Sentences with phrase «while rail transport»

Builds have been strong and slowly pipelines are replacing rail while the rail transport system is also becoming more efficient.

And while rail transport typically falls under federal purview, the decision by the Cuomo administration reflects an increasing state interest in rail cargo, as the number of oil trains has grown from 10,000 a year to more than 400,000 carloads transported last year.

Not exact matches

They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining about the lack of investment in U.S. infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.

In the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent years.

«Last week the Transport Secretary confirmed a number of commitments around rail in the South West, most notably around improvements to the line at Dawlish, while passengers on the Great Western route can look forward to the introduction of new high - speed trains from this summer, with extra capacity at peak times.

It's best thought - of as a device to use at home or while sitting down on the bus / train, rather than when standing up on public transport with one arm clutching a rail.

There are excellent rail and road links to the main cities of the UK (London is around 4 hours away by train), while public transport within Edinburgh itself is mainly by bus, with good provision for cyclists.

While options remain open (the possibility of doing more upgrading in Alberta and the use of existing pipelines and rail transport to the US) nixing KXL will be a significant impediment to accelerated development of the tar sands in the medium term and an increase in the chance that the Athabasca bitumen will stay in the ground for ever.

While personal rail mobility has recently been marked for billions of dollars, the rail transport infrastructure continues to decline.

In contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level rise.

While Wyoming produces the most coal in the United States, long rail transport distances, limited Pacific Ocean coal export capacity, and the lower energy content of subbituminous coal place some limits on utilization.

Trucks are not a sexy topic, but they are a big contributors to air pollution and global warming, especially in the US where shipping by train has seen better days (in 2002, trucks transported 58.2 % of all commercial freight while rail was 12 %).

Tesla says that a diesel truck is 20 percent more expensive to run per mile, and that running an Autopilot - powered convoy of Semis is even more economical than transporting cargo by rail, while also being 10 times safer than having the vehicles manned by human drivers.

You will also find that the major airlines run graduate schemes., while there are graduate opportunities in road and rail transport.