Sentences with phrase «commuter town of»

Croot and Carey, then 47 and 59, had been living north of the city in the commuter town of Thornhill.
But Labour was given a boost in the Essex commuter town of Harlow - key to tapping into so - called White Van Man.
On May 28 2002, a three - man «independent commission», appointed by the FA, concluded that Wimbledon Football Club — who were in dire financial straits following Sam Hamman's chairmanship and an abortive move to Dublin — should be allowed to move from the London borough of Merton to the commuter town of Milton Keynes, some seventy miles to the north.
Other than one suburb of Portland, Ore., all of the wealthiest school districts are commuter towns of New York City, located in either Fairfield County, Conn., or Westchester County, N.Y..
It includes the commuter towns of Godalming, Farnham and Haslemere

Not exact matches

As CNBC reports, the outdoorsy town of Bend, Oregon, located a 1o - hour drive from San Francisco, is now becoming a commuter town for a select few people.
Gimbel considered these commuters, in town for a day or weekend, «the cream of the buying population of the whole United States,» as a business monograph of the time called them.
Having your own set of wheels remains the most convenient way to bum around town, but for commuters who need to traverse the downtown area alone, the StarMetro (which only costs about a buck a ride) is a viable option as well.
This town is fast on the rise given its strong community, lightning fast access to Boston, and various amenities (including commuter rail access and visions of Green Line expansion).
Several names have been mentioned as potential Democratic candidates for Morahan's seat, including Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski Jr., whose late father ran unsuccessfully against Morahan in 1999 (a race that contributed to the repeal of the commuter tax), and Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who is currently running for LG, but says he won't primary whomever AG Andrew Cuomo taps as his No. 2 if it isn't himself.
The Oyster Bay Town Board tabled a resolution to increase parking permit fees at commuter lots Tuesday following public criticism of the proposed hike and disagreement among board members at a board meeting.
Thanks to a courageous, thoughtful, and competent town board concerned more about quality of life for the entire East End than lining the pockets of a few inconsiderate out - of - towners, we are very close to enacting reasonable restrictions on the noisiest helicopters and other commuter aircraft who come and go 24/7 at East Hampton Airport.
He'll also run the Port Washington Parking District, which controls much of the town's commuter parking.
Amherst Town Supervisor Brian J. Kulpa said, «Currently, thousands of commuters from across the Buffalo area prefer Main Street or Sheridan Drive as an alternative to the backups at the Williamsville toll barrier.
There is no shortage of ambition here and the aim is to raise the performance of inner - city areas, as well as more prosperous suburbs and commuter towns.
The subway is facing a «summer of hell,» but don't tell that to the out - of - town bus drivers in New York City brought in to alleviate problems for frustrated commuters.
By «these bills,» Russianoff was referring to a Martins - and Zeldin - sponsored proposal that would, «exempt all counties, towns, cities, villages and other political subdivisions outside of New York city from paying the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax,» and another one, sponsored by Martin, that would exempt libraries.
The members of the two organizations that plotted that Town Hall stunt are aggressively uninterested in other things, too: the MTA payroll tax on New York City - commuter counties, «illegals» using area emergency rooms, questions about the moral rightness of Peter King's American - Muslim - radicalization hearings in Congress, and generally footing the bill for other people's stuff.
Under the plan, the LIRR will give the town a 1.49 - acre parcel that includes the Wyandanch station building and some parking space and in return get a 2.16 - acre piece of property that could eventually house a parking structure that would increase the number of parking spaces available for commuters.
«To single out commuters and raise the fees for services that we can not fully provide or improve on due to the lack of parking spaces, and lack of available land to create new parking spaces, is wrong,» Town Clerk James Altadonna Jr. said at the meeting.
Profile: The seat covers the old pottery and mining town of Swadlincote and the more rural commuter towns and villages in Derby «s southern hinterland.
In his scheme, the lead car serves as the locomotive, doing most of the work so simple electric motors that deliver just enough power for tooling around town and driving to the commuter track can power the rest of the cars.
Rising in its place: a network of self - flying drones big enough to ferry individual commuters around town.
The supply of high - density urban housing has increased, but people continue to choose to live in suburbs and commuter towns.
Consolidating the themes of the early films — individualism, selfishness, pubs, ultraviolence — and adding all kinds of new concerns, it's also the most technically accomplished film of the three, Wright taking the Hollywood tricks he picked up on «Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World» and bringing them to a commuter - belt British new town with a secret.
But if we're viewing Ben Wheatley films as products of their environment, it's worth noting that his story begins not on the south coast or in the UK capital but in a small commuter town in Essex...
The ride when using it for heavy duty work is impressive, and the work horse ethic suits the weekend adventurer — but in town and during the commuter week, it's hard to ignore the big, cumbersome Yukon XL's sheer size and lack of maneuverability.
Changing Times drove the eight commuters in and out of town.
Taken in the context of a midsized affordable family and commuter car, the Malibu Hybrid is plenty quick around town and when merging onto the highway.
Around town the BMW 230i slices and dices like a wisened sashimi chef, easily flitting through commuter chaos with good throttle response and direct steering, solid brakes and lots of sensors that tell you if you're about to screw - up.
I've owned plenty of vehicles in my short time on this planet, including Lincoln Town Car, Kia Amanti, Ford Turus, and a few commuter...
Other nearby suburbs like Williamsville also feed commuters to Buffalo, but Amherst is often a preferred place to live because of its comparatively low cost of living, great schools, and great town resources.
It is more than a commuter town between the two cities and many of its 90,000 residents work there as well.
Without doubt one of our favourite villages, Philadelphia lies just off the N7 en route to Malmesbury (so close to Cape Town it functions as a commuter toTown it functions as a commuter towntown).
The Old Town Transit Center is a major intermodal transportation station where travelers can transfer between San Diego Metropolitan Transit System city buses, the Green Line of the San Diego Trolley, the Coaster commuter rail line, and the regional rail system of Amtrak in the form of its intercity Pacific Surfliner route.
The terrain here is ideally suited to a narrow - gauge railway and the winding track connects the small towns and villages of the Harz region, and is used by commuters, shoppers and school children as well as by tourists.
What is also interesting is the time of use; they are not just commuters but people using it to get around town mid-day.
We are sufferers of a large carbon footprint because of our high proportion of out of town commuters.
Most lists of the top bike - friendly towns include major metropolitan areas, but small towns, those with a population under 100,000, actually pull in higher percentages of bike commuters.
With 66 percent of commuters trying to get into town by subway (which failed again yesterday) and only 3 percent driving that stretch of road, it would seem a no - brainer.
In some parts of town it is now almost 30 % of the commuters.
Rural towns such as Fredricksburg and Frederick Md are now commuter suburbs of DC, and this is all post 50's.
Today, it serves a growing list of cities, towns, and municipalities and offers the subway, commuter rail, buses, trains and ferry boats for public usage.
Indeed, trains — both freight and commuter — account for a surprising number of severe injuries in Canada and the United States, and can occur in both dense population centres and small towns.
It is more than a commuter town between the two cities and many of its 90,000 residents work there as well.
Other nearby suburbs like Williamsville also feed commuters to Buffalo, but Amherst is often a preferred place to live because of its comparatively low cost of living, great schools, and great town resources.
Tourists, commuters, students, and a whole lot of other people from urban areas of Canada and the U.S. come through the close streets of this town every day, and the resulting traffic risk ratings mean lots of local families will pay more for their Niagara Falls insurance bills than they would out in the Catskills.
By contrast, the MBTA commuter rail is generally considered useless (everyone I know who lived in a town serviced by it would just drive, and usually work along the 128 or 495 belts instead of in the city itself), but Caltrain is considered a very practical means of commuting if you happen to live near one of the peninsula downtowns and work in SoMA, and the reason crummy housing stock in the Mission rents for $ 3500 / month is because you can get to all the cool places either by BART or by BART - > Caltrain transfers.
Largely residential in character, Murrieta is typically characterized as a commuter town, with many of its residents commuting to jobs in San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles County, Temecula, and Camp Pendleton.
We had a lot of Bay Area commuters buy into the town and that rapidly drove up values way out of proportion.
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