Sentences with phrase «as city vehicles»

This is just one of the reasons you often find vehicles used as city vehicles across Europe and Asia, from taxis, to police cruisers.

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Customers such as Waste Management and the city of Houston have already installed Extengine's system on some of their vehicles.

Beijing has given tech giant Baidu Inc the go - ahead to trial self - driving cars on city streets, even as the autonomous vehicle sector reels from its first fatal accident in the U.S. this week.

Manufacturers will collaborate with traffic experts and city planners so that real - time vehicle data can improve the entire transportation network by managing energy consumption and identify and solving issues as they are developing.

Under Lyft's rules, a car must be a 2004 or newer (in some cities the vehicles must be at least a 2008 model), have four doors, and pass other basic safety requirements such as functioning lights and seat belts.

The district's city council passed Public Vehicle - for - Hire Innovation Amendment Act late in 2012 to allow and regulate what the law referred to as «digital dispatch» companies including Uber, ending a long ban.

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

As companies continue to increase the number of tests they conduct in cities, their vehicles are facing the kinds of challenges — like pedestrians and intersections — that are more difficult for self - driving cars to handle.

As the city wends its way through bankruptcy court this fall and its core industry lurches back to solvency, the Motor City is revving up to become a manufacturing hub again, this time for a vehicle that has no motor at all: the bicycity wends its way through bankruptcy court this fall and its core industry lurches back to solvency, the Motor City is revving up to become a manufacturing hub again, this time for a vehicle that has no motor at all: the bicyCity is revving up to become a manufacturing hub again, this time for a vehicle that has no motor at all: the bicycle.

In a video showcased at the company's annual meeting, Company CTO Bob Zhang made an introduction from the inside of a self - driving vehicle prototype as it drove around the city, navigating around pedestrians, static obstacles, and moving vehicles.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

As car - hailing becomes an increasingly popular option for commuting and running errands in congested cities such as Beijing, Didi is betting that vehicles purpose - built for such services could start to replace familiar everyday automobiles like the Toyota Camry or the Honda CiviAs car - hailing becomes an increasingly popular option for commuting and running errands in congested cities such as Beijing, Didi is betting that vehicles purpose - built for such services could start to replace familiar everyday automobiles like the Toyota Camry or the Honda Civias Beijing, Didi is betting that vehicles purpose - built for such services could start to replace familiar everyday automobiles like the Toyota Camry or the Honda Civic.

Even as China's economy displayed clear signs of a slowdown, consumers bought new vehicles, motivated by some cities» pending restrictions on car purchases to alleviate traffic congestion and air pollution.

«Ten to 20 years from now the skies in our major cities are going to be a lot bluer because most of our buses and many of our personal vehicles will be electrically powered,» explains Turcotte as he looks out his office window to the future.

«These «moving billboards,» each seen by as many as 16 million peopler per city, are sending a message every day that our industry is more than just large vehicles on the highways,» he said.

Given the amount of data Uber will collect as a result of offering multiple ways of getting around town, the company plans to work with Washington, D.C.'s departments of transportation and Department of For - Hire vehicles, as well as SharedStreets, a nonprofit driven project that aims to facilitate data sharing around transportation in cities.

As emergency vehicles arrived to the scene, people were instructed to stay indoors by city officials.

Shrouded by squalls of red flare smoke, droves of supporters lined the streets outside the stadium to greet the City team bus, which was subsequently pelted and ravaged by a deluge of projectiles hurled by the baying crowd as the vehicle made its approach.

The common thing is that, for bachelorette party pink is always the first choice But, All companies within a city are not able to provide such type vehicles which are considered exotic as well as rare.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

As the subway system has descended into crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been noticeably absent underground, opting instead for a caravan of black sport utility vehicles to travel around the city.

For - hire vehicles including app - based services such as Uber would also have to pay a surcharge — a proposal that got mixed reviews from Queens pols whose borough is home to the city's largest share of cabbies.

The chief function of the Community Board is to serve as a vehicle for resolving citizen complaints as it relates to city government and the residents of the community.

No, Micah Kellner chose to fight for one specific vehicle that the City should adopt as its answer to all its taxi needs.

So we saw the Greater New York Taxi Association, not generally known for its good works (Gene Freidman's bio on the GNYTA website lists the «Israeli Defense Force» as one of his favorite charities), suing the City over ADA requirements, over its failure to allow for hybrid vehicles as stipulated by the City Council, etc etc..

The bill in the City Council, which could come up for a vote as early as Thursday, would only allow Uber and similar cab - apps like Lyft to bring 201 new cars onto the road in the next year — a steep drop - off from Uber's planned addition of 10,000 new vehicles.

On April 2, Mayor Bill de Blasio reintroduced an idea to cap the number of for - hire vehicles in the city as a way to reduce congestion.

Cuomo said the State Department of Transportation will send 200 emergency vehicles to the city, and 600 National Guard Members will be available to assist emergency efforts as well.

Since 2008, the city of Syracuse has been borrowing the BearCat armored vehicle as needed from the Onondaga County sheriff's office.

However, many of the proposals have been met with scepticism, and the RAC Foundation questioned in particular the plans to allow vehicles to turn left at a red light, saying they could be very dangerous in a big city such as London.

Staten Island has been referred to as the epicenter of the drug crisis; drug overdose deaths outnumber murders and motor vehicle deaths on Staten Island, according to the city.

James will give a talk about her role in city government and how she uses the law as a vehicle for social justice and change.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson had his vehicle's emergency lights flashing as he and an aide headed to a Monday morning TV interview, according to a video that was briefly...

«Watch this,» he said as he steered the ungainly vehicle around a sharp corner in the city's small downtown, crossing well over into the oncoming lane.

State officials have criticized Syracuse mayors, including Miner, for using the urban renewal agency as a vehicle to hire city employees.

The North Tonawanda City Attorney and the legal staff handle matters such as small claims against the City, vehicle and traffic violations, and prosecuting housing violations.

«But I don't think it would be a vehicle that we would use in our course of conduct as public safety officials in the city.»

Lawmakers in New York City are pushing to make hoverboards legal after the devices were classified as motor vehicles.

DOWNTOWN — The war on motorized bikes got a boost Thursday, as City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced legislators have closed a loophole that let the motorized vehicles slide.

The City Council voted in two bills to strengthen a ban on so - called «e-bikes,» by tossing out the part of the law that allowed the vehicles to be used as long as they were not going faster than 15 miles per hour, Quinn said.

As the new vehicles arrive they will replace the oldest of the city's aging patrol cars.

Rabbi Bernard Freilich, a State Police employee who serves as a liaison to the Jewish community, parks his vehicle in a New York City bus stop.

Licensed for - hire vehicles from Nassau and Westchester can only either drop off or pick up a rider in New York City as part of a trip outside the cCity as part of a trip outside the citycity.

General Motors plans to become the first company to test self - driving cars in New York City, in some of the world's worst traffic, as traditional automakers battle technology titans to take the lead in the development of autonomous vehicles.

A state panel recommended congestion tolls up to $ 11 on private vehicles as a way to address gridlock and raise funds for New York City subways and other pressing transit needs.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped a plan, for now, to cap the growth of for - hire vehicles such as Uber Wednesday after City Hall and the car service agreed on a plan to study traffic congestion for four months.

Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment of the city's pension funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis of all the products the city procures, and to use that analysis to inform a policy of low - carbon operations • A number of bills to reduce the carbon emissions of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.

Commuters travelling on both intra and intercity routes in major cities in Ogun State, groaned on Friday, as commercial vehicle operators increase fares virtually on all routes, due to the current scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit popularly know as petrol.

Billed as a Fair Elections Telephone Town Hall with Governor Cuomo, it provided a vehicle for the state's top executive to argue his case for a campaign finance model that mirrors one in place in New York City.

His agenda as speaker includes congestion pricing for for - hire vehicles, municipal single - pay health care, and the city contributing a substantial amount of money to fix the subway system.