The phrase "and more efficient modes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing various methods or approaches that are more effective or productive than others.
Example: "We need to explore and more efficient modes of transportation to reduce our carbon footprint."
Alternatives: "and more effective methods" or "and more productive approaches".
But they are aware that cleaner and more efficient modes of power may eventually topple the diesel engine.
Rooted in Marxist fundamentals, Caffentzis examines how capital has turned forces like "information technology" into newer and more efficient modes of labor exploitation.
The negative effects of transport in terms of pollution, congestion and climate change has urged the need for higher shares of cleaner and more efficient modes of transport, especially in urban settings.
In a paper outlining the Hyperloop proposal, Mr Musk suggested the solar-powered system would be a faster, safer, less costly, and more efficient mode of transport between Los Angeles and San Francisco than the high-speed train currently under development.
This approach eventually makes the original problem worse, by generating what transportation planners call "induced traffic": every mile of new highway lures passengers from public transit and other more efficient modes of travel, and makes it possible for residential and commercial development to spread even farther from urban centers.
Uber's policy director, Ashwini Chhabra, also spoke at the California Public Utilities Commission yesterday, saying: "We have a shared goal which is getting people out from behind the wheel of single occupancy vehicles and into safer, more efficient modes of transit".
Steamboating thrived again after the interruptions caused by the Civil War, but by the 1870s railroads had become more efficient modes of transport and gradually caused the retirement of almost all the steamboats from the river.
Some of the early amoeboid eukaryotes developed flagella to enhance their food-gathering abilities and to provide a more efficient mode of propulsion.
Decision makers have become aware of the problem and have begun to take measures to manage the changing demand for mobility through the diversification and promotion of less aggressive and more efficient transport modes: walking, cycling and using public transport.
Similarly to the rust belt cities, residents of Christchurch, New Zealand took to cycling as a more efficient mode of transport when roads and routes were blocked or diverted after the 2011 earthquake destroyed large areas of the city.
In our case, the symbiotic life-form as a whole survived and thus can be dispersed endozoochorously, which very likely is a more efficient mode of lichen dispersal than via spores.
