Sentences with phrase «transportation system needs»

''... the wild card in this discussion is vehicles as EV shares increase, a whole new set of mobile distributed storage assets will enter the grid and involve transportation system needs, not just electric system needs,» Kelly Speakes - Backman, ESA.

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Also, the Cuban infrastructure desperately needs improvement: The ground transportation system requires major repairs and upgrades, and an antiquated electrical grid poses enormous problems.

The upshot is that Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure may need to be included on the list of critical infrastructure targets, which includes utilities, transportation systems, financial markets and most recently election systems.

«However, a person or business needs to think about what local amenities are important to them too, whether it be local public transportation systems, walkability, access to natural amenities, and so forth.»

This is true for transportation systems, public utility systems, education infrastructure, health care infrastructure, and senior care infrastructure, to mention only some of the areas where more infrastructure investments are needed.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone needs to stop proposing short - sighted cuts and fix this critical system.»

VICTORIA — As B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone heads to Ottawa with a shopping list for transportation needs, New Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastalTransportation Minister Todd Stone heads to Ottawa with a shopping list for transportation needs, New Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastaltransportation needs, New Democrats are calling on him to bring back new money for our coastal ferry system.

Obviously, some type of surface mass transportation system was needed.

The infrasturcture bill that would have created jobs and spent some of our tax dollars on repairing our failing transportation system was shot down by republicans because they «feel» it's too socialist and would give Obama a «win» which they can not accept, regardless of the need for both the repairs and the jobs.

Given the sad state of our highways, public transportation systems and other material infrastructure, as well as the severe needs of our educational system, increased government spending in these areas could take up the slack in declining defense expenditures while contributing enormously to the potential productivity of the United States.

Let me lust list some areas that will require government action and planning: rejuvenating the centers of big cities, providing mass transportation systems, controlling pollution, maintaining open spaces and recreational areas, taking care of future energy needs, making health care available to all.

In the same way, you need a tight system for knowing about guest food restrictions ahead of time, and you need to ensure your transportation phase keeps things separated in order to avoid cross-contact.»

The public transportation system is awesome, so you won't need to rent a car, and the fact that everyone speaks English makes it incredibly easy for us Americans.

-- supportive public health system that can ensure parents have the resources they need to properly care for their children (including vouchers for transportation to routine medical appointments, and clinics located in the neighbourhoods where people live).

The most - used purchase that parents make is their transportation system, and it's important to choose the one that works best with your everyday needs and lifestyle.

In a nutshell, this system is everything your baby will need for transportation from birth to two years old.

Alternate transportation system would most likely arise to meet the needs of those who do not want to pay the high cost of car ownership or simple do not want to own a car.

Parents with kids that study in different schools and do extra curricular activities, retired / old people, tourists, businessmen have a lot of valid reasons to still need to use a private or at least massive transportation system, so we can not rely solely on bicycle transportation methods for those, still, we must provide those that can rely on them (young people, average commuters living not that far from the office, teenagers...)

The «best value» approach, made possible by the design - build legislation enacted by Governor Cuomo last year, looks at factors such as design and long - term quality of the project to ensure that the proposal chosen meets the needs of the region, the transportation system and toll payers.

After the summer of hell for subway and rail commuters in the metropolitan area, I will deliver the funding we need to fix our mass transportation system and protect commuters,» she told party leaders following the endorsement.

Our constituents are provided with the most reliable up - to - date and comprehensive information needed to make critical decisions which ultimately affect the area's land development, natural environment, transportation systems, human services, criminal justice, and economic development potential.

ASTORIA — Mayor Bill de Blasio has endorsed a plan to create a streetcar system that would connect burgeoning neighborhoods along the waterfront in Brooklyn and Queens — a transportation link that's needed as more residents, and jobs, move to the outer boroughs, he said.

After this year's «summer of hell» highlighted problems with the New York City subway system and the need for more investment in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, debating how to pay for transportation upgrades could dominate the 2018 legislative sessTransportation Authority, debating how to pay for transportation upgrades could dominate the 2018 legislative sesstransportation upgrades could dominate the 2018 legislative session in Albany.

After this year's «summer of hell» highlighted problems with the New York City subway system and the need for more investment in the MTA, debating how to pay for transportation upgrades could dominate the 2018 legislative session in Albany.

After the summer of hell for subway and rail commuters in the metropolitan area, I will deliver the funding we need to fix our mass transportation system and protect commuters.»

Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation Stanley Gee said: «I am proud to represent the Department of Transportation which is a permanent member of the new High Speed Rail Planning Board through which I am confident that we will be able to find ways to finance, design, build, operate and maintain a high speed passenger rail system that meets the needs of New York State now and in the future.

«This is a key part of our effort to create an effective transportation system that will allow young people and others the access they need without having to get into a car every time,» Bellone said.

«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».

«We need to make sure that our transportation system works for everyone, including the city's traditional yellow cabs, for - hire drivers, and most importantly the riding public,» he added.

Moving Dutchess 2 seeks to identify projects and plans necessary to maintain the transportation system in a state of good repair and meet travel needs through 2040.

What Rockland County needs is a full - time mass transportation system, and not the part time one that exists today.

The need for cybersecurity professionals has grown rapidly, along with the growth in data networks in banking, telecommunications, health care, transportation, law enforcement, energy, emergency response systems, and national defense, among other areas.

Coalition members are concerned about the impact of Quail Ranch on the already overextended water resources, transportation systems, and infrastructure needs in existing communities.

NASA's Commercial Crew Program relied on years of human spaceflight experience to develop the requirements needed to ensure transportation systems are qualified to fly astronauts.

Most of all, families and students need both sides to get past their defensiveness and mistrust and get to work creating citywide information, funding, enrollment, transportation, and other systems that will improve equity and access to high - quality schools.

Public information and transportation systems would need to be established.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.

Last month, during a hearing before California lawmakers on the need to reform remedial education — the system that aims to ready underprepared students for college - level work — a student testified that because his test scores required him to take one year's worth of remedial education, he would have to scramble to figure out how to pay another year's rent, school fees, and transportation.

As the legislature deals with the need to provide fair funding for the common good, system components must be preserved, including recapture, school district - based adjustments (like small and sparse adjustment and cost of education index adjustments), weighted pupil funding for special population students (including compensatory education, bilingual education, special education, and gifted and talented), transportation and especially facilities.

These figures further support the trend seen over the last few years of rising school transportation costs, reflecting additional expenditures many systems are incurring in busing a rapidly growing school - age population and more special - needs students.

Robert Cruickshank, a longtime critic of P3 approaches, comments that «the key is that whatever the private sector's role is, it has to be subordinate to the effective operation of the system, including maximizing ridership so that the system can play as large a role as possible in meeting the state's transportation and carbon reduction needs.

They are adamant about the need to improve the enrollment system to take into account distance that children have to travel because of transportation and the need for siblings to attend the same school.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to facilitating, creating and maintaining a domestic transportation system to meet the needs of U.S. citizens anTransportation is committed to facilitating, creating and maintaining a domestic transportation system to meet the needs of U.S. citizens antransportation system to meet the needs of U.S. citizens and the economy.

OIPD works across FHWA to develop or align capacity building, technical support, and guidance to bring forward and accelerate the implementation of innovative designs, materials, construction and environmental techniques and practices, finance and revenue tools, public - private partnerships, and transportation workforce development practices and resources to help FHWA's partners meet the needs of a 21st century transportation system.

The report set the stage for conversations about the future of the Nation's transportation system and meeting the needs of the expected growth.

The ONE DOT Rotational Assignment Program (RAP) is a learning experience geared to broaden employee experiences in transportation systems and offers both managers and employees an opportunity to meet intermodal short term, organizational and individual developmental needs.

(5) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section that is not readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the new van need not be readily accessible to and usable by such individuals if the entity can demonstrate that the system for which the van is being purchased or leased, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to such individuals equivalent to the level of service provided to the general public;

The President's fiscal year 2017 budget request includes a total of $ 98 billion for DOT and the funding for needed investments in our vital transportation systems while at the same time creating jobs and strengthening our Nation's economy.

(ii) to any individual with a disability who needs the assistance of a wheelchair lift or other boarding assistance device (and is able with such assistance) to board, ride, and disembark from any vehicle which is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities if the individual wants to travel on a route on the system during the hours of operation of the system at a time (or within a reasonable period of such time) when such a vehicle is not being used to provide designated public transportation on the route; and

(3) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new vehicle (other than an automobile, a van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, or an over-the-road bus) which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the new vehicle need not be readily accessible to and usable by such individuals if the new vehicle is to be used solely in a demand responsive system and if the entity can demonstrate that such system, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to such individuals equivalent to the level of service provided to the general public;