country that has many different types of tourist draws, but Belize City itself is rarely more than just a transit point for visitors.

These routes are great if you have Colombo as an origin or destination, or if you have Colombo as the transit point for two separate tickets, but they're not so great if you're trying to get between two points on the subcontinent.

It functioned as an important transit point for car bombs and other weapons flowing into Baghdad.

He was one of several high - level Colombian criminals hiding out there, and it's suspected his relocation there was part of an effort by his criminal group to expand into Argentina, which has both a large domestic drug market and is the fifth - largest transit point for drugs bound to Europe and Asia, according to the UN.

In the luxury goods world, the brand website is often more of a transit point for purchase via other venues.

Panama's proximity to Colombia has made it a major transit point for Colombian criminal groups, both on land and water.

Not exact matches

Now, one of Leap Transit's four buses has gone up for auction, as pointed out by Sarah Fine on Twitter.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

For starters, as one Assembly member points out, it's a lot of new members who may have a totally different take on congestion pricing especially if the money it raises goes toward improving mass transit.

Skelos has served as the Senate's point person on mass transit for the past 6 - 7 years.

The subway - workers union and transit watchdogs are questioning whether the MTA can meet its goal of hiring some 2,700 new maintenance staff as part of its new plan to fix the subways, pointing to problems recruiting for these specialized jobs.

In the interview, Teachout pointed to a vulnerability for Cuomo next year: The transit crisis, impacting commuters in what should be a geographic base for the party.

In particular, they pointed to Mr. Prendergast's management experience — he was president of M.T.A. New York City Transit for the three years, for example.

In recent years, Mali, Niger, Gambia and Equatorial Guinea have become destinations for younger Ghanaians for work, study and transit points.

Cuomo backed a congestion pricing as a means of funding the ailing mass transit and subway system in New York City, criticism of which for him reached a boiling point with strap hangers amid a series of delays and disruptions last summer.

Faso — who has been warring with Gov. Cuomo over healthcare — says the first step toward solving the transit problems is for the governor to stop pointing fingers at Mayor de Blasio and accept responsibility for control over the MTA.

In his statement, Cuomo pointed to the Lhota appointment as having the expectation things will turn around for the battered transit system.

In what one official described as a «breaking point» for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), a southbound A train derailed on Tuesday morning outside of 125th Street station in Harlem, snarling train service for hours and causing hundreds of passengers to be evacuated.

In a statement, she pointed to her accomplishments over the years, including the most recent legislative session in which, she says, she pushed to lower taxes for the middle class, raise the minimum wage and fund transit improvements and senior centers.

In a separate announcement Wednesday, the governor unveiled plans for a major overhaul of Manhattan's Penn Station, the nation's busiest transit hub and end point along the well - traveled Albany - New York City Amtrak corridor, and the adjacent and long - unused James A. Farley Post Office.

Containers in transit to the ports are not to be sealed to enable easy access for inspection at check points and customs points.

Pleading poverty, the M.T.A. has for months now pointed to a $ 15 billion hole in its $ 32 billion proposal to fix the region's mass transit system over the next five years.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a five - point plan to fight congestion in the city as Gov. Andrew Cuomo studies congestion pricing and other ways to increase funding for mass transit.

He pointed to former Gov. Hugh L. Carey, a Democrat, who was able to push through a capital improvement program for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city's transit system, in 1981 only after conceding to a demand by Republican legislative leaders for an independent monitor.

No flying trains headed for anywhere in the U.S., but Schneider points to a slightly less radical approach to tomorrow's transit that could pick up some of that money: personal rapid transit.

The point is to eliminate the four main reasons people whine about mass transit: having to get to and from a station or bus stop; having to wait for the bus or train to arrive; having to make a bunch of stops and possibly change buses or trains; and being stuck with a large group of people who may be as crabby as you are about the whole ordeal.

The few known super-Earths whose orbits are fortuitously aligned so that they transit — pass in front of their host star — from Earth's vantage point provide a unique laboratory for planetary investigations.

Several satellites orbit our planet and indicate through the transit time of signals the distance to a certain point on the earth, for example, a car.

Over a two - year period, TESS will hunt for exoplanets with the help of a phenomenon known as transit — where a planet passes in front of its star (from an observer's point of view) causing a periodic and regular dip in brightness.

Scenes in which Maya, still dressed in the goth attire and gossamer wings of her aspiring singer / songwriter, rides her bicycle home to babysit her two younger siblings and Yair walks along a decrepit mass transit system dressed in his Kirkegaardian uniform of mouse - head bearing pamphlets provide twin touch points for the visual foundation of the picture.

As with the transit project, students learn to see what has gone largely unseen to this point in their lives about the various aspects of a well - designed space for living, working, and playing.

Although at this point there is no precise date for implementing cash management procedures for the Mass Transit Account, we recognize that the best way we can help you to prepare is to provide as much information as possible.

The Department's most recent projections show the shortfall will reach a critical point in the Trust Fund's Highway Account in just a few weeks, requiring the Department to institute cash management procedures for highways at that time, with a similar cash management plan to follow for the Trust Fund's Mass Transit Account when it is expected to reach a similar point this Fall.

â $ œHandling is benign, though the tall Transit Connect scores points for its maneuverability on city streets — a tight turning circle and and wheels placed near the corners help greatly in this regard.â $ The Car Connection

More information about the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Wagon: Tremendous cargo space in a compact, economical vehicle is the main selling point for the Transit Connect.

FYI the obfuscation techniques mentioned at that URL are useful for packet inspecting ISP's in transit, but not for avoiding the IP filtering done at an end - point like Netflix.

Some cards even let you use your rewards points for things like Uber rides or public transit purchases.

Points were also given for the categories of transit, ammenities and culture.

Glenayre also gets points for being close to rapid transit, while prices are kept lower than surrounding areas due to the older housing stock.

2 points for every $ 1 spent on all airline tickets purchased directly with the airlines, at car rental agencies and on transit and commuting

♥ Serve as an intermediate point of care for animals who may be in transit or who may qualify to go to an approved animal rescue or shelter as a life - saving measure.

They may also sit for long periods of time in warehousing at points of origin waiting for transit and customs clearance.

This is best captured on routes that transit just two zones, such as the midwest and west, in a Roomette for 20,000 points.

You'll get triple miles on all travel purchases, including airfare, car rentals, gas and mass transit, as well as double points for dining out and entertainment.

For its central location, Frankfurt is known as the «Gateway to Europe» — and travelers often only pass through, using it as a transit point to other major destination cities.

You get five points per dollar on Fairmont hotel stays; two points for airline tickets, car rental, transit, and commuting; and one point on everything else.

2 points for every $ 1 spent on eligible transit & gas purchases in Canada and eligible travel purchases.

Broken down, the earn rate works like this: earn five points for every dollar spent on food and drinks; earn two points for every dollar spent on transit and gas; and earn one point on any other purchases.