Sentences with phrase «inner city driving»

It is also perfect for inner city driving due to its excellent fuel economy and small size.

The steering is nicely weighted for this same scenario, and though the C - HR works well in all environments, from inner city driving to out on the motorway - it is around town when the overall package works best.

Front and rear parking sensors and a reversing camera complement the Suzuki's ease of parking and inner city driving.

Not exact matches

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

After running some tests, he suspected I might have Guillain - Barre Syndrome, so on Friday at 5 a.m., the doctor drove in the middle of the night in the inner city and knocked on the door to make sure I was breathing.»

I have coached in the wealthiest of suburban youth leagues and I've coached in inner city leagues that were in the most plighted areas where driving to and from practices made me very nervous.

A host of other special interests — ranging from upstate mayors and county executives to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the NAACP — all lauded Cuomo's plan, pointing to everything from ride - sharing that gets drunks off the road to transit efforts that will help inner - city workers get to jobs.

«This really emanated from an idea that I had... that access to college should be available to everyone regardless of whether a middle class kid able to drive or an inner city kid without transportation,» said Hein of the new satellite campus.

Creed switches some elements around for new audiences: alt - R & B instead of 70s funk fueling Adonis» sex drive, inner - city dirt bikers cruising through the streets, rap music blaring through the gym.

The harsh realities of inner city life are portrayed, with teens engaging in fistfights and crime (like car theft and acts of vandalism), as well as gang violence that leads to a drive by shooting (some blood is shown).

Depictions of Tyler's inner city existence include a casual attitude towards crime, gang behavior and a drive - by shooting (blood from a gunshot wound is shown).

«Incentives to work in low - performing schools are not the sole answer — too often, it's large class sizes, poor working conditions, and a lack of support from administrators that drives teachers away from high - poverty rural and inner - city schools,» she said.

Stories like this have driven Waldo since his post-college job teaching English and improvisational acting to inner - city students in Providence, R.I. «It's incredibly powerful to see the kinds of sacrifices that parents and children are willing to make to get a quality education,» he says.

Driven by news of shortages in certain subjects (such as math, science, and special education) and in rural and inner - city schools, state legislatures have earmarked billions of dollars for salary increases and teacher training.

Dr. Thompson's book, A Teacher's Tale: Learning, Loving and Listening to Our Kids, is a case study of the unintended negative effects of test - driven, competition - driven reform on an inner city high school in the Oklahoma City Public School Syscity high school in the Oklahoma City Public School SysCity Public School System.

Davis Guggenheim starts his film by driving by inner - city public schools to which he couldn't imagine sending his offspring.

My local stretch of U.S. Route 206 tells the tale: Driving north, you'll first pass the inner - city school district of Trenton where 90 percent of students are economically disadvantaged (i.e., meet the requirements for free or reduced - price lunch, the government's proxy for poverty),...

But as a European - style plug - in hybrid, this is probably enough because you're meant to motor through your neighborhood in electric - only mode, use the gas engine to drive to the city, and then engage electric - only power to navigate the inner city where gas - powered vehicles might be prohibited.

All this trickery is meant to ensure that you have a fully charged battery for EV driving when you need it, whether this is leaving your neighborhood or arriving at a zero - emissions zone in the inner city.

With the perky acceleration and light weight — positioned low and split front to rear, BMW promises a fun - to - drive car that is aimed at more mundane inner - city duties.

In my short stint the car was in high single figures — indicative of the inner - city driving I was lumbered with during the stint.

That said, the compact SUV would be a nice inner - city fit, especially considering its high - riding dimensions and ease of use, and the diesel engine is both efficient and enjoyable to drive.

Case in point: We don't mind that the preview of the Ram Promaster City involves a traffic - clogged drive through the inner suburbs of Austin, Texas.

If you're an inner - city dweller who wants a shout - y convertible that's easy to park, a hoot to drive and not all that bad to look at, the Abarth Cabrio is for you.

E-mode: used for all - electric driving — for example in inner - city areas or because the battery holds sufficient charge for the remainder of the journey.

While it may seem like a rather silly concept, creating cities out of their base elements... decades later, when I drive by a new park, my inner voice says: «parks make people... [Read more...]

While it may seem like a rather silly concept, creating cities out of their base elements... decades later, when I drive by a new park, my inner voice says: «parks make people who live near them happier.»

(I know one woman of Lebanese descent who lives in the inner city but refuses to buy bread anywhere but Auburn, a good half - hour's drive from her home.)

Frequently these lodgers driven by the corporate imperatives of weekday business, frequently desert the inner city to be at home on weekends - leaving the hotel prepared to offer discounts at the last minute.

While waiting for the additional data, Newman and Kenworth speculate on factors they say blend together in causing peak car use - the aging of cities (more people coming back from the suburbs to the inner cores and driving less), the growth of public transport, many cities hitting a wall in expansion after average commutes (by car or even train) get beyond one hour's time, and the rise in fuel prices.

Driving in the Syracuse area can be dangerous, especially in the inner city.

National, Based in Boston About Blog ICIC's mission is to drive economic prosperity in America's inner cities through private sector investment to create jobs, income and wealth for local residents.

Recapturing overlooked markets, particularly those where minority - dominated, inner - city neighborhoods have been underestimated, will be an important factor in the future as infill activity begins to drive new...

Deprez formed Northend Coalition of Neighborhoods, a grassroots association of 10 inner - city neighborhoods, to fight crime and blight after a 4 - year - old girl waiting for the ice cream truck was injured in a drive - by shooting.

Think of the CX - 3 as «a vehicle to suit the customer's creative lifestyle in any scene, from inner - city driving to enjoying the great outdoors,» the maker suggests.