But we're not trying to create something that will replace the car, but something that will be a part of an integrated transportation system.

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The effort has integrated several transportation subsystems to handle traffic management and monitoring, incident management and traveler information from one transit management information center.

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Advances made by these American companies during the first contract phase known as the certification products contracts (CPC) will begin the process of ensuring integrated crew transportation systems will meet agency safety requirements and standards to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station from the United States, ending the agency's reliance on Russia for these transportation services.

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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is a integrated provider of processing and transportation services to producers of Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) and consumers of NGL products.

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Hess Corporation, is a global integrated energy company engaged in the exploration for and the production, purchase, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined petroleum products, electricity.

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Successful Green Cities: Examples of cities undertaking sustainable practices in specific sectors, such as energy supply, buildings, transportation, water and waste, but are there cities that are taking an integrated approach greening multiple sectors concurrently?

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