It's transportation systems have drawn migrant workers from almost everywhere, and they brought their music along.
When the grid goes down, it takes critical communications and transportation systems down with it.
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We have enhanced security at our nation's airports and around other transportation systems and infrastructure.
The way in which transportation systems are created, supported, and operated frequently helps businesses succeed and neighborhoods thrive.
These include information about vulnerabilities associated with U.S. ports, airports, transportation systems, refineries, chemical and nuclear facilities, etc.
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In fact, highway construction has often taken priority over building mass transportation systems.
Laviv, whose consulting firm focuses on securing mass transportation systems, is equally skeptical.
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This includes data that will result in developing engineering standards, tests and analyses of the crew transportation systems design.
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Category two is the budget for sports venues and small transportation systems for cities that lack the basics in those areas.
Modern, industry-standard communications and transportation systems were two more key infrastructure systems.
The state also is working on a joint project with California to evaluate and improve transportation systems for the regions rural routes.
As electric and transportation systems collide, unexpected outcomes should not surprise us.
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"Every day TSA screens nearly 2 million passengers and utilizes many layers of security to keep our nation's transportation systems secure, " he said.
The federal government often doles out funding to affected areas, but it is local officials who manage transportation systems before, during and after disasters occur.
Number five, making sure that the National Guard and other federal assets are in place to help with getting the transportation systems back up and running -- that's going to be critical.
Their actions stirred the conscience of Americans of every background, and their resilience in the face of fierce violence and intimidation ultimately led to the desegregation of public transportation systems across our country.
Mr. Prendergast and his team won particular praise for successful planning ahead of superstorm Sandy, helping the MTA escape some of the more severe damage to trains and equipment that afflicted other regional transportation systems.
Using this predictive and analytic traffic tool, transportation agencies and city planners in the future will be able to proactively design, manage and optimize transportation systems to deal with ever-increasing traffic due to population growth and increasing urbanization.
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Fortunately, some of the urban areas on the list of cities that are worst for drivers are also among those having the best public transportation systems in the nation, including NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Washington D.
Our roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, dams, ports, trains and mass transportation systems also work together to ensure that in this vast land of more than 300 million people we can produce more and have a better quality of life.
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Rebuilding efforts must address economic conditions and the region's aged infrastructure -- including its public housing, transportation systems, and utilities -- and identify the requirements and resources necessary to bring these systems to a more resilient condition given both current and future risks.
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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The city plans to enhance services to riders in the coming year, including the application to provide bus arrival times to passengers waiting along bus routes, according to Dennis Mitchell, the advanced transportation management systems project manager with Oregon's Department of Transportation.
On July 15, 1996, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order No. 13010, in which he identified eight infrastructure systems critical to the nation's survival: telecommunications, electric power systems, oil and gas storage, transportation, banking and finance, storage and transportation, water supply systems, and emergency services (including medical, police, fire and rescue, and continuity of government).
An attack on U.S. computer networks could knock out power grids, telecommunications, transportation and banking systems in a matter of seconds.
Transportation, financial systems, emergency services, utilities, and government applications are just a few examples of services that need absolute availability and robust security.
In November, Mr. Cuomo named Dr. Redlener, a pediatrician, as the co-chairman of the NYS Ready Commission, a group charged with recommending changes to health care, energy, transportation and communications systems in future emergencies.
With its interests in power systems, transportation, medical lighting and finance, Siemens Group is Germany's answer to General Electric.
In 2004 it engaged in a partnership with Minnesota Department of Transportation, U.S., to equip 100 state vehicles with sensors to collect traffic-related data including vehicle speed, location, heading and even localised weather conditions, with the aim of developing the next generation of transportation and driver information systems.
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The spy program is a sophisticated rootkit designed to steal data from SCADA networks, the type of software that control energy utilities, transportation, and other vital systems.
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