Sentences with phrase «for urban traffic»

Audi's redesigned A8 flagship luxury sedan will feature Level 3 autonomous driving capability for urban traffic jams.

«Demand for small SUV and crossover models tailored for urban traffic is increasing significantly.

Not exact matches

European aerospace giant Airbus is debuting its on - demand helicopter booking platform, Voom, in Mexico City on Thursday in an effort to drum up demand for choppers among well - heeled urban commuters sick of spending hours in traffic.

For decades, urban governments have built information systems that trafficked in huge amounts of data in - house — everything from GIS mapping systems to huge amounts of hoarded traffic stats.

The tech industry is better known in its Silicon Valley backyard for contributing to rather than solving urban problems like unaffordable housing and traffic.

Uber is opening up in an area where it might make sense competitively for it to stay more closed off: The ride - hailing company's new Movement website will offer up access to its data around traffic flow in scores where it operates, intended for use by city planners and researchers looking into ways to improve urban mobility.

And yet, when the children are asleep, breathing evenly beside me, and I just sit quietly and take a moment and listen to the distant sounds of urban life - the hum of traffic, the tumbling dryer, the buzz of a million lives outside my door - I feel a part of the flow and the struggle and the healing, I know that my life has meaning, and just for a heartbeat I get to understand it.

Imagine being able to learn to ride a bike for almost three miles without having to watch for vehicular traffic,» Jamie R. Simone, program director, Urban Parks Program at the Trust for Public Land in Chicago.

Traffic and densely populated urban areas make it difficult for parents to teach their children to ride bikes.

Because public transportation, city sidewalks, taxis and traffic are common for urban dwellers, today Gugu Guru along with our team of Concierge experts selected our favorite On the Go picks for city babies.

«It is wrong for the governor to try to take over urban planning, traffic management and real estate development in New York City,» said Richard Gottfried, the veteran Democratic assemblyman who represents the area.

For decades, urban planners, economists, city officials and business leaders have revived again and again some version of a toll system both to manage the city's worsening traffic and provide more revenue for public transFor decades, urban planners, economists, city officials and business leaders have revived again and again some version of a toll system both to manage the city's worsening traffic and provide more revenue for public transfor public transit.

17 Self - driving cars could improve highway flow by regulating distances between cars and ease urban congestion by automating the search for parking (which causes up to three - quarters of city traffic).

«You can imagine designing systems that might be of some interest for traffic people investigating urban navigation,» he notes.

During the 20th century, urban transportation planning in North America was mainly concerned with easing traffic congestion, improving safety and saving time for motorists.

Traffic, however, remains the biggest killer for all urban wildlife.»

«Without HOV policies, urban traffic gets much, much worse: A simple solution for terrible traffic.»

Barthelemy says the model could also come in handy for estimating traffic delays, gas consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, so that urban planners and policy makers can better understand how those different factors evolve as a city grows.

For instance, it absorbs the vibrations from moving trains, providing insulation for urban environments with close rail traffFor instance, it absorbs the vibrations from moving trains, providing insulation for urban environments with close rail trafffor urban environments with close rail traffic.

For these people, we should maximise the scope for everyday activity: by creating more traffic - free urban spaces where people can walk freely, for exampFor these people, we should maximise the scope for everyday activity: by creating more traffic - free urban spaces where people can walk freely, for exampfor everyday activity: by creating more traffic - free urban spaces where people can walk freely, for exampfor example.

Urban environments differ from natural habitats in many regards and are for instance associated with higher levels of anthropogenic pollution, such as traffic noise, artificial light pollution and air pollution, which enhance oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.

In addition to be an avid cyclist and triathlete, I bike commuted 30 miles a day thru dense and hostile urban traffic for 30 years.

Forster and his collaborators deserve credit for plunging us into the thick of things: the Lanes learn that society is collapsing when a seemingly ordinary urban traffic jam is jolted into surreality by an explosion, a stampede of terrified civilians and their vehicles, and a furious attack by people who've been infected by a virus that turns them into ravenous ghouls.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

But for city buses and urban delivery trucks, the Mule's 0 - to -35-mph performance is what's relevant, and in stop - and - go traffic on Los Angeles boulevards it holds its own.

However, in 2020, the Alliance will launch «intersection autonomy,» which will let vehicles navigate intersections and urban traffic without the need for driver intervention.

This is a sports car you could easily live with every day — it never complains in traffic, the clutch works smoothly even in an urban crawl — but it's got the goods for serious entertainment when the mood for adrenaline strikes.

The package just feels right too — big enough for bona - fide SUV chores but not so big that it's a hassle to maneuver through urban traffic.

It also has stop - start, for benefits in urban traffic.

Urban / metro areas where you'll find most modern sports cars (as BMW has pointed out, true two - seat sports cars and roadsters are losing any remaining popularity) have too much traffic for the average enthusiast to want to exercise his or her left leg, especially when many manufacturers can claim faster shift times and better 0 - 60 mph results with a dual - clutch setup.

«Volvo's in - line six rivals BMW and Audi six - cylinders for power and smoothness,» said assistant editor David Zenlea, and Floraday posited that Volvo's turbocharged six offers more linear throttle response than BMW's turbo six, a characteristic that was particularly welcome in urban traffic.

This means that although primarily designed for use in daily commuter traffic, the BMW C evolution is well equipped to go beyond the boundaries of urban mobility.

Volkswagen offers its impressive DSG twin clutch automatic on some models and it's a good option for buyers spending most of their time in urban traffic.

In our testing in dense urban traffic, twisty mountain roads, and 65 mph freeways, we saw an average of 16.2 mpg for the M3 Convertible with the double - clutch transmission.

Since the car was designed for the muddy, slow, unpaved Japanese roads, it failed the mass urban landscape of the US because of its inability to keep up with traffic on the faster interstate highways, along with stability, noise and vibration concerns.

For example, engaging the Battery Save Mode would allow the vehicle to be driven in urban traffic with the engine / generator on to maintain a higher level of battery charge; it could then be deactivated, allowing the vehicle to be driven through a neighborhood silently at an appropriate speed in EV Drive Mode.

From the expensive but lighting quick dual clutch gearboxes to the traditional torque convertor to the urban traffic friendly continuously variable transmission or CVT, there is something for everyone.

At low speed, they steer counter to the front wheels to further increase the agility of the big coupe when parking or driving in urban traffic, for example.

This might be the case, for example, if a longer journey is due to end with a final stage through urban traffic that drivers wish to complete in all - electric mode.

Along with 294 pound - feet of torque to complement its 149 horsepower, the new Volt feels surprisingly spritely for a plug - in vehicle, and its 0 - 30 mph improvements, in particular, gives the car a more authoritative feel both off the line and when carving through urban traffic.

Naturally, the auto will be a boon for urban drivers in Australia, handing drivers the right gear immediately for sudden lane changes and sprinting across intersections with traffic bearing down from either side.

For the first time, the Wrangler could compete in urban traffic as well as it performed on the Rubicon Trail.

But for those of us stuck commuting daily on congested urban freeways, the extra money would be worth it; in stop - and - go traffic, manual transmissions are more than just a nuisance, they are a real pain.

I switched to E-mode for the hybrid system and the E plus drive setting, and took off into San Francisco's heavy urban traffic.

Alternatively, the MAX eDrive mode can be engaged, enabling the BMW X5 xDrive40e to run purely on electric power — when driving in urban traffic for instance — resulting in zero local emissions.

Conceived primarily for urban driving, the compact zero - emissions hatchback eschews the traditional low - slung lines of contemporary BMW small cars for a distinctly more upright stance that offers the i3 excellent all - round visibility for ease of maneuverability in city traffic, along with room for up to four adults and a nominal 7.1 cubic feet of luggage space behind the rear seats.

However, the Picanto's engine range is more than sufficient for urban use, where even the 66bhp 1.0 - litre entry - level engine has no trouble keeping up with traffic.

Based on the current GLC, it is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell stack, while in urban traffic a electric motor provides the drive, which must be recharged at the outlet for a maximum of 50 kilometers.

Because of its solid and comfortable everyday driver demeanor, buyers of the new 2009 Acura TSX will probably opt for the five - speed automatic transmission, for ease of driving in traffic and urban settings.

That unpleasant task might be the frustration of a traffic jam for those of us in urban areas, the boredom of a transit commute, or the tedium of exercise.