Leading Mass Transit Operator: BTSC has a strong position in Bangkok's mass-transit sector.
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This shift to mass transit isn't happening just in cities with established mass transit systems like New York and San Francisco.
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The Mass Transit Railway Ordinance (MTR Ordinance) grants MTRC an exclusive franchise to operate the Mass Transit Railway, the Kowloon-Canton Railway and to construct and operate any extension to the Mass Transit Railway for 50 years until 2057.
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Chariot is also in early talks with the city of San Francisco to officially supplement public mass transit with Chariot's flexible mass transit.
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At the time, Chariot said it was in talks with San Francisco to officially supplement public mass transit with Chariot's flexible mass transit.
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Finally, there's the issue of fairness: Drivers don't bear the full cost of roadways, so why should mass transit riders bear the full cost of mass transit?
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In 217 Americans took 22016 billion rides on mass transit—the highest number of rides in 268 years, according to the American Public Transit Administration (APTA), a mass transit advocacy group.
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If mass transit maintenance costs aren't sustainable from the taxes specifically earmarked for their use, why should millions of drivers who often have no access to mass transit pay for it?
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Or maybe it was the lack of good mass transit.
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Or a flexible complement to an established mass transit system.
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Scaling electric scooters and bikes to connect to mass transit.
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Mass transit is also a big part of the redesign.
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Democrats, meanwhile, want more green energy programs and mass transit.
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Be vigilant when in public places and using mass transit.
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A rapidly growing city ought to invest in mass transit.
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Then he moved on to the merits of mass transit.
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The agency is run by professionals dedicated to mass transit.
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How much money for mass transit might this scheme yield?
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It's also how European intercity and mass transit trains work.
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Normally, mass transit agencies celebrate ridership gains rather than declines.
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Only the mobility offered by mass transit makes that possible.
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"Let the people vote for better mass transit," he said.
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Mass transit makes it possible, almost in spite of itself.
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Want the latest news on mass transit in your inbox?
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In Sullivan County, we have no mass transit at all.
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Mass transit systems have come under attack around the world.
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Mass-transit railways and highways allowed big cities to get bigger.
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Federally funded mass transit projects usually get a 50-50 split.
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Nashville could go four years before considering another mass transit referendum.
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The document said mass transit systems are particularly vulnerable to attack.
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Detroiters, however, do not have access to such reliable mass transit.
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Andrew M. Cuomo, who has an erratic relationship with mass transit.
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"Truck drivers cannot use mass transit to make deliveries," she said.
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Mr. Cuomo desperately needs to improve mass transit in New York.
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Nothing packed bodies together as dangerously as the mass transit system.
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Friday morning, officials announced road closures and suspension of mass transit.
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What's more, are we ready to give up on mass transit?
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Our mass transit systems are chronically on the verge of breakdown.
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But the slime molds aren't just good at designing mass transit.
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Upgrading India's creaky mass-transit systems is one of Modi's top priorities.
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In 2009, only 18% of the population had access to mass transit.
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They expressed less interest in mass transit, new roads and new technology.
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Private ride-hailing apps like Uber are threatening to cannibalize mass transit.
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Quality mass transit trumps road building when it comes to reducing traffic.
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The mass transit system has not been kind to New Jersey commuters.
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Mass transit services in Washington and Baltimore were suspended for the weekend.
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Mass transit systems throughout the US are in very, very bad shape.
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And, of course, we need better mass transit so people drive less.
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Both companies are increasingly focused on partnering with governments and mass transit.
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Many stations on the city's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) were closed early.
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Authorities urge local residents to avoid mass transit and to stay indoors.
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While mass transit is important, many from rural states argue that the 2.86 cents from the 18.4-cent gas tax that goes to mass transit projects should be spent on road repair, not the New York City subway system.
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The spreadsheet was born in 1933 when Ted Kheel, a labor lawyer and "fierce advocate of mass transit," as Komanoff once wrote, hired him to answer one question: Could congestion pricing generate enough revenue to make mass transit free?
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SNCF earns €13bn ($15bn) from mass transit, to just €6bn from high-speed.
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If our regions are going to grow, it must be through mass transit.
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The largest underground mass transit system in the US is now fully wired.
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Her intentions platform focused on promoting mass-transit and amplifying affordable housing options.
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He cobbled it together as a proof of concept for autonomous mass transit.
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Proceeds will be used to fund BTSC's mass transit business capex and investments.
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One of my favorite infrastructure financing stories is mass transit in Hong Kong.
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Mass transit services in Washington and Baltimore have been suspended for the weekend.
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Latin America, in contrast, has adopted them as mass transit for the poor.
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Mr. Taylor said the importance of mass transit had long been underestimated here.
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The first problem was that Mass Transit lied about being a pro wrestler.
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Or maybe you'll avoid the supermarket or mass transit by ordering your groceries.
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We already mentioned mass transit, controlling overdevelopment of beaches and other fragile areas.
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Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, introduced free mass transit for residents in 2013.
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City officials advised residents to avoid roads and stick to mass transit instead.
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Wabtec, based in Wilmerding, Pa., makes equipment for mass-transit and freight railways.
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They will also be working with local hospitals, mass transit and airports (ABC7NY).
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That figure includes ridesharing, taxis, mass transit, corporate fleet vehicles and rental cars.
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With mass transit, there are not a lot of other options beside Chinese components.
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It's not the first time scientists have exposed the bacterial underbelly of mass transit.
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In addition, Albanese has called for the expansion of mass transit options, and dedicating .
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Rockwell Automation: Stimulus efforts in China helping mass transit and water projects, automotive weak.
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Despite these benefits, capital investment in the country's mass transit infrastructure has fallen short.
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In addition, his budget proposal suggested cuts for Amtrak and local mass transit systems.
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Elon Musk's Boring Company released new pictures of an electric mass transit system concept.
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This is the strategy used by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation in Hong Kong.
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The money would be spent on state and local roads, mass transit and railroads.
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Founded in 2012, The Boring Company digs tunnels for mass transit and freight transport.
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Founded in 2012, The Boring Company digs tunnels for mass transit and cargo transport.
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On game day, ticket-holders are encouraged to take mass transit to the stadium.
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No mass-transit system in the world uses it, and its reliability is unknown.
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To compete internationally, we need to offer states more federal funding for mass transit.
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"The customers are telling us that they really believe in mass transit," he said.
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Lastly, don't use mass transit if you're sick since that puts others at risk.
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Mass transit agencies are being crushed by falling ridership and have started curtailing service.
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Traveling by mass transit in Luxembourg is already free for many residents, including students.
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Sanders in Moscow during the Cold War, praising the Soviet Union's mass-transit system.
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The same goes for allowing citizens to return to work or use mass transit.
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Locals suffer long waits and crowding on basic services like roads and mass transit.
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Here's what New York's mass-transit system is doing to slow a potential spread.
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Well-designed and generously funded mass transit can reduce pollution and resulting lung disease.
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The other reason for Mr. Cuomo's avoidance is that fixing mass transit is difficult.
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This could fully fund the National Highway Trust Fund and its Mass Transit Account.
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With no mass transit, and few jobs for the residents, the peninsula became isolated.
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In Bogota, protesters also blocked roads and damaged 64 mass transit stations, authorities said.
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If it was warmer out, I would be walking places instead of mass transit.
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But that's more than the ridership of most mass transit systems in the country.
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"Mass transit hasn't yet figured out how to get to everybody's doorstep," he said.
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Meanwhile, America's highways, mass transit systems, and and sewage plants aren't getting any younger.
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Even now, along the proposed route, largely deprived of mass transit, there are faster alternatives.
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Mass transit systems lurched back to life for the morning commute, though with limited service.
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Parisians and tourists who worried about security stayed away from public spaces and mass transit.
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A general strike called for August 5th disrupted the city's airport and mass-transit network.
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"It's not affordable to build mass transit that goes from suburb to suburb," he says.
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The tech comes courtesy of SkyLights, a firm that specializes in VR for mass transit.
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We didn't know if war or AIDS or mass transit was going to kill us.
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This isn't just a problem for mass transit riders, it's a problem for drivers too.
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Cities also need to invest more in mass transit to discourage the use of cars.
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Mr. Kiley probably had as much effect on London motorists as on mass transit riders.
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China has been ramping up investment in inner-city mass transit project to alleviate congestion.
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Obviously, serious problems remain, with unrelenting homelessness and tottering mass transit high on the list.
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Four-wheel mass transit doesn't get much more efficient than the Chrysler Pacifica E-Hybrid.
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"Busing is a form of mass transit that is a solution to congestion," he said.
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The subways (and mass transit in general) are the veins and arteries of New York.
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For those using mass transit, I cannot recommend enough a pair of sound-cancelling headphones.
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Visitors who have traveled by airplane or other mass transit aren't allowed into the facility.
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Mass transit will remain operational and restaurants, food delivery and banks will remain in service.
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Most recent Silicon Valley start-ups have focused on personal vehicles rather than mass transit.
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But doing so would starve other Port Authority needs, such as mass transit, he added.
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Their efforts to better connect to mass transit have been slow and piecemeal at best.
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Eventually the panels issue nuanced recommendations on matters ranging from hospital budgets to mass transit.
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As a precaution, the mass transit group offered free rides while it mitigated the ransomware.
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Mr. Erdogan gained enormous popularity by providing public services from trash collection to mass transit.
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The Metro is not the first mass transit operator to try to address this issue.
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In last month's election, Seattle, Los Angeles and Columbus, Ohio, voted to expand mass transit.
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Uber wants to correct that by putting mass transit on equal footing with car trips.
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He envisions mass transit and the rail system being the gateway to a successful future.
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It could be, hopefully, needed infrastructure projects like mass transit and things of that sort.
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And transfers are the only way to make a large-scale mass transit network function.
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The state of Maryland controls the city's stadiums, big public construction projects and its mass transit.
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"This is promising for something like mass transit," said G. Brian Burke, the center's managing director.
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The lack of reliable mass transit means that even those struggling to pay rent own cars.
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Consumers, they argue, will choose the convenience of rideshare over mass transit and could actually increase.
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Nothing can move the numbers of people as quickly as a well run mass transit system.
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Electric skates will carry between 8 and 16 passengers (mass transit), or a single passenger vehicle.
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Sharing with your spouse or taking mass transit could save you thousands of dollars a year.
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"The version we're most comfortable with is connecting people to mass transit in cities," says Dorling.
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Elon's latest challenge: building an 18-mile underground mass-transit system for less than $1 billion.
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Las Vegas has other mass transit, including a monorail that travels along much of the Strip.
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Cities are becoming more crowded, people are buying more cars and mass transit is reaching capacity.
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The proportion of cariocas served by mass transit rose from 18% to 63% during his tenure.
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More money for mass transit, more money for electric grids, more money for rural water supplies.
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Or, the city's leaders would have stepped in earlier to repair the broken mass transit system.
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He later worked on Britain's main-line railways, and then ran mass transit in Sydney, Australia.
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And the more people used them, the more likely they were to also use mass transit.
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The U.K. has been relatively terror-free since the attacks on London mass transit in 2005.
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She's pushing for more mass transit usage, alternative modes of transportation and making neighborhoods more walkable.
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Most American cities do not have the population density to support mass transit, the group says.
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But that might mean the city isn't dense enough to support diverse restaurants and mass transit.
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And several follow-up suits later, segregation in New York mass transit came to an end.
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"We're starting a whole new form of mass transit," he said at a recent news conference.
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Andrew Cuomo (D) said Sunday there's no reason to suspend mass transit amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Betsy, a double-decker and the oldest vehicle at this free celebration of vintage mass transit.
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Maybe one day Detroit's beautiful, empty interstates will turn into rivers of individuated, autonomous mass transit.
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Mass transit is compelling to voters beleaguered by train delays, but Albany controls the subway system.
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He even refers to it as the "most effective mass transit system" he had even seen.
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If mass transit is your only way to get to work and it closes, what then?
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District officials said students will be able to use mass transit for free during the strike.
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" Mass transit advocates immediately raised concerns about his departure, calling it "a terrible day for riders.
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New York's mass transit system stopped expanding in 1940, and it has even shrunk since then.
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He has ideas about radical mass transit systems that so far don't exist but someday might.
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BTSC will also receive accrued interest on its investment, at a pre-agreed rate, as part of the lump sum payment from KT. Steady Cash Generation: BTSC's mass-transit (excluding new mass-transit lines) and media businesses generate strong cash flow and have low capex requirements.
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When combined with the fact that, at every level of governance the percentage of dollars we direct to highways exceeds what we spend on mass transit, it becomes apparent that not only does mass transit receive a smaller percentage of the pie, but that pie is shrinking.
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Lately, to go along with cars, space, and AI, he has added mass transit to the pile.
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If successful, the vehicle will add a mode of mass transit to many of China's congested cities.
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Kennedy's 1963 assassination had stopped the president from carrying out his plans for larger mass transit reforms.
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Homes located near mass transit have higher property values, while nearby businesses have greater access to customers.
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That's right—mass transit depends on people driving cars for a significant portion of its federal funding.
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To get those benefits, we need to have mass transit that's reliable and responsive to people's needs.
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Much of that growth will be centered around cities and urban areas that rely on mass transit.
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Driverless taxis are set to totally transform the landscape of mass transit systems, according to a study.
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Stadium neighborhoods are usually well served by mass transit and have plenty of restaurants and night life.
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In other cities, mayors tend to be heavily involved in mass transit, even hysterical about its deficiencies.
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But what if in the future, mass transit such as buses and trams could bypass traffic altogether?
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Mass transit is running, but it's only to be used for travel to and from essential services.
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California's mass transit agencies are taking a stand against the "manspreaders" and seat hogs of the world.
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Andrew M. Cuomo's subway action plan after he declared a mass-transit state of emergency last year.
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Following Monday's attack, cities including Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles increased security for their mass transit systems.
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Green bonds finance environmental projects like wind and solar power, mass transit and upgrades in energy efficiency.
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The alternatives — mass transit, special lanes for buses and high-occupancy vehicles, flextime, telecommuting — have failed miserably.
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Improvements in mass transit systems, to lure people out of their cars, would be a major goal.
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The cost of living in New York City — rent, groceries, health care, mass transit — continues to climb.
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The Citizens Budget Commission has urged more feeder routes and encourages ambulatory riders to use mass transit.
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Advocates say the goal is to reduce vehicular traffic and raise money to help fund mass transit.
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You're asking people to get out of their cars, then the mass transit needs to work better.
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We now have younger people saying they want "walk to latte" and "walk to mass transit" housing.
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"If you think of mass transit on the lefthand of the page, and private car ownership on the right, you know the livery systems, the Lyfts [and] the Ubers, are more expensive to operate per mile than your own personal car, and mass transit is the cheapest," he said.
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And now he's saying that within walking distance of mass transit, housing shouldn't be single-family, suburban style.
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Focals include walking directions and the ability to order an Uber, but no city-specific mass transit directions.
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The key ingredients to this transportation soup are: Smart mass transit for moving hoards of people across town.
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Lyft announced partnerships with more than 25 cities across the country to integrate mass transit into its app.
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I'm still completely in favor of it: urban growth boundaries, really functional mass transit, bike lanes, mixed use.
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It's much easier for mass transit travelers to doze off or get distracted and miss their intended stop.
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Could Waymo, the Alphabet self-driving car company, actually make it easier for people to use mass transit?
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The March blackouts stopped mass transit in Caracas, shuttered businesses and gas stations, and disrupted operations at hospitals.
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This was not the result of an existing private rail corporation that swooped in to save mass transit.
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The company says the move to autonomy should make mass transit safer and more efficient than ever before.
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Dubai was the first place to operate a mass transit system when it opened its metro in 2009.
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High-speed rail, wind turbines and mass transit need steel and concrete, the production of which requires energy.
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Millennials already use mass transit at higher levels than previous generations, a trend that is expected to continue.
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The desire to remain constantly connected has fed younger workers' fast-growing preference for commuting by mass transit.
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As the largest mass transit system in the country, the M.T.A. serves a population of 15.3 million people.
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Consumers are increasingly ditching personal cars in favor of mass transit networks, carpooling services and ride-hailing apps.
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"I don't think you can avoid using mass transit, but be smart about that," Ms. Bernier-Toth said.
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HTA must also come up with better solutions for losses at its mass transit system, the board said.
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It sees a potential fourth business line in driverless shuttles that can ferry riders to mass transit systems.
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"I haven't seen evidence of a heightened level of concern around mass transit," Haas, the microbiologist, told me.
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The city lacks extensive mass transit so the foundation plans to run free shuttle buses to the park.
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Apple built a $27 billion campus that, for all its splendor, is not readily accessible by mass transit.
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The toll on cars entering Manhattan's busiest areas would help provide badly needed financial assistance for mass transit.
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Andrew Cuomo has asked companies to reduce the density of workers using mass transit and congregating at offices.
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In truth, as troubled as mass transit is, it isn't as woebegone as it was in the '70s.
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Many cities, including Los Angeles and Seattle, have also begun purchasing electric buses for their mass transit fleets.
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And mass transit is a major economic development tool, stimulating public and private investment, new construction and jobs.
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The report also urges policymakers to improve mass transit, and enact laws to electrify the ride-sharing industry.
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Major cities like Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington also have significant mass transit systems and large low-income communities.
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Congress should double funding for the program to allow America's busiest mass transit systems to meet rising demand.
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Cities with efficient mass transit systems and widespread bike share programs are a boon to car-free travelers.
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The technology would let users pay for mass-transit travel with their phones instead of a payment card.
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Hyperloop builders will not seek to take over the problem of American mass transit (at least not yet).
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Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway is the rare transit system that turns a profit—a multi-billion dollar profit.
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The station, one of the busiest on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway, has been closed for the time being.
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Upgrade infrastructure — mass transit, energy, communications — to make it easier to build good, middle-class jobs here in America.
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At least 15 percent of all car sales should be electric vehicles, and cities should double mass transit use.
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The crowd-funded, pop-up mass transit system will have you on a luxury bus with like-minded fans.
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But the civil engineers, infrastructure executives, and mass transit experts we spoke to are extremely skeptical of that figure.
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But our business in the neighborhoods that need transportation the most, often mass transit, doesn't go into the neighborhoods.
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Is it a silly prank, a Pagan ritual, or a genius discovery about the next era of mass transit?
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The delays in mass transit in New York, you all know how horrible the system— BOOKER and NIGATU: Ugh.
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Cutting mass transit fares avoids much of the wealth redistribution moral hazard by simply extending the benefits to everyone.
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It will also work in the mass transit systems of Portland, Chicago and New York this year, he added.
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" Or mass transit, "According to a new study, it would cost 100 million dollars to properly clean the subway.
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"We're trying to build a mass-transit system," Daniel Ramot, the start-up's co-founder, said in an interview.
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The authorization for the transportation trust fund, which pays for road, bridge and mass transit projects, expires June 30.
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This includes expanding mass transit to better connect different regions, absorb population growth, and ease overall congestion and pollution.
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And last month, the Boring Company released images of an electric mass transit system, which could potentially be developed.
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk detailed the Boring Company's plans to build mass transit tunnels beneath Los Angeles on Thursday.
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It also wanted a suburban or urban area with more than 1 million people and access to mass transit.
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Toll roads and airport projects earn more profits than mass transit, so they'll get the bulk of the funding.
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So that says to me that people have other ways of getting to the party other than mass transit.
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Meanwhile, just one in five non-executive museum workers receive some kind of subsidy for their mass transit expenses.
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It bears mentioning that Avedisian's idea became a punching bag for many in the online mass-transit-nerd community.
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Gatherings of more than 500 people are banned except for schools, mass transit, hospitals and nursing homes, he said.
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Cuomo said ridership is down on mass transit across the board over the past few days, lowering the density.
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Gail: I've always suspected that many conservatives hate mass transit because it just fundamentally offends their sense of individualism.
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Environmental groups as well as mass transit and other civic organizations mobilized to stop the road from being built.
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The desire for the public sector to think and build big with mass transit died after the New Deal.
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We tend to envision sustainable cities in terms of green architecture, renewable energy, an emphasis on innovative mass transit.
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The bottom line, however, is that New York City's poor have been priced out of the mass transit system.
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Mass transit unions, which negotiate with the Cuomo administration over labor contracts, have also donated to the governor's campaigns.
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And as we have seen in Chicago, mass transit not only connects people to opportunities, it also fuels growth.
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Greater security is typically seen on the subway, other mass transit, and tourist attractions at times of heightened alert.
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The economic toll of increasing mass transit disruptions is difficult to calculate but clearly huge, as are straphangers' frustrations.
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Clean, efficient, and quick, the Mass Transit Railway, or the MTR, has long been the pride of Hong Kong.
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The museum is free to children from emergency shelters, and decided to reopen with the start of mass transit.
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Annual ridership ranks just below that of New York, according to the Mass Transit Railway Corporation in Hong Kong.
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In Cali, where protesters blocked roads and vandalized mass transit buses, the mayor called a curfew from 7 p.m.
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Congress typically raids about $10 billion a year from the highway trust fund to pay for mass transit projects.
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There are legislative oversight committees for mass transit in the City Council, the State Senate and the State Assembly.
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"We have to spend money on mass transit," Trump said in an interview with The Guardian in late 2900.
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Sometimes the essays responded to the news of the moment; other times they addressed broader issues, like mass transit.
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Lane said he hoped the ITDP scorecard would help city leaders better understand how to improve their mass transit systems.
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They are silly, but they are also a potentially elegant solution to the thorny last-mile problem with mass transit.
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In June, Boring Company CEO Elon Musk confidently promised Chicago a yet-to-be-invented method of subterranean mass transit.
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This type of approach allows us to very inexpensively deploy a mass transit method that actually doesn't make traffic worse.
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" He then clarified that the system "[will] still transport cars, but only after all personalized mass transit needs are met.
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Jalopnik's Aaron Gordon noticed something important in Uber's big IPO filing that underscores how ride-hailing can cannibalize mass-transit.
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A Berkeley station for BART, the mass transit system, was shut down because of the disturbance, CNN affiliate KRON said.
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Since February, the state-run Mass Transit Authority -- it operates the New York City subways -- has tracked approximately 163 incidents.
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Until that is solved, driverless cars will be a form of mass transit — except without the mass — along predesignated routes.
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Some 227.01 percent of trips could be taken on mass transit, but fewer than half were as fast as driving.
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The need to rebuild and improve our mass transit networks, roads and bridges is unquestionably one of America's greatest challenges.
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After years of neglect, members of Congress had started pushing to fund federal research and development grants into mass transit.
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"If this one doesn't work, it will stop mass transit experimentation for at least 15 years," Elias would later warn.
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Musk wants to push Tesla farther into the commercial space with electric solutions for public mass transit and cargo transport.
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She urged people to use mass transit rather than trying to drive and park on the city's snow-clogged roads.
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But considering the failures, delays, and other general problems with the expansion of California's mass transit, this seems incredibly ambitious.
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It's a huge success for our country's struggling mass transit infrastructure that over two-thirds of these proposals were approved.
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A true New Yorker rides mass transit every day, shops in bodegas, and sits in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium.
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Musk has a vision of mass transit that has "pods" that transport up to 16 passengers at $1 per person.
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Robert Moses , the city's mid-century master planner, deliberately starved mass transit, in favor of highways, the automobile, the suburbs.
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Currently, mass-transit passengers have to take at least two trains or a bus and a train to the airport.
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They chose not to give mass transit much of the proceeds from large settlements with banks after the financial crisis.
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Many of the forces plaguing the subways — crowds, delays and aging infrastructure — are also at play in suburban mass transit.
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Her reporting has focused on the decline of mass transit and the rapid rise of ride-hailing apps like Uber.
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He added that the intent is to "reduce the number of people on mass transit" and open up more space.
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Rising health care costs, a weakened mass transit system and extreme weather will worsen the state's problems, her campaign said.
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California can show true leadership on climate by rejecting a ballot measure that would cut off money for mass transit.
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In particular, we should encourage construction that takes advantage of the most effective mass transit technology yet devised: the elevator.
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In Seattle, Amazon employees are the kind of young, educated, mass-transit-taking, innovative types that municipal planners dream of.
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They can also reduce emissions while improving public health by investing more in mass transit and electric vehicle charging stations.
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Mass transit is finally, I hope, getting the attention it deserves, but let's increase the number of dedicated bus lanes.
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Last month, a similar freebie publication geared to mass-transit riders in Washington, The Washington Post Express, was shut down.
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It was able to raise money for transit as a result of the federal government's Mass Transit Act of 1964.
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To the extent that mass transit is a city's lifeblood, its role is not just to drain but to nourish.
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Mass transit accounts for just 1% of all U.S. passenger miles traveled, and just 2% of total trips, he says.
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Other attractions in the Eastern Seaboard's second largest city can be handily visited on foot, by bike or mass transit.
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The governor correctly sees it as a way to raise gobs of cash for the city's ailing mass-transit network.
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"New Yorkers should take mass transit if possible and allow for extra travel time," officials said in a news release.
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The blackout stopped mass transit in the capital of Caracas, shuttering businesses, gas stations and even disrupting operations at hospitals.
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Suphajee said Dusit Central Park's location at the intersection of Bangkok's main roads and mass transit lines makes it unique.
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The startup develops software systems for autonomous mass transit fleets and is currently in meetings with cities and transit providers.
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He believes a rise in gas prices, or "auto disincentives," would drive up ridership more than creating more mass transit.
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That would mean massively increased spending on mass transit, high-speed rail, self-driving cars, freight upgrades, and so on.
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Founded in Cairo in 2017, Swvl is a mass transit service that has positioned itself as an Uber for shared buses.
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Perhaps the starkest illustration of how dependent the city is on the state is the demise of its mass transit system.
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As a result, New Yorkers will see an increased police presence around mass transit and places where people gather, Miller said.
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Both cities have introduced tough restrictions on car ownership and invested heavily in mass transit to cope with severe road congestion.
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Read More Stocks fall as oil pares gains; transports up 1% One of her favorite areas to invest is mass transit.
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O'Malley expanded mass transit in his state and helped develop an alternative to GDP to measure real progress in living standards.
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The itineraries are also based on location, with different travel options like taking an Uber or Lyft, mass transit or walking.
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The Boring Company's skates haven't been mass-produced before, and this is the company's first attempt at a mass transit system.
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Currently, mass-transit passengers have to take at least two trains or a bus and a train to get to airport.
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The Washington region's mass transit system took what an official called an "exceedingly rare" step of shutting down for the weekend.
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"We can make mass transit more attractive, faster, more comfortable," Mr. Cuomo said in his speech to the Long Island Association.
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So, Anner and his film crew have to take a mass transit ferry they dub the "Bagel Ferry" to get there.
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The goal -- whether it be with planes, cargo or mass transit -- it to minimize the risk as much as is practical.
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O'Malley expanded mass transit in his state and helped develop an alternative to GDP to measure real progress in living standards.
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And even after they arrive, mass transit systems will often remain the best way to move large numbers of people swiftly.
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Similar attacks on London's mass transit system the year before took another 56 linves, including those of the four suicide bombers.
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Does anyone think the government will ever cede a large amount of its control of mass transit to the private sector?
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The 2016 GOP platform calls for eliminating federal funding for mass transit, bike-share programs, sidewalks and rail-to-rail projects.
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The congestion pricing plan is an effort to fight traffic—and to raise billions for the region's floundering mass transit system.
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But not many residents of Singapore buy cars, preferring to use the well-developed mass-transit system or relatively plentiful taxis.
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The president proposes to spend oil taxes on "clean" transportation infrastructure for high speed trains, mass transit and self-driving cars.
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The revenue goes toward the Highway Trust Fund, which is used to maintain the nation's roads, highways and mass transit systems.
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If it wouldn't have been for me, there would be no mass transit in the twin cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
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It's also happening in cities that we don't necessarily equate with mass transit—cities like Atlanta, Houston, and Salt Lake City.
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Each time mass transit proves itself be less reliable, however, it creates an incentive for people to take to the roads.
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Cities that blossomed before WWII – New York and Boston, for example – already had and continue to use their mass transit systems.
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Amazon also said it was looking for communities that offer a "stable and business-friendly" environment and access to mass transit.
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Downtown is bustling with development, filled with people who make a life without cars, relying on walking, bicycles and mass transit.
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You can try to fight for one of the 30,000 parking spaces, or just sit back, relax, and enjoy mass transit.
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The commuter crunch highlights lagging investment in U.S. infrastructure, and especially in New York City, which is dependent on mass transit.
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The 2016 GOP platform calls for eliminating federal funding for mass transit, bike-share programs, sidewalks and rail-to-rail projects.
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At the time, Cole was trying to raise new funding for SkyTran, a next-generation mass-transit startup that he cofounded.
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"It's kind of like following after Lou Gehrig," Ralph L. Stanley, the federal urban mass transit administrator, said of the transition.
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As bargain hunters spread farther along mass transit routes, they find comparatively cheaper housing, but push prices higher in the process.
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A bad moon could be rising for New York, with federal dollars for mass transit, hospitals, housing and schools at risk.
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Mass transit construction costs in the United States appear to be far higher than what European countries pay for comparable projects.
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Free mass transit will be available from the beginning of 2020, said Dany Frank, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Mobility.
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That may drive down its price, undermining lawmakers' plans to tax it in order to fund mass transit and other initiatives.
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Lower- and middle-class women have been dependent on mass transit, with buses or minibuses sometimes arranged by employers or schools.
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On Monday, Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio urged people to avoid dense crowds, particularly while using mass transit.
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Now a popular ride-hail app service aims to combine the savings of mass transit with the convenience of personalized rides.
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A House Democrat introduced a bill on Tuesday designed to better protect mass transit systems and other public spaces from terrorism.
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Others include new residents of thriving waterfront neighborhoods that are poorly served by traditional modes of mass transit, city officials said.
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He suggests more mass transit, including bringing rail to suburbs that have reached the limits of moving people efficiently by car.
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They have fortified themselves against rising seas, switched to renewable sources of energy, expanded mass transit and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
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This enables our mission of making urban mobility more equitable, accessible and sustainable through mass transit automation in the near term.
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Next year, Delphi Automotive expects to have self-driving Audis providing rides to mass transit stations in a section of Singapore.
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Critics questioned that number and said the money spent on subsidies should have been spent on improving housing and mass transit.
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It makes sense that Uber needs all this cash, because the company is barreling toward building privatized, self-driving mass transit.
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Abrams says she has "a boundless belief in Georgia's future," and talks about Medicaid expansion, middle-class taxes, and mass transit.
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However implausible it may seem in the year 2016, in many ways the idea of mass transit still requires a marketing effort.
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These include partnerships with Arriva and Keolis, two mass-transit companies that operate city buses, train services and more in multiple counties.
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Not in our streets or in our buildings, but below them, in the subways, commuter rail and mass transit of global cities.
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While suburban car commuters sit by themselves in little boxes, mass transit exposes us to new forms of art, music and culture.
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A hefty price tag, difficult controls, lack of mass transit directions, and a long production time offset the regular updates and functionality.
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Skylines simulates things like traffic congestion and mass transit lines incredibly well, which is fun to watch, and occasionally maddening as mayor.
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Both companies have been pushing their carpooling services as a form of mass transit, which raises questions about privatization of public transportation.
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"If you're using it within a mass transit system, you have to be precise 100 percent of the time," Mr. Burke said.
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"Bringing Back the City" tells the stories of everyday services — like electricity and mass transit — that become extraordinary in times of crisis.
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Yes, there are problems with even the best mass transit systems, like poor infrastructure, lack of funding, political infighting, or even raccoons.
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Now, with new data about demand and transit status, good communications, and smart automation, mass transit could be a lot more effective.
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Trump proposed big cuts for mass transit and Amtrak, which mostly serve cities, coupled with increases in funding for rural infrastructure projects.
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"Not to sound dramatic [but] no one in the history of the world has created a profitable mass transit service," he said.
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Workable transit in a dense environment boils down to always giving preference to pedestrians and mass transit, and enforcing orderly vehicle traffic.
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"Why public transit isn't a good solution for getting around"Mass transit hasn't yet figured out how to get to everybody's doorstep.
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The bride's father is the former editor and publisher of Mass Transit Magazine, which he founded in 1974 and sold in 1991.
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The New York Police Department told NBC it was increasing security at mass transit points, bridges and tunnels and major city landmarks.
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In addition, public transit customers can save thousands of dollars a year by choosing mass transit over driving for their daily commute.
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" A February 28503 Quinnipiac Poll asked, "Do you support or oppose increasing federal spending for roads, bridges, mass transit and other infrastructure?
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The way we talk about mass transit funding could leave one with the distinct impression that it's a burden, not a boon.
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Socially, mass transit benefits the many people who can't (or shouldn't) drive: children, the elderly, the blind, and St. Paddy's day revelers.
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Yet the Department of Transportation estimates that the nation's mass transit systems have a backlog of over $90 billion in maintenance costs.
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"In mass transit, doing that little door thing, where you have to pull the handle up, that was, like, wow," she said.
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The 50-page list of stalled transportation work represents more than $3 billion in projects to upgrade roads, bridges and mass transit.
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Obviously, folks in relationships don't need to be kept abreast of every workplace argument or mass-transit mishap that befalls their partner.
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In 1996, a wrestler called Mass Transit stepped in to work an ECW house show in place of an absent Axl Rotten.
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Hyperloop One is one of two companies competing to make Elon Musk's dream of a high-speed mass transit system a reality.
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What's more, mass transit, such as buses, is often applauded for helping take cars off the road and make transportation more efficient.
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Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway system operates on a "rail plus property" model that profits off real estate developments above its stations.
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"We're blessed to have a really excellent mass transit system, by and large, and it actually functions for many people," Moorse said.
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"New Yorkers are relying more on mass transit and ride shares to get around rather than use their own cars," he said.
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As a result, my colleague Emily Badger reported, they advise holding off on big mass transit projects that may soon be unnecessary.
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"As the speaker has said, we need to develop a long term funding plan for our mass transit system," Mr. Whyland said.
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"Before asking commuters to abandon their cars, we must first improve mass transit capacity and reliability," a draft of the report says.
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Private cars will be restricted in favor of self-driving cars (another area of interest for Alphabet), walking, cycling and mass transit.
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Some cities in Europe and elsewhere already offer free mass transit at certain times and to people like retirees or the unemployed.
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Californians need more and better alternatives to cars for transportation, and easier access to walkable communities and affordable housing near mass transit.
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He convened an advisory panel, called FixNYC, to study the idea of implementing a congestion-pricing plan to help subsidize mass transit.
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Schools, mass transit, hospitals, shops, and public buildings are exempt, though Mr. Cuomo said the State Capitol could be closed to visitors.
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The $28503 trillion stimulus package is expected to include $22020 billion for mass transit, the same amount for the struggling airline industry.
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Currently, the federal government offers financial assistance to mass transit capital projects — building new lines — but does not subsidize transit operating costs.
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Those cities play host to some of the features Amazon is looking for, including mass transit, international airports, and colleges and universities.
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The obvious advantages are that it would cut traffic and greenhouse gas emissions in addition to helping pay for mass transit improvements.
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If Trump wants to spend money on highways, it may mean taking resources away from the liberals' decided transportation preference: mass transit.
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Andrew Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest mass transit system in America.
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Cities with reliable, modern mass transit are more economically competitive, have higher productivity, fewer carbon emissions and a better quality of life.
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Where Massachusetts falls short, however, is in its infrastructure — a factor Amazon discusses in its request for proposals, particularly involving mass transit.
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And earlier this week, someone broke into the computers of San Francisco's mass transit system, forcing the service to offer free fares.
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CRRC, China's state-owned train maker, has become a formidable competitor in Asia and Africa, where demand for mass transit is growing.
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But sometimes I don't have another choice and will take mass transit because I can't walk because my chronic illness is flaring.
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Brace yourselves: City officials are warning people to stay indoors as much as possible today, and use mass transit instead of driving.
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The State Senate will be filled to the brim with Democrats who have said that mass transit reform is a top priority.
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Great big engineering projects — from weapons systems to mass transit projects — all end up falling behind schedule and costing more than planned.
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It will "aim to unlock access to areas underserved by traditional mass transit and improve connectivity to existing transit lines," Ng writes.
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In the long term, GM benefited from the demise of mass transit but it was not solely responsible for the end of streetcars.
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The plan is to fund low-carbon transportation projects like mass transit and electric vehicles, in order to shrink the American carbon footprint.
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Mass transit already offers some of the benefits we're trying to wring out of not-quite-here-yet technologies like self-driving cars.
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It's hard to see how such a system would encourage private investment in Atlanta's congestion problems, or a privately operated mass transit system.
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They will struggle and take mass transit to show they can deal with the crush of humanity and the smells of a city.
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Fisher Industries and Texas Sterling Construction both specialize in infrastructure, with portfolios full of highway and bridge projects, and other mass transit jobs.
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Hence the appeal to urban planners of the idea of travellers combining existing mass-transit schemes with a growing variety of private services.
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That goes quadruple for one of the most notoriously dysfunctional mass transit systems in the world, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).
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India will also seek French investment to upgrade of its rail system, waterways and mass transit systems planned for 50 cities, Modi said.
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Despite the weak consumption in a slowing economy, demand for condominiums, which are located close to mass transit systems, remained high, Uthai said.
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"Our mission is to take mass transit from last resort for some, to first choice for all," said Doug Kaufman, CEO of TransLoc.
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And the Horizon Mass Transit System theorized that an autonomous, electric plane could pick up maglev train cars while both were in motion.
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Mr. de Blasio's former rival for the mayor's job, Christine C. Quinn, applauded his embrace of ferries as a form of mass transit.
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Washington's Metro, once a shining example of mass transit for the country, is 40 years old, short on funds and a terrible mess.
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The neglect and mismanagement of the mass transit system by Mr. Christie and other state leaders began long before the gas-tax standoff.
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In May, Musk detailed his plans to dig mass transit tunnels under the city of Los Angeles, where the Boring Company is headquartered.
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While Rome's established parties struggled, municipal services, especially strike-plagued mass transit, street repairs and trash collection, deteriorated to the exasperation of residents.
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Washington's mass transit ridership went into a downward spiral for the next 85033 years until the advent of Metro's first rail-operating segment.
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Thankfully, Mass Transit, an expansion geared toward making blimps, trains, and boats viable in the game, has been announced for May 18, 2017.
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Robot taxis could cut emissions in half by ferrying people to mass transit, facilitating carpooling, and running on clean electricity rather than petroleum.
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For that matter, Los Angeles — Los Angeles — recently embarked on a 40-year, $120 billion project to build out its mass-transit system.
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This may make the station slightly less unpleasant, but it will still be dangerously crowded, poorly designed and inadequate: a mass-transit disgrace.
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The officer, who was assigned to the Mass Transit Unit, was stripped of his police powers by Superintendent Eddie Johnson the following day.
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The municipality was halting what it could, he said, including two road tunnel projects, and was considering using one for mass transit instead.
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Like good collectivists, the Soviets limited automobile production and prioritized mass transit, with Stalin approving plans for Moscow's first 13 stations in 1931.
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Andrew M. Cuomo, an animosity that has manifested itself mostly on big issues like education, safety at homeless shelters and funding mass transit.
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The credits wouldn't spur needed investment in water systems, mass transit and other infrastructure that are public utilities, not vehicles for private profit.
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Building a mass transit system may seem a daunting task, but Musk says the majority of his time goes to Tesla and SpaceX.
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It refers to the short distances some people must travel from home or work to a local destination, often a mass transit station.
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But about one-third of Chase Center attendees are taking mass transit, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, easing traffic concerns.
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City officials will likely talk up Chicago's mass transit system, access to university talent, relatively low costs of living, and major international airport.
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When the idea of congestion charges comes up in public debate, the idea is often to earmark the money for mass transit use.
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There need to be more cooling centers installed, and mass transit should be expanded so all the internal combustion engines stop heating the streets.
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For a commute that requires some time on a mass-transit vehicle, the URB-E is a better option than a full-sized bicycle.
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He ran New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority from 2009 to 2011, after helping to overhaul London's aging mass transit system to global acclaim.
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There's a deep-running driving culture, despite attempts to push toward mass transit with the MARTA train (convenient only to/from the airport, really).
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During Mayor Virginia Raggi&aposs tenure at City Hall, the Italian capital has endured an ailing mass transit system and pileups of uncollected trash.
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Still, many see the ride-hailing giant's efforts to mimic a public bus route with UberPool as an attempt to kill off mass transit.
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The disruption crippled New York City's mass transit infrastructure, with subway lines that converge in the busiest part of the city effectively shut down.
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But at least for now, the impact on parking congestion is just another unintended consequence that weakens the argument for ridesharing as mass transit.
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If a threat is truly imminent, it may make sense to consider some local advertising (mass transit, outdoor, digital) to help boost name recognition.
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So how can an i-word crusader, politician, or construction magnate who wants to get people excited about roads, bridges, airports, and mass transit?
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Whether your grad is on a plane or taking mass transit, they eliminate outside sound, or control precisely how much noise to let in.
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Some recent studies indicate that the rise in ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft has had a net negative effect on mass transit.
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The longer the headway, the less capacity these pods will have, which may determine how useful a mass transit system the hyperloop can be.
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Meanwhile, the company announced today that it's partnering with Phoenix's regional public transportation agency to better connect workers and residents to mass transit hubs.
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Social justice and environmental groups opposed it because they wanted the revenue to be used for particular projects, like renewable energy and mass transit.
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Prime example, even though New York City is noisy and has a lot of people, I like that mass transit atmosphere of New York.
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And for those traveling to the airport by mass transit, there will be an AirTrain connection to the 7 train at Mets-Willets Point.
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The fatal train crash at the Hoboken Terminal hampered mass transit there, resulting in various routes being suspended or running on modified schedules today.
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He wants to transform New York City's mass transit—and had already committed himself to delivering a comprehensive plan within a hundred working days.
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He blamed lawmakers for failing to reach an agreement over how to replenish the fund, which pays for road, bridge and mass transit projects.
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Unfortunately, mass transit has always been the stepchild of federal transportation programs, and is most likely not going to figure in the presidential debates.
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Wrangler works in the Mass Transit Unit patrolling trains stations from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City alongside Trooper First Class Kevin Reed.
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A study in 2010 by the Federal Transit Administration found that 26 percent of rail mass transit systems were in poor or marginal condition.
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Kathryn Garcia, the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation in New York City, encouraged New Yorkers to avoid driving and use mass transit instead.
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Transit milestone: Luxembourg, with a population of about 560,000, plans by 2020 to become the first country to offer free mass transit for all.
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It will happen slowly, almost imperceptibly, for years, obscured by the prosperity of the segment of the population that can consistently avoid mass transit.
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The office said "a spell of very windy weather is likely" that could disrupt mass transit and lead to power failures and property damage.
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January, Scott Weiner faced protests during a press conference for SB 50, a controversial bill that aimed to make construction easier at mass transit
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" — JIMMY FALLON "New York this month will host its second annual Miss Subways Pageant, where contestants profess their love for the city's mass transit.
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Ever cash-starved, New York mass transit had a near-death experience in the 2850s, when subway cars were graffiti-scarred visions of purgatory.
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Others clashed with police, started fires and vandalised property, resulting in the first closure of the city's mass-transit rail network in 40 years.
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The firm built a large portion of Bangkok's metro systems and subsidiary Bangkok Expressway and Metro built and operates expressways and mass transit systems.
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"We've got to do more than one thing to create a 21st-century city with multiple mass transit options for people," the mayor said.
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A lot of people expect Nixon to draw votes in New York City, given the headaches surrounding mass transit and the subway in particular.
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On all counts, M.T.A. cooperation is, of course, essential, but the heavier burden to make streets friendlier for mass transit falls on city government.
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Congestion pricing, where drivers pay extra when streets are most crowded, has started in Milan, Stockholm and London, sending revenue to mass transit improvements.
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I checked the websites and apps of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong, the Mass Transit Railway, GovHK and Telegram, an encrypted messaging service.
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Riot police in Hong Kong detain a woman as anti-government protesters gather at Sha Tin Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station on September 25.
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"At this stage, we're certain that there's no evidence suggesting it was terrorism or an attack targeting the mass transit system," Mr. Kwok said.
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So we'll launch a 21st-century Industrial Revolution, investing in mass transit, transitioning to electric vehicles, and making buildings and homes more energy efficient.
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Conservatives with a strong libertarian streak (such as myself) are often tempted to call for total privatization of mass transit, roads, bridges, and airports.
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It put most of Venezuela in the dark, stopping mass transit in the capital, shuttering businesses and gas stations and disrupting operations at hospitals.
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The two men, both Democrats, have wasted years in a damaging rivalry that has stymied progress on crucial infrastructure, like mass transit and housing.
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Editorial Taking mass transit in New York City is like being an extra in an endless movie trailer — disaster or horror, take your pick.
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Low-carbon transportation — including better mass transit, lots of EVs, better neighborhood design — is going to handle that issue on time and under budget.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit brought against Chicago's mass transit operator over its fare collection system.
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He said he expects the "decentralization trend to continue" with the opening and further development of mass transit networks, which will provide an added convenience.
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On one hand you have Washington, a city without any casinos, sports books or a mass transit system that runs after the sun goes down.
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The law affects teachers, police officers, hospital employees and daycare workers in government agencies, and users of public services, from school to mass transit systems.
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The company will also soon launch a "transit near me" feature in its app, so users can better locate and connect to mass transit hubs.
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Imagine what your city would look like if that space was converted into affordable housing, green parks, sidewalks, designated bike lanes, and mass transit lanes.
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DAVID FABER: Speaking of that and other services, why are you promoting to a certain extent in certain metropolitan areas the use of mass transit?
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The concept is simple: Employees can use pretax money from their paychecks to cover mass-transit passes — including the train, subway, bus, ferry, and parking.
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And another and another for NYC's mass transit writ large, as the city faces a burgeoning transit crisis with rampant delays, and a growing population.
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That means gas stations when you're driving or more prominently featured train and bus stations if you're riding the rails or hopping on mass transit.
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If Amazon showed up and said "cut the taxes and eliminate mass transit," they would be undercutting the very talent they were hoping to reach.
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And although vague on details about the infrastructure fund, they basically confirmed that, yes, Amazon's presence would ultimately lead to more money for mass transit.
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In cities with large mass transit systems, taking a bus or the subway is often much faster and cheaper than keeping a car on hand.
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They were made accessible by new mass transit lines after voters approved, in 2004, a sales tax increase to fund the so-called FasTracks program.
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If Mr. Cuomo is serious about "a redesign of the M.T.A. on every level," he should look for new ways to pay for mass transit.
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Metro, he said, is the only mass transit system of its size without a permanent source of funding, like a tax on businesses near stations.
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Health services, grocery stores, gas stations, banks and food delivery services will remain open, as will mass transit for travel to and from essential services.
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About New York In single potent strokes, the piston of mass transit drives the simultaneous creation of tremendous wealth and grinding hardship in New York.
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Meanwhile, let's turn our focus to upgrading sorely neglected mass transit systems that can reduce the traffic hazards on our most crowded roads and highways.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers reckons U.S. mass transit is in worse condition than any other infrastructure in terms of its quality and funding.
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Though Uber is generally associated with kneecapping the taxi industry in the last few years, the company's real ambition appears to be supplanting mass transit.
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"We're bringing people back to mass transit," said Ali Vahabzadeh, the chief executive of Chariot, which also operates shuttles in Austin, Seattle and San Francisco.
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Roads, mass transit, electricity, water and telecommunications systems, not to mention the homes of employees, are all likely to be damaged by a big earthquake.
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The bombing — in which no one was seriously hurt but the bomber — has already faded from the memory of New York's hardened mass transit riders.
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" Peter Ajemian, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, said, "The governor is laser-focused on ensuring every New Yorker has equal access to reliable mass transit.
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At least that's how boarding a train works on the New York City subway, the Washington metro, and other mass transit operations around the country.
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Mr. Byford, a British mass transit expert willing to be the public face of a troubled train and bus network, brought hope to beleaguered riders.
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The cards can be purchased for 150 dollars (383 of which is a refundable deposit) from the service centers at most Mass Transit Railway (M.
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Hong Kong ranked first in terms of social impact — thanks to its high utilization of mass transit, which accounts for 88% of the city's transportation.
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"The use of these devices enables a rail or transit agency to help safeguard against terrorist threats in the mass transit environment," the TSA said.
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Besides, there's nothing regressive about plowing toll revenue into improvements for mass transit, which is how most low- and middle-income New Yorkers get around.
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So perhaps he (and the City Council) might try harder to earn some credit to balance out the blame, by doing more for mass transit.
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In November, Angelenos approved a $1.2 billion bond to build affordable housing, along with a half-cent sales tax increase to pay for mass transit.
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Bluespace.ai, a new autonomous driving startup focused on mass transit, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Fusion Fund.
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The Port Authority said most flights on Thursday and Friday were fully booked and advised travelers to use mass transit to get to the airport.
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My favorite metro funding model is in Hong Kong, where the city's private mass transit system funds itself by building high-rises atop new train stops.
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He cited policies that target mass transit infrastructure and flood control in Jakarta as issues that will be impacted by who assumes the post as governor.
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But suburban commuter railroads in New York, as its elevated subway lines, remained closed, following the lead of mass transit systems in Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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The city's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) network suspended all of its operations after demonstrators vandalized multiple train stations, setting fire to entrances and smashing ticketing facilities.
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In March, Musk said he was shifting the Boring Company's focus from electric cars riding on skates through tunnels to something more akin to mass transit.
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Mass transit improvements - either the creation of a one-seat ride to the airport or expansion of existing capacity - would carry a yet-undetermined price tag.
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More recently, the company said it would offer steep discounts to customers who use its bikes and scooters to get to and from mass transit hubs.
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Faced with global terrorism threats, the American people and courts have largely accepted infringements like warrantless bag searches in mass transit systems as a necessary evil.
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Self-driving cars represent a potentially lifesaving innovation, but they are increasingly cast as replacements for embattled mass-transit systems that millions of people rely on.
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APTA's data reflects much of what Huckaby tweeted: Between 2100 and 22015, mass transit ridership increased 523 percent nationwide, while driving peaked in the mid-252s.
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In fact, planners and economists call road building "induced demand" because it encourages people to hop into their cars instead of walking or taking mass transit.
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A new generation of young professionals moved away from the urban core to the suburbs and abandoned mass transit for transportation enabled by personal car ownership.
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The company wanted a city with an established mass transit system, easy access to international airports, universities and a population of at least 1 million people.
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Los Angeles, like many other big cities dealing with traffic, has been encouraging development along mass-transit lines, such as the one that cuts through Hollywood.
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One could argue that one such intrepid innovator is Elon Musk, who is indeed starting to push the envelope in areas like mass transit and energy.
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In addition to driving directions, the app can supply navigation information for mass transit systems, as well as for those traveling by bicycle or on foot.
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Mass transit services in Washington and Baltimore were suspended for the weekend, and some Amtrak service to and from the East Coast was canceled or truncated.
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The Boring Co., which plans to dig tunnels for hyperloop mass transit, has raised nearly $113 million in venture capital funding, according to an SEC filing.
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Raj Rajkumar, director of Carnegie Mellon University's Mobility21 research center, which focuses on transportation issues, said studies have shown that mass transit reduces congestion and pollution.
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This mass transit project is not about settling scores between Mr. Trump and his perceived enemies; it's about serving the needs of people who must commute.
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The Boring Company is still determining what its fares will be but says they will be comparable to those in other mass-transit systems, or cheaper.
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The company also wanted a central location near mass transit and major highways, in one of the handful of West Coast cities where it usually builds.
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To get to their jobs, they have to take mass transit, putting themselves in closer contact with more people and, therefore, at greater risk of infection.
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The twofold goal is to ease strangling traffic and raise money for mass transit — as much as $1.5 billion a year by the task force's estimates.
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"It makes no sense that the fees would be the same for Des Moines and Newark, given their vastly different mass transit needs," said Mr. Wright.
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So agencies are cutting service, actively discouraging ridership, and running what service remains in a deliberately inefficient way that violates the basic logic of mass transit.
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Cities, states and private corporations could step up their own efforts to purchase renewable energy, expand mass transit and improve the energy efficiency of their buildings.
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This earning structure is similar to the existing Explorer Business Card, with the addition of transit/commuting (which includes taxis, mass transit, tolls and ride shares).
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After a few stops, I connected to a Strip-bound bus at the South Strip Transfer Terminal, a mass transit hub, which was easy to navigate.
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On top of that, a survey of California passengers found that ride-shares are replacing trips they'd otherwise take by mass transit, bike, or on foot.
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But, recently, I conducted a study of mass transit riders and discovered that their commute had become a key moment for socializing via their mobile devices.
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As a coalition of mass transit advocacy groups observed last week, the need to secure that $2.5 billion, and perhaps even enhance it, is urgent. Gov.
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They're easy to store in small urban apartments, they integrate well with mass transit, and unlike regular folding bikes, they aren't a disaster to ride uphill.
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Freight trucks would have to become more efficient or electrified, while cities would need to adopt far-reaching strategies to promote mass transit, biking and walking.
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Kalanick truly believes that shared rideshare via self-driving cars can replace mass transit, and UberPOOL is a way to train us for our robotaxi future.
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Let's cut all funding for transportation — for highways, mass transit, and aviation, among other things — which would save about $103 trillion for the next 10 years.
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Today, the imprint is releasing its latest title, New York City Transit Authority: Objects, which highlights photographs of artifacts collected from New York City's mass transit system.
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However, Fitch expects infrastructure investment in roads, rail, ports and mass transit systems to increase substantially over the next several years as the government prioritises infrastructure development.
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The charges against Ullah include supporting a foreign terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction and carrying out a terrorist attack against a mass transit system.
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The project falls under the city's "Sustainable City pLAn," which covers everything from cutting water use to bulking up mass transit to easing the cost of housing.
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The consumer world has reinvented itself many times over in the past decade alone, but those advancements haven't made it to mass transit in a comprehensive way.
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More unusually, the card also racks up 2x miles on a range of local transportation and commuting purchases including ride shares, taxis, tolls and mass transit systems.
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If anything, they represent a direct rejection of the kind of egalitarianism inherent in mass-transit systems, in favor of individual happiness and individual freedom of movement.
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Green belts and town planning have stopped urban sprawl and kept British cities compact, helping to support mass transit and the recycling of used land and buildings.
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Legalizing cannabis and dedicating the revenue to the mass transit system is the best way to assure the future of New York City and the surrounding region.
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But what we're trying to do is get you to where you're going and we think that mass transit is an incredibly important part of that equation.
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For cities, there may be no faster and cheaper way to slash carbon emissions, reinvigorate mass transit, and address America's wasteful and codependent relationship with the automobile.
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We're delighted to have secured significant backing for our vision: eliminating single-occupancy vehicle trips by creating a mass transit system powered by advanced algorithms and data.
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Sure, we should all be carpooling and riding mass transit, but since that's not happening on a large enough scale, we have to clean up our vehicles.
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As one of the leaders in the nation's second busiest mass transit network, I know firsthand the economic benefits that improved infrastructure has on neighborhoods and businesses.
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For Uber, driverless cars are one part of a grander plan to take on mass transit that has been slowly unfurled over the past couple of years.
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The list included a population of more than 211 million people, an international airport, mass transit, quality higher education, an educated workforce and a solid business climate.
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"We'll continue to grow the platform very rapidly and move a step closer towards our goal of changing how mass transit and public transit work," he said.
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All three cities, home to most of the nation's busiest subways, are growing and attracting young people, who prefer mass transit but have become frustrated by delays.
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This isn't a problem just for mass transit, but when you're drawing from a smaller pool of money in the first place, its impact is more acute.
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The ride-hailing giant has been accused of attempting to kill off mass transit with a variety of features that essentially mimic the actions of public buses.
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In preparation for the 753 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government invested in bike lanes and mass transit, tightened licensing, and instituted major punishments for serious traffic offenses.
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The study does not speculate on why that might be, but denser cities, with mass transit systems, may encourage more walking and less door-to-door driving.
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The titillatingly named report — Challenges Facing Municipal, Regional and National Transit Agencies in the United States — surveyed 103 ground and mass transit operators in the United States.
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This was in line with academic studies that point to the advantages enjoyed by compact, high-density cities in building mass transit systems and reducing carbon emissions.
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New Jersey Transit's safety lapses and mounting delays represent the challenges facing mass transit systems across the nation at a time governments are loath to raise taxes.
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Using data to target voters who distrust big government and an army of canvassers, Americans for Prosperity has been inventive in turning the public against mass transit.
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The charges against him include supporting a foreign terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction and carrying out a terrorist attack against a mass transit system.
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Strikingly, only 24 percent of the system's 472 stations are ADA-accessible, which makes New York subways the least accessible major mass transit system in the country.
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Los Angeles will be implementing body scanning technology to its mass transit systems, the New York Times reported this week, becoming the first city to do so.
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The swift decline of one of the nation's busiest commuter railroads is a story of failures and mismanagement, and ominous for mass transit systems across the country.
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Ms. Roem, who covered local issues as a reporter for years under the byline Dan Roem, dove into long conversations about traffic lights, tolls and mass transit.
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Andrew Cuomo said gatherings of 500 or more people -- except for schools, hospitals, nursing homes and mass transit -- are banned in the state because of the outbreak.
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"It's at the absolute top in the sheer number of educated people and it's at the top with mass transit," said Patrick L. Anderson, the firm's founder.
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About a third of the borough's 220,19553 residents take mass transit to work, most of them relying on the Staten Island Ferry for part of the trip.
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But neither the Assembly nor the Senate seemed to be sold, though leaders of both chambers said the issue of mass transit funding needed to be addressed.
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Self-driving cars may be good for technology companies' share prices but many urbanists warn about their potential to erode mass transit systems, to mention one example.
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But the whole point of mass transit is to solve the basic problem of urban geometry, you need to move a lot of people through limited space.
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In addition to paying for physical improvements to the subways, it would address a growing problem by making mass transit more affordable for the city's poorest residents.
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Yes, wait times are only 5 minutes for a train, which is ideal for any mass-transit system, but the whole monorail only has seven total stops.
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Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has halted the sale of high-speed railway tickets to and from Wuhan, according to its public relations manager Dobie Yam.
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But transportation is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, so cutting pollution from the sector via cleaner cars, efficiency and mass transit is a priority.
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In New York City, mass transit has become a daily nightmare for millions of commuters, riddled with delays, cancellations and derailments during what even New York Gov.
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That list included: a population of more than 1 million people, an international airport, mass transit, quality higher education, an educated workforce and a solid business climate.
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" Finally, Alix Peterson Zwane, Chief Executive Officer of Global Innovation Fund, said: "Informal and often unreliable mass transit is a significant problem that disproportionately affects poor people.
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"New York is No. 1 on the list because we're the biggest city, and we're by far and away the biggest mass-transit city," Mr. Schumer said.
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Mr. Vance's decision on fare evasion is especially notable, given the centrality of mass transit in a city where millions of people ride the subway every day.
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Then London broke ground for the Jubilee subway line, linking Canary Wharf by mass transit to the heart of the city, and international banks started moving in.
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And Washington should increase the portion of the Highway Trust Fund that supports mass transit to 25 percent, while also raising the gas tax by 10 cents.
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The app aims to encourage users in 62 U.S. and Canadian cities to use cleaner modes of transportation, from mass transit to walking or biking, he said.
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Instead of creating first underground transport system to help cars circumnavigate traffic congestion, Musk is shifting his tunneling venture to be more like a mass transit system.
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Is there an example that exists of a mass transit system that is both well-managed and financed, and where the commuters come first and politics last?
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The comfortable confines of a hotel lobby or a friendly ballpark grandstand are apparently more to their liking than the unknowns of New York City mass transit.
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Since 2004, the Transportation Security Administration has been testing machines that can detect whether a person is concealing an improvised explosive device in crowded mass transit environments.
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It entails more than $650 billion in federal funding for infrastructure, including rural broadband, municipal waterworks, school construction, airports, mass transit, highways, and bridges, among other areas.
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The concept is simple enough: You can use pre-tax money from your paychecks to cover mass-transit passes — including the train, subway, bus, and ferry — and parking.
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But Mayor de Blasio, so invested until now in social welfare issues, will have to show fortitude in defending the practicality of his venture in mass transit innovation.
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On Tuesday, two Democratic state senators introduced a bill aiming to divert some of the sales tax revenue generated from Uber and Lyft trips to benefit mass transit.
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"The more mass transit we have, the better off we are as a city that is growing," said Richard Ravitch, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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In the afternoon, it became a little harder to get around as non-emergency vehicles were banned from public roads and some mass transit services were shut down.
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Part-funded by China, the Lahore Metro is a rapid mass transit system that the government hopes will ease travel in the fast-growing city, Pakistan's second largest.
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What to watch: Public investments in mass transit may be a more reliable indicator than tech investments of whether people will move away from reliance on private vehicles.
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At $103 billion, the amount of bond issuance requested to fund the building and repairing schools, mass transit, roads, and other projects was the largest in a decade.
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The administration would use the $32 billion the tax would raise to invest in mass transit, high-speed rail and research into clean energy and self-driving cars.
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The state with the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per capita is New York, which contains by far the largest share of the population that commutes via mass transit.
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ITDP also works to develop neighborhoods near major transportation hubs, and advocate for public policies focused on inclusive mass transit systems and sustainable urban development across the globe.
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These are the two main businesses that generate cash to support group capex, including investments in new mass-transit lines, property and service businesses in the medium term.
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The state is selling $550 million of general obligation bonds in the U.S. municipal market with $530 million of the proceeds earmarked for mass transit and road construction.
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The solution requires a holistic approach that improves not only our roads and bridges, but also the mass transit systems that save commuters money and reduce congested roads.
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Josh StaffordMarch 17, 2016 This leaves little money for the maintenance necessary to keep mass transit systems going, nevermind the expansions necessary to move increasing numbers of riders.
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Police officers are routinely finding drug users — unconscious or dead — in cars, in the bathrooms of fast-food restaurants, on mass transit and in parks, hospitals and libraries.
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"By leaving their cars at home and embracing mass transit, New Yorkers play a dramatic role in reducing carbon emissions," said MTA Chairman and Chief Executive Thomas Prendergast.
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Both my design ambitions and my desire to watch buildings turn green with happiness have always been hurt by the lack of good mass transit options in Skylines.
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The infrastructure needed to sustain bigger networks, such as schools, sewers and mass transit, gets harder — not easier — to develop, finance and maintain the larger your population becomes.
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Andrew Cuomo said that gatherings of 21 or more people -- except for schools, hospitals, nursing homes and mass transit -- are banned in New York because of the outbreak.
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Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Monday banning gatherings with more than 50 people -- with exceptions including health care facilities, mass transit, grocery stores and the state legislature.
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Overnight, not having autonomous in your city is going to feel like when you lived in a place without broadband, or a city without mass transit or electricity.
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They used to shout at the people, saying that you shouldn't be disturbing our society by stopping the MTR [Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway] or things like that.
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Boston's Long Wharf area became a slushy mess when a three-foot tidal surge pushed floodwaters into buildings and down the steps of the Aquarium mass transit station.
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Opinion Columnist It is possible that you didn't know a 24-year-old black woman started the integration of the New York City mass transit system in 1854.
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"This is the wrong time to be doubling down on the ferry network," said Ben Fried, communications director for Transit Center, an advocacy foundation for urban mass transit.
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The concept dates to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's era, when the Obama administration awarded New York a grant for cities looking to build more affordable housing near mass transit.
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That's where failure has plenty of fathers: governors and mayors who, one after another, siphoned money from mass transit to pay for whatever else suited their budgetary fancy.
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High-tech whizzes or Wall Street hotshots, ad agency employees or hard-hat laborers — they all rely on mass transit and feel the pain of an undependable system.
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Serena Williams and her husband are worth nearly $200 million, but they still opt for the simplest form of mass transit in NYC -- a dude on a bicycle.
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So mass transit officials need to figure out how to make the program work more effectively, as a budgetary imperative as well as a matter of human dignity.
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Many large infrastructure projects cross state lines and involve multiple modes of transportation, like road, freight rail and mass transit, putting them beyond the capacity of individual states.
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Durkan also called for federal government funding to improve mass transit and address opioid addiction in Seattle, which has soared in the wake of a national opioid crisis.
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This includes the surface lots that are peppered throughout cities, a vestige of a time decades ago when car ownership had surged and mass transit use had declined.
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She was a forceful advocate for improved mass transit, serving at one point as the first chairwoman of the Permanent Citizens' Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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We should make the wealthiest landowners in the biggest cities pay their share for infrastructure and mass-transit improvements that benefit them as well as the broader public.
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Typically, more Canadians use mass transit, and the country has better traffic safety laws, so that the vehicle fatality rate there is half that of the United States'.
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But while he brings years of experience in city government, on the issues that matter most — housing and mass transit — Mr. Ulrich is unlikely to be a champion.
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New York has a long, long history of not doing this — of providing mass transit to real estate owners, making them rich, but not getting anything directly back.
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Especially people in other urban areas that probably have their own mass transit woes: there's definitely a good amount of people from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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People in cities like New York walk, bike, take mass transit, share infrastructure, live in smaller spaces and use less energy than their suburban counterparts, several studies show.
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Fears that Chinese-built trains might be tempting for Beijing to convert into surveillance machines are leading some in government to question the vulnerability of Chinese mass transit equipment.
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Residents have repeatedly voted against measures that would bring mass transit to the area and now the city is killing its bus service in favor of a ridesharing startup.
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Bridj, a start-up that called itself the "first pop-up mass transit system" is shutting down after a hoped-for deal with a major car company fell through.
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No one can say with any certainty what the crowd size was, plus objective metrics -- such as use of Washington's mass transit -- indicated that Trump's crowd was much smaller.
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So what if we cut all funding for transportation — for highways, mass transit, and aviation, among other things — which would save about $1.13 trillion for the next 10 years?
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Those self-selected, self-affirming circles of our internet experience need to be offset by the kind of diversity that exists in any 10-square-feet of mass transit.
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On Saturday, Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) network suspended all of its operations for the first time during the political crisis, which is now entering its 18th week.
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There are no plans at present for any mass-transit system, and the first of three phases of a cross-city expressway is not due to open until 2018.
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The core theme of GGW is that the region should grow and change — improving and expanding mass transit services, building affordable housing and inclusive neighborhoods, investing in schools, etc.
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What's happening: The impact of AVs on private car ownership remains speculative, but their arrival could coincide with increased traffic congestion, decreased vehicle production and improvements in mass transit.
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New Jersey voters approved the use of gasoline taxes solely to fund road, bridge and mass transit projects, and to allow $12 billion of transportation borrowing over eight years.
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The Las Vegas effort is the first truly autonomous mass transit program in the U.S. And it's a huge deal for cities everywhere looking to improve their transportation services.
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Some of the city's mass transit was delayed, with entrances to Penn Station temporarily closed, and some motorists had to be rescued from stalled cars, CNN affiliate WABC reported.
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I'm shocked at first that the toll is so high, but then I remember they increased this year to pay for better mass transit, which is a good thing!
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Taking money from programs that serve as incentives not to work and using it to pay for cutting mass transit fares would be an example of better government management.
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For the companies, it's an appealing new way to establish themselves as vital infrastructure, especially in low-density communities like Altamonte where running traditional mass transit can be expensive.
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But he said he expected that within 20 years, 25 percent of the population here would be using mass transit, compared with about 7 percent of the population now.
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On Wednesday, Mr. Christie urged the Senate to approve the Assembly's plan and argued that a gas-tax increase was needed to pay for roads, bridges and mass transit.
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Unsurprisingly then, cities like Seattle and New York -- which deliver a disproportionate amount of national income -- are either highly dependent on mass transit or aiming to become more so.
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Rather than a cheerful, anodyne apology for the delay and a promise to do better, they detailed the systemic problems afflicting mass transit in the Bay Area and elsewhere.
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Mass transit potentially may increase your risk of exposure to the coronavirus, but you can do things to manage it, and transit systems are stepping up their cleaning regimens.
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But about 50 percent of Americans live in urban areas, and for those who use mass transit, avoiding a commute doesn't necessarily cause much of a dip in emissions.
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An extensive new tram system offers an easy-to-use mass transit network, and the narrow streets of the old city are bustling with busy restaurants and wine bars.
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The nation is the only "imagined community," as Benedict Anderson put, where everything from mass transit to health care to wealth distribution to a green economy can find traction.
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Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has asked the federal government to expand screening beyond air travel, by requiring temperature checks for all passengers boarding not just airplanes but mass transit.
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The New York ban, however, does not apply to schools, hospitals, nursing homes and mass transit, with the governor saying it would be "tremendously disruptive" to close schools completely.
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Those in the Old Town district tend to run from $64 to $130 and offer easy mass-transit access north or south via the Red or Brown Line trains.
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PHIL MURPHY, a Democrat, is the best bet to turn around a state that has a struggling economy, troubled mass transit as well as underfunded pension and school systems.
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Barry's agenda included an ambitious $0003 billion mass transit proposal for 2000 miles of light rail, bus routes and an underground tunnel through downtown Nashville, CNN affiliate WKRN reported.
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Accountability, prioritizing capital spending and real leadership will go a long way toward restoring safe, efficient mass transit to the people of New York and the economy they power.
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Assemblyman Dinowitz suggested that proceeds from it could be spent, "at least in part if not in total," on mass transit improvements in both the city and surrounding counties.
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And the M.T.A. spends vastly more to build new lines and stations than do mass transit systems in cities like London and Paris, according to the Regional Plan Association.
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Many cities today are redesigning themselves to be more environmentally sustainable by adding separate bike lanes, investing in mass transit infrastructure, and finding ways to be more pedestrian-friendly.
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"Given the attack on mass transit in New York this week ... we urge you to intensify efforts to make progress on these key surface transportation mandates," the members wrote.
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Although mass-transit proponents, tunnel machine companies and industry experts say the hurdles are enormous, Musk is bringing together the people and machinery to make his vision a reality.
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Today, our customers pay a larger portion of the system's operations from their daily fare than the customers of almost every other mass transit network in the country do.
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Chariot (2014 – 2019) Total raised: $3 million, acquired by Ford in 2017 Chariot was a shuttle startup hoping to reinvent mass transit with a fleet of vans for commuters.
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" The new app comes a little over a year since Lyft's last redesign in which the company said it wanted to put carpooling and mass transit "front and center.
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The buses, light rail, Caltrain and Amtrak trains that converge on the Diridon Station transit center will give the company an opportunity to embed mass transit into its growth.
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The most common myth on why Americans doesn't have great mass transit is that the country is too spread out, but a look at Canada quickly unravels this theory.
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And he basically is given coaching and skills training and then has a job today at another company called Friedman Seating, which is a manufacturer of mass transit seats.
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Different people would do different things: teaching or working for after-school programs or providing child care or building roads and mass transit or driving buses and so on.
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Seattle isn't thought of as one of America's great mass transit cities, but it is investing heavily in expansion of its offerings and the situation is set to continue improving.
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The RTA said the technology underscored its commitment to enhance the Dubai government's strategy to turn 25 percent of mass transit journeys in the emirate into autonomous ones by 2030.
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If you're serious about busting traffic, congestion pricing schemes like this one, coupled with functioning mass transit, smart land use, and opportunities to carpool, must be your city's best bet.
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Also in the Bay Area mass transit options like the bus system are free, while trains are running late for fireworks shows and late-night activities to ring in 2019.
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To make matters worse, the Highway Trust Fund is routinely raided to pay for various other projects like local mass transit systems that have little to do with road repair.
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Why it matters: Uber is going public amid growing scrutiny of ride-hailing's carbon footprint as research shows it can boost emissions by cannibalizing mass-transit and increasing miles driven.
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Why it matters: The IPOs come as some analysts fear that the growth of ride-hailing is siphoning riders from more climate-friendly mass-transit options and adding to congestion.
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Axios' Ben Geman emails: It's part of decarbonizing transport along with other mass transit options — such as electric buses, other kinds of trains, better pedestrian options and bikes — and EVs.
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The company operates Bangkok's BTS Skytrain network, which covers key commercial and strategic locations, and handled around 70% of passenger volume in the capital's mass-transit rail system in 2015.
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That's especially true for big, contentious projects like mass transit, whose political payoff usually comes long after its champion has reached the end of their four- or eight-year term.
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Payment and booking systems have generally been separate for each leg of a journey, and the "last mile" between mass transit and final destination has not been covered at all.
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A day after a mere inch of snow paralyzed Washington, transit authorities shut down the D.C.-area Metro system — the nation's second-busiest mass transit network — for the entire weekend.
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Critics of the Boring Company's vision, including a number of transportation analysts, argue that improving mass transit systems would be more efficient (and likely less expensive) strategy toward decreasing traffic.
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The problem is with mass transit and regulatory policies in place that turn [autonomous vehicles] and [transportation network companies] into first- and last-mile solutions, rather than the whole business.
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Amazon's preferences — which also include mass transit and a "highly educated labor pool" — suggest that the ultimate winner might turn out to be a city that is already economically vibrant.
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New planning strategies and technologies are just being developed and tested that address these challenges, including next generation power transmission, mass transit systems, storm barriers, and ever higher speed data.
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Rubio would virtually kill the federal fuels tax, repeal the mass transit program (note to commuters: you're on your own) and destroy provisions in law that protect middle class jobs.
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Safe replacement devices will display a green-colored battery in the phone's taskbar — a clear indicator for concerned airline and mass transit employees to look for when examining the phone.
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He did not have a car when he lived in New York and said he does not miss having one here, even given the limitations of the mass transit system.
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In 28500, when Congress passed the Urban Mass Transit Act encouraging states and cities to take over private transit companies, the average urban resident rode transit 6900 times a year.
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Young generations around the world, entering the tech economy and bound by the internet, are embracing urban ideals, including the common ground of public spaces, mass transit, streets and sidewalks.
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The rumble of mass transit, the chatter of thousands of feet trembling, and other ambient activity creates enough noise to be a nuisance at the prototyping facility located on campus.
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Starting in 2029, mass transit agencies in California will only be allowed to buy buses that are fully electric under a rule adopted by the state's powerful clean air agency.
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Amazon employees may want to live in Long Island City to be close to work, and the fragile state of mass transit and overburdened schools will be an everyday issue.
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This idea comes from the Regional Plan Association, a venerable organization that explores ways for metropolitan New York to cope with challenges, from salvaging mass transit to withstanding climate change.
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These companies cast themselves as filling big gaps in the transportation system, and it's true that they have been great for people in mass-transit-starved parts of the city.
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As the Times article showed, Mr. Pataki in 1995 started a trend of steering tax revenue away from mass transit to plug holes in other parts of the state budget.
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The ballot initiative would give Californians slightly lower prices at the pump, but only by sacrificing the sustainable mass transit we need if we're going to stop cooking the planet.
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All the real-time tracking of mass transit departures and arrivals, for example, may make it easier to not miss a bus but won't pay for and maintain that bus.
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Related: Lyft makes trips carbon neutral in bid to fight climate change Foxx is expected to focus on developing more partnerships with governments and reshaping mass transit systems in cities.
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The gas and diesel taxes contribute most of the revenue that funds the Highway Trust Fund, which accounts for the lion's share of federal spending on highways and mass transit.
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The detection system can help combat the growing threat to mass transit systems, especially as terrorists have begun to shift their targets in the face of ramped up aviation security.
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It was the fifth terrorist attack in Britain this year and the first to hit London at its most vulnerable point — mass transit — since the 2005 bombings that killed 52.
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The plan from the EnviroFinance team called for five glass towers, 20153,863 apartments, shops, parks and mass transit improvements that they estimated would generate $12 million a year in taxes.
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Over the course of several days, volunteers were asked to ride one of eight subway lines on the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway system during the morning and evening rush hour.
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Since mass transit has been largely been shut down in the city, people are also using the tag #jeveuxaider ("I want to help") to organize carpool rides to get home safely.
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"There's certainly going to be consequences for mass transit in the same way as even the development of rideshare has," said Darrell West, director of the governance studies program at Brookings.
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He also announced that he was deploying National Guard troops and directing state authorities to double security at major assets across the state, including airports, mass transit systems, bridges, and tunnels.
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Elon Musk says he's reworking The Boring Company's mission to prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over cars, suggesting the company's planned high-speed tunnels will serve as a form of mass transit.
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The increase came as part of a 2017 law, which aimed to raise $5.2 billion annually for road and bridge repairs and expanded mass transit, according to The Los Angeles Times.
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Walder helped modernize London's aging mass transit system as the agency's managing director and then went on to serve as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York.
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On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased a new idea for a fleet of self-driving buses that could solve problems with traffic congestion and mass transit in densely populated cities.
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Currently, the federal government charges 33 cents per gallon of gasoline, which provides 23% to 220% of the Highway Trust Fund that finances most federal spending on highways and mass transit.
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"By leaving their cars at home and embracing mass transit, New Yorkers play a dramatic role in reducing carbon emissions," said MTA Chairman and Chief Executive Thomas Prendergast in a statement.
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With mass transit shut down, Indego, Philadelphia's bike-share system, has seen a sharp increase in use, with about 3,500 trips on Monday, up from a normal 2,400, a spokesman said.
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Since 21.50, the mass transit service TriMet has offered passengers in Portland the option to purchase fares on bus, light rail and commuter rail service through an app called TriMet Tickets.
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But in recent decades, those bans have gradually been lifted as states have sought to regulate gambling and generate revenues for a variety of public purposes, from education to mass transit.
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Chris Christie had said that New Jersey's transportation funding was not in a crisis, even as the state inched closer toward exhausting its principal fund for roads, bridges and mass transit.
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According to the Census Bureau, 76.5 percent of commuters drove alone, 9.2 percent car-pooled and 5.2 percent used mass transit in 2014, the latest year for which figures were available.
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The company is developing a transit system built around individual pods that glide on elevated tracks, whizzing people much closer to their end destinations than traditional mass-transit systems, like subways.
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In any case, a severe lack of options in mass transit — with especially poor rail connections outside the metropolitan area — makes traveling by private car the only choice for many journeys.
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Ten years ago, the UAE embarked on a $22 billion mission to build a zero-carbon city powered by the sun, cooled by the wind, and entirely dependent upon mass transit.
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The public has shelled out 45 percent more money to use and support New York's mass transit over the last decade in the form of higher fares, tolls, taxes and fees.
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New York City will become the first city in the country with congestion pricing, securing crucial funding for the subways in a long-delayed victory for mass transit over the automobile.
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Andrew Cuomo's hands are a good start on two of New York's eternal quests: finding ways to subsidize New York mass transit and ease the suffocating traffic on Manhattan's busiest streets.
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There are no glimmers of possible federal aid for the city's troubled mass transit system, far and away the largest in the country and, as such, important for the national economy.
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Hong Kong has a world-class mass transit system, and a passenger can cross Hong Kong Island for $1.30 on the subway, or — with a little patience — 30 cents by tram.
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One way the TSA is tackling the threat to mass transit is testing out a new screening technology that can detect suicide vests in transit hubs and other soft-target areas.
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The charges against Mr. Freidman stem from accusations that he pocketed a 50-cent surcharge, known as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority tax, which is used to pay for mass transit improvements.
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While the months-long protests in Hong Kong are not directly tied to its public transit system, the city's Mass Transit Railway system (MTR) has been inadvertently pulled into the conflict.
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Some suburbs around New York City are becoming decidedly less suburban, as new apartment buildings and condominium communities close to mass transit help expand the downtowns of these villages and towns.
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The governor's office also revealed on Wednesday that the state lacks appropriations to actually spend all the proceeds earmarked mainly for road construction and mass transit projects due to the impasse.
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She specifies rural broadband, municipal waterworks, energy efficiency retrofits, school construction, airports, seaports, inland waterways, and mass transit as all worthy of increased funding, along with — of course — highways and bridges.
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At a meeting in my office on the topics of mass transit and rail freight, he dominated with statistics on vehicular traffic flows east and west on the Long Island Expressway.
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Schelzig: In terms of short-term effects, we won't have to wait long to find out: Barry's signature $5.4 billion mass transit proposal goes before the city's voters on May 1.
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According to studies, low-income New Yorkers had the hardest time affording the $2.75 cost for a single ride, and yet relied on mass transit more than any other income group.
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The ire of the New York transit advocacy community — at least in regards to mass transit woes — has largely fallen upon two parties in Albany: the Senate Republicans, and Governor Cuomo.
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On Friday, looking beyond the setbacks that became grist for the mass-transit skeptics who populate the suburbs, Atlanta's 2.7-mile, $473 million streetcar system began charging passengers for the first time.
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The guiding principle behind the city's plans to manage the L train shutdown in 53, when one of New York's most important mass transit platforms could be thrown into chaos, is diversion.
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Why it matters: The move arrives as some analysts and policymakers fear that the growth of ride-hailing is worsening urban traffic — and hence boosting emissions — and could be cannibalizing mass transit.
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On one hand you have Tom Wilson, a player without any conscience, regard for human life or the power to keep his city's mass transit system running after the sun goes down.
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It's a special, learned skill in real life: the ability to get some rest on mass transit, and wake up right on time so that you maximize sleep and minimize wasted time.
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Andrew Cuomo (KWOH&apos-moh) has increased security at airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems around the state following a vehicle attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center.
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the companies developing a ultrafast mass-transit system, has partnered with one of Europe's largest railway operators to test some of its tech on their trains.
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Environment: A big challenge for urban policymakers will be trying to ensure that ride-hailing's growth doesn't cannibalize enough mass-transit trips to send urban transport emissions upwards, Axios' Ben Geman notes.
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His proposed $25 billion capital plan for a "mass transit overhaul" went largely unreleased, although snippets included mentions of private-public partnerships, redesigned trains and stations, and modernized data and signal systems.
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Adequate Liquidity: BTS Group's liquidity should remain sound due to the strong dividend from its 33% investment in BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF), large cash balance and treasury investments.
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Early research suggests that pricing really does cut down on traffic, as people decide to move their commutes to non-peak hours, shift to mass transit, or cut down on trips overall.
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And while we're not rooting against the Boring Company, it's become increasingly clear that Elon Musk is much less adept at building mass transit than he is at electric cars and rockets.
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The American Society for Civil Engineers has identified trillions of dollars worth of pressing projects in America: repairing bridges and airports, dams and levees, seaports and waterways, mass transit and freight rail.
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While Morgantown's PRT never became the go-to mass transit template that Elias dreamed of — and arguably even hurt the development of future systems — it's proved remarkably resilient in the years since.
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The most obvious answer is a better mass transit system -- to help people quickly flee without cluttering the roadways -- if only we would wake up to the benefits of such a system.
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These critics are arguing that cities and states shouldn't be pumping so much money into mass transit at a time when more and more people seem to prefer taking Uber and Lyft.
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Transportation as a service used to be reserved for city dwellers who used mass transit and taxis or for people unable to afford or unable to drive a car of their own.
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Subsidies or not, if Uber can drive its price low enough, at a certain point it could start to look more like a replacement for mass transit than a supplement to it.
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We sent Woodman down to Altamonte Springs, Florida, and the story he came back with poses as many questions as it answers: who gets left behind when Uber takes over mass transit?
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In one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the nation, we have a mass transit system that consists of public buses with limited hours of operation and routes that change unpredictably.
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And that does not even account for local initiatives like a Los Angeles County proposal to raise the sales tax to pay for mass transit or a soda tax in San Francisco.
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After seeing what happened to Kalanick, who could blame the next innovator in highly government protected industries like mass transit, medical care, or energy from shying away from making a big splash?
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Many local officials say they have no choice but to raise taxes to invest in transportation, especially in mass transit, because their highways are clogged and more people are moving to cities.
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The office workers, wearing high heels and tucked-in dress shirts, were expressing solidarity with the front-line activists who have been disrupting mass transit and clashing with the police all week.
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While it originally planned to start construction later this year, it faced local opposition over eminent domain laws and skepticism of whether a private company can successfully operate a mass transit system.
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Like any company, Amazon had preferences for a new location: a large population center with high quality of life, an educated labor force, and access to airport, highway, and mass transit infrastructure.
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When the state won billions of dollars from large settlements with banks after the 2008 financial crisis, Mr. Cuomo chose not to spend a major slice of the money on mass transit.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Trains to Hong Kong's international airport were suspended on Sunday as pro-democracy protesters threatened to disrupt transport links to the airport, The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) operator said.
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Possibly. Most people in New York City take mass transit, but a significant number of people rely on for-hire vehicles for rides into areas that are underserved by trains and buses.
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This year, Luxembourg budgeted nearly €900 million in public money for its mass transit system, but recovered around €30 million in ticket sales, the prime minister's Democratic Party said in its manifesto.
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Unlike the West Coast where you can just get in and out of your car, we walk a lot here and take mass transit most of the time, so comfort is key.
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"We're worried the impact will be felt the most in areas not well served by mass transit and where taxis refuse to travel," said Jason Post, director of public affairs for Uber.
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"There are three things we want to preserve at all cost: our schools, our mass transit system, and most importantly our health care system," he said, while also calling for federal assistance.
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"There are three pillars to protecting this city and the long-term health and safety of our people: our schools, our mass transit and our health care system," Mr. de Blasio said.
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The seeds were sown in the mid-2000s, when parts of the mostly industrial waterfront were rezoned to allow for denser building, and developers sought out less expensive land near mass transit.
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It was, in part, a system to enforce boundaries of race, class and gender at a time when the growth of cities and mass transit forced Americans into close quarters with strangers.
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The terrorist attack was the fifth major assault in Britain in less than six months, and the first to hit mass transit since the deadly bombings of 2005 that killed 52 people.
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Along the way, the transportation business has expanded to meet new challenges and created sub-industries that encompass mass transit, shipping and logistics, space exploration, air travel, micro-mobility, manufacturing, and more.
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Modernizing our existing mass transit is one reason Chicago's economy has expanded faster than the economies of New York and Washington, and faster than the national average for the last five years.
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This includes $100 billion on schools alone, as well as billions to expand rural broadband internet service, improve airports, mass transit, roads and ports, boost energy efficiency and improve aging water systems.
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He is a governor who has not previously made mass transit a priority, but the M.T.A. is his responsibility, and the Second Avenue subway is only part of a much larger picture.
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Such housing programs, where residents receive psychiatric care and learn skills like cooking and using mass transit, offer opportunities to participate in public life that prisons do not, mental health advocates say.
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Charging motorists a fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street, and using the money to fund mass transit, is an idea "whose time has come," Governor Cuomo said two years ago.
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Gianaris, who is second-in-command of his party's conference, had proposed a "millionaire's tax" on New York's highest earners to pay for mass transit fixes, which Mayor de Blasio later supported.
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The state, school and local government bond measures, 23.1 in total, would fund building and repairing schools, mass transit and roads, and even biomedical research in one state, according to data company Ipreo.
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Many early iterations of the meme focused on highlighting one or more aspects of the original photo, featuring unlikely or unexpectedly colorful matchups of people or animals or objects, often on mass transit.
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However, the associated perks of free parking and waiving of tolls has led to a rise in traffic, which contradicts the government's aim to reduce congestion and promote walking, biking and mass transit.
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The ultra-high-speed mass transit brainchild of Tesla boss Elon Musk has created a hotbed of competitive rivalry with major stakeholders swapping criticisms at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia.
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Highways and roads, bridges, tunnels, water systems, airports, mass transit, and perhaps most notably our electric grid (for reasons of national security as well as function) are all badly in need of rejuvenation.
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" The governor ordered state agencies, including New York Police, the National Guard and Homeland Security, "to increase security at high-profile locations around the state, including airports, bridges, tunnels, and mass transit systems.
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They might subsidise the travel of low-income workers, or take over such systems entirely (a common fate for mass-transit systems which begin life as private enterprises, including the New York subway).
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Seattle is more than a little late to the game when it comes to centralized mass transit, but the advent of ORCA (One Regional Card for All) has started tying things together nicely.
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Rockwell said it was benefiting from rising demand for automation equipment for electric car production in China, even as sales of traditional cars slow, as well as increased investment in mass transit systems.
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Apple Pay is on track to pass 10 billion transactions this year, and will work in mass transit systems in New York, Chicago and Portland this year, Cook said in the presentation Tuesday.
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New York fulfills most of Amazon's demands, including a metro area of at least a million people, proximity to an international airport, and access to mass transit, experts told the New York Times.
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At the same time, the legislation would reduce existing tolls on outlying bridges like the Robert F. Kennedy and the Verrazano-Narrows, which serve areas where residents have far fewer mass transit options.
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The growth of urban agriculture and urban solar power will reduce transportation and transmission needs, while improved mass transit will bring financial savings, reduced pollution and improved health and happiness from urban nature.
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Pishevar, a founder of Hyperloop One — a company trying to develop Elon Musk's futuristic mass-transit concept — brainstormed an idea for an application to curtail the number of police shootings during traffic stops.
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The tax will pose a burden on the poor, but officials note that mass transit tends to benefit lower-income families by making it easier and cheaper for them to get to work.
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Mass Transit—who, it turns out, was only 18—passed out from some combination of blood loss and the mental shock of seeing himself bleed out in the middle of a wrestling ring.
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If anything, it could encourage some drivers to spend even more time in Manhattan where they are more likely to get fares and less time in mass transit-starved parts of the city.
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Andy Byford, who oversees New York City's subway system, proposed the daring project to fix our mass-transit turmoil — on which, one year after the "summer of hell," the needle has barely moved.
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For starters, he should step up his game: ride the subways more, hold news conferences on the subject — in short, pound the table for a mass-transit system worthy of a great city.
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And even many people who live in high-density areas and don't have a car rely on mass transit (and walking and biking), because these options are more affordable than hailing a ride.
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During your visit to Yaroslavl, you contrasted the American and Soviet economic systems, and praised aspects of the Soviet system, like the free provision of health care and the efficiency of mass transit.
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They further said that there had not been a thorough examination of an option to trade in the earmarked federal funds for a less expensive road combined with projects to improve mass transit.
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Adding 61 track miles with new stations — mainly in neighborhoods without subway access and with large and generally low-income populations that are heavily dependent on mass transit — would run another $62 billion.
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Other Northeastern states have been participating in discussions on how to reduce vehicle emissions, through steps like expanding mass transit, buying electric buses or reconfiguring cities to make them denser and more walkable.
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In her view, Mr. de Blasio has presided over a deteriorated quality of life, a mass transit system in shambles and an unacceptable municipal policy that protects undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes.
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This new exhibition pays homage to the vivid role that these systems of mass transit have played in cartoons, comic strips, comic books and graphic novels from the 19th century through the present.
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BQX, in shorthand, would run 16 miles between Sunset Park in Brooklyn and Astoria in Queens, looping through neighborhoods like Red Hook and the Brooklyn Navy Yard that qualify as mass-transit deserts.
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By collaborating with cities, civic organizations and urban planners, Ford wants to position itself as the orchestrator of multi-modal transportation systems, from scooter rental to mass transit and even future robo-taxis.
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In its proposal, Amazon said it's looking for a city of more than 2000 million people with an international airport, mass transit, quality higher education, an educated workforce and a solid business climate.
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Investments in smart infrastructure, bike sharing programs, new mass transit options and building efficiency means Pittsburgh is on track to meet our goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2023.
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Project owners of such partnerships estimate that their projects have saved taxpayers on average about 25 percent, including on the construction of the PortMiami Tunnel and the expansion of Denver's mass transit system.
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The mayor could, for instance, designate a portion of property tax collections for mass transit, notably taxes paid by businesses; they have a big stake in getting their employees to work on time.
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The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is the lifeblood of Hong Kong, a state-of-the-art public transit system that zips passengers from one end of the city to the other in minutes.
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A federal judge has blocked construction of a Maryland light rail line, ordering further environmental review in light of declining ridership and safety concerns at the connecting Washington, D.C. Metro mass transit system.
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With gridlock and partisan bickering in Washington, increasing funding for the Highway Trust Fund and its Mass Transit Account could be a critical issue on which both the president and Congress can agree.
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According to the L.A. Times, subway ridership on two of the biggest lines is down 25 percent, and use of mass transit overall (which includes buses) has decreased 15 percent over five years.
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The machines, which resemble film projectors on tripods and are meant to be operated by transit employees, have also been tested in partnership with Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and other mass transit agencies.
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As for personal service, I was pleasantly surprised when a parking valet, usually occupied taking care of the guests' cars, addressed me by name — especially considering that I had arrived by mass transit.
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Once made official, the move would make New York the most populous city in the country to subsidize mass transit for its most disadvantaged residents, ahead of San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
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The current use of PABs for airports, water ports, mass transit, water and sewer and surface transportation facilities would be expanded to allow more privately financed infrastructure projects to benefit from tax-exemption.
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Most of the country used federal transportation money to build or maintain highways, but New York did not need funds for roads as urgently as it needed to pay for the mass transit system.
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The push for People Movers came not from the people of Detroit, but from the Federal Urban Mass Transit Administration, which was eager in the 1970s to demonstrate the upsides of this Disneyesque innovation.
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Other proposals were clear non-starters, though, including one to levy a $43 per barrel tax on imported and domestically produced oil to fund transportation infrastructure such as mass transit and high speed rail.
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In a statement Sunday, the RTA said the technology underscored its commitment to enhance the Dubai government's strategy to turn 25 percent of mass transit journeys in the emirate into autonomous ones by 2030.
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Hua Lamphong, known more formally as the Bangkok Train Station, is the city's main railway station, the terminus of lines headed north, south and east through Thailand and for the city's mass transit system.
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It will leave the door open for — no, stop, not a commercial Apple Car you can buy — integration of Apple automotive and autonomy ideas into third-party manufacturer cars and autonomous mass-transit systems.
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BTS Group, along with partners Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Pcl and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl, recently won the rights to build and operate the Pink and Yellow mass transit lines in Bangkok.
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The organization asked whether people had experienced sexual harassment or abuse in a variety of spheres, including at home, in public spaces, on mass transit, in places of workship, at school, work, and more.
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