Sentences with phrase «transit point in»

Through the 1940s, Garland was a major transit point in shipping, especially of onions, because it lies at the intersection of two rail lines.

Through the 1940s, Garland was a major transit point in shipping, especially of onions, because it lies at the intersection of two rail lines.

I have seen this myself in Greece and France: one medic tent at a transit point in Lesbos was giving a tin of powdered formula to every family with a baby they saw, without any assessment of whether that baby was fully formula fed, and sometimes without even clean water and a clean utensil to give the formula in.

Not exact matches

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

A case in point is the transit agenda.

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.

In the race to win this prize, Philadelphia's transit system is one of its selling points, said Adie Tomer, a Brookings Institute fellow with expertise in city infrastructurIn the race to win this prize, Philadelphia's transit system is one of its selling points, said Adie Tomer, a Brookings Institute fellow with expertise in city infrastructurin city infrastructure.

An environment - friendly festival, All Points West is encouraging attendees to stay in hotels around the park and use mass transit like ferry, light rail, train and carpool to get to the concert.

«If I was to judge it from a footballers» point of view, Italy is no longer the final destination but a transit destination,» he said of the fall in Serie A's standing at the Leaders in Football conference.

«Today's A train derailment was a dangerous and stark reminder that New York City's transit system is nearing a breaking point, and that the issues plaguing this system won't resolve themselves on their own,» the organization said in a statement.

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 partIn 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 partin 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.

Three key points of contention between the city and the state have emerged over transit funding, highlighted during MTA Chair Joe Lhota's testimony at the joint legislative hearing on transportation last week in Albany.

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.

The largest was a $ 900 million contract with the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association in the Bronx, followed by a $ 550 million transit - oriented development project with the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

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

In a follow up tweet, Jon Benjamin pointed out that «Allotey Jacobs transited Heathrow this morning without incident.»

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 evacuateIn 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 evacuatein Harlem, snarling train service for hours and causing hundreds of passengers to be evacuated.

The governor earlier this month made a point of riding the subway in New York City after potential threats were made against mass transit in western countries.

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 centerIn 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 centerin 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.

Peter Cafiero, chief of operations planning at New York City Transit, also pointed to a $ 15.2 billion deficit in the MTA's capital plan when Ms. Rose brought up the BRT.

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.

De Blasio repeated his assertion that the state should bear the costs of MTA fixes, pointing out as he has done before that the state diverted about $ 456 million in city money away from the transit authority.

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.

Even as the subways reach the breaking point, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers face an additional commuting crisis: the lack of fast, reliable transit service in huge swaths of the boroughs outside Manhattan.

So far we have spent 3.5 days crossing the Southern Ocean from the Falkland Islands, a week undertaking a geophysical survey of Marguerite Bay on the western Antarctic Peninsula, and 2 days in transit «around the point» into the northwestern Weddell Sea.

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.

While the exact cause is not known, experts point to urbanization, an increase in public transit use and new technologies like teleconferencing as the source of the decline.

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.

There are effective ways to encrypt data, whether it is in transit or in storage, but if that data is left in the clear at any point along its path, it is vulnerable to theft or tampering

Again, the differences point to red noise in the transit lightcurves, which is likely to produce uncertainties greater than the formal error bars.

The transit is used to measure the precise moment that a celestial object passes through its highest point in the sky (also know as the meridian).

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.

Thankfully I can now point to a clinical study in which a high fat diet, in very short time, increased gastrointestinal transit time, reducing the likelihood of constipation occurring;

In his lectures, Burkitt was fond of pointing out that the typical African stool specimen was large and soft, and that stool transit times were rapid, compared to the puny hard fecal deposits and slow transit times of hapless Europeans.

Cocoa butter has a low melting point, and the wafers often melt in transit to higher temperature states during the summer.

Fish oil is less vulnerable than flax, but if your fish oil supplement was exposed to heat in transit or storage at any point, oils will have oxidized and your supplement will be toxic.

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.

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.

In the event that the shortfall continues into the fall, the Mass Transit Account will also reach a critical point.

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

Ford, I should point out, sells a lengthened version of the Transit Connect Wagon (because «van» is a dirty word in Fordese, I guess?)

On the road Nine points separates the top from the bottom in this category, but when the figures are tallied it's the Mercedes - Benz Vito leading the pack just two points ahead of the Ford Transit Custom.

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.