Sentences with phrase «urban transportation planning»

During the 20th century, urban transportation planning in North America was mainly concerned with easing traffic congestion, improving safety and saving time for motorists.

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The city also wants to encourage its inhabitants to travel by bicycle, by public transportation or on foot, and its urban planning revolves around this.

Brainstorm Design 2019, to be held in parallel with Singapore's annual Design Week, will feature thinkers from diverse fields including industrial and product design, architecture and urban planning, graphic design, user experience, mobility and transportation, fashion, financial services, travel and hospitality and many more.

The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop plans for implementing the requirements of this memorandum, providing technical assistance to nonfederal actors engaged in predevelopment activities, and educating grantees and the public on the benefits of predevelopment and the Federal resources available for these activities.

Smart Mobility Panel Featuring thought leaders in transportation and urban planning, Onramp's panel discussion will focus on the intersection of public, private and academic collaboration when it comes to the future of driving innovation.

If you plan to take your child on long urban walks, you'll need a stroller that's sturdy but easy to maneuver over curbs, in and out of shops, and through on public transportation.

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Ravitch, a Yale - educated lawyer, has a long history of running into flames and rescuing institutions: the Urban Development Corporation in the seventies, Bowery Savings Bank in the eighties, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, both as chairman during Mario Cuomo's administration (they butted heads) and as the architect of the bailout plan approved by lawmakers in the spring.

Mitchell Moss, Director, Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, Henry Hart Rice Professor Urban Policy and Planning at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

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Liu Shaokun, an infrastructure expert at the Guangzhou office of the New York - based transportation institute, said that previously, policymakers in Guangzhou hardly bothered to consider cycling space during urban planning.

The second author of the paper, Dr Gururaja K V from the Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning at the Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, had observed that another species of frogs, known as the Ochlandra reed frog (Raorchestes ochlandrae), breeds in internodes of bamboo.

Currently, when transportation and urban planners evaluate alternative infrastructure investments and policies, they may need to account for health effects from local air quality, a consideration that warrants further planning to avoid negative outcomes, according to the researchers.

Widener says GIS now has a wide range of applications from business operations to transportation, conservation and agriculture, urban planning and more areas.

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Prior to joining Oakland Schools in 2005, Moore was senior deputy chief executive officer for Detroit Public Schools where he oversaw Facility Maintenance, Capital Improvement Programs; Contracting, Real Estate and Urban Planning; Transportation; Food Service; Security; Print Production; Environmental Health and Safety; Warehouse Operations; Financial Functions; and State Legislative Affairs.

Ballard Power Systems Deploys 10 More Fuel Cell Buses in China Oct 19, 2016 Next - Gen Transportation News (Oxford, CT) Canada - based fuel cell company Ballard Power Systems says it has commissioned and deployed 10 fuel cell - powered buses in the City of Yunfu, in the Chinese province of Guangdong, as part of the government's larger plan to address air quality in urban centers through zero - tailpipe - emission mass transit solutions.

This week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the reopening of a public comment period for a proposed new rule that would improve coordination of multi-modal transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) serving urban areas throughout the nation.

DOT's TIGER II grants marked the first time that DOT and HUD joined together to award planning grants that will ultimately lead to projects integrating transportation, housing, and urban development.

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Over the past 53 years, the Pratt Center has built on its model of inclusive planning to address such issues as sustainable community development, transportation equity, affordable housing, and urban manufacturing.

Hybrids of invention and documentation, renderings and diagrams, his work depicts processes and events, historical and futuristic narratives pointing to propositions and effects of urban economics, planning, architecture, ecology, transportation systems, politics, and social relations.

I meet urban farmers who teach women from a homeless shelter and inner - city kids to grow healthy food on remediated vacant lots; advocates for sustainable transportation who tirelessly attend hearings and planning meetings; members of community land trusts that provide affordable housing; and conservation land trusts that preserve ecosystems and habitats acre by acre, stream by stream.

It is possibly the best - documented fact of urban planning that the denser the neighborhood (all other things being equal), the less people drive, and the more their transportation emissions drop.

Hockey describes himself as as «a neophyte student of urban planning» and he certainly understands some of the current thinking regarding the promotion of active transportation: «You first have to start with the pedestrians».

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.

They've launched a series of five competitions that look at energy, transportation, economy, urban planning and building materials.

Under the direction of architect Jaime Lerner, during the»70s Curitiba went through major urban planning prioritizing public transportation, biking, and encouraging the planting of trees.

Other countries in the region have taken bigger steps, such as planning urban development based on climate change, limiting fossil fuels and creating eco-friendly transportation.

Influencing trends being noticed: urban planning with attention to more transit - oriented designs and streets that accommodate multiple modes of transportation; more people telecommuting; a rise in car - sharing as an alternative way to travel in cities; increased political interest in congestion pricing.

It highlights that key areas of local government competencies that city officials may want to target when implementing carbon trading projects include town and urban planning, infrastructure development, service provision, waste management, energy provisioning and transportation.

A panel discussion will look at how joint planning can increase the uptake of clean energy and ensure efficiency in the urban transportation system.

Snyder is transportation policy director at the San Francisco Policy and Urban Planning Association, a think tank.

Tips, facts, links, and further reading about biking, buses, car - sharing, the car - free movement, commuting, electric bicycles, public transportation, trains, urban planning, and more

A webinar series — offered in partnership with the Low Emission Development Global Partnership — on planning and financing sustainable, low - carbon urban transportation.

The Program Manager will work directly with city staff around the country on bike share, equity, cycling, and other issues in sustainable transportation, urban planning, design, and policy.

Fund public transportation systems and support urban planning designs that incorporate walkability, open space, green building design, reduced dependence on automobile transit, and climate change resilience.

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.

The best urban planning will integrate things like well - placed residential and employment centers, efficient use of land and space and access to and investment in public transportation.

While Beijing plans to upgrade its public transportation with a handful of new subway lines and bus rapid transit (BRT) lines, smarter urban planning remains elusive.

Our sprawling urban planning has created an infrastructure that locks us into a dependence on small vehicle transportation.

Though normally used to provide access to high - altitude tourist attractions and ski spots, the city of Haifa has decided to link itself up vertically with Israel's first public cable car service.Blessed with challenging topography and years of questionable urban planning, Haifa is a city badly in need of creative transportation solutions.

The conference participants, which included a significant percentage of the country's architectural and urban planning heavyweights, also discussed issues such as transportation infrastructure in dense urban fabrics, population diversity in neighborhoods, open spaces and public buildings in cities, and the connection between high densities and tall buildings.

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Of course, some of the missing pieces of a truly smart mobility plan are the integration of public transit, parking infrastructure, and urban planning into the mix, but even so, these Ford initiatives do seem like they could eventually be a part of a bigger set of transportation solutions.

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«I don't think Google, for instance, thought they were going to have to get into the transportation business,» said Allison Arieff, editorial director of San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, a research organization.