Sentences with phrase «longer than driving»

I happened to randomly notice that per Google maps it was exactly the same time to bike or transit, and that both were an hour longer than driving 13 miles in early rush hour traffic.

Depending on where you live (think bumper - to - bumper traffic, extra time needed to find a parking spot), cycling usually takes longer than driving.

One common reason why people don't bike to work is that it takes longer than driving.

Now, it is possible to fly from Detroit to Seattle to Chicago to catch that Emirates flight to Dubai (providing that there is award availability) but those flights are going to take much longer than driving would, in this case.

Reaching the Old Trafford stadium from Clayton Hotel Manchester Airport via bus takes a little longer than driving or getting the train or tram.

I've now been driving their loaner for longer than I drove my new car.

Not exact matches

Maintenance contracts drive service calls, which drive customer relationships, which drive sales of new systems, since it's a lot easier to sell a $ 300 maintenance contract than it is to sell an $ 8,000 system — and when that time comes he's no longer «selling a new system» to a cold - call customer, he's «replacing outdated and inefficient systems» for a current customer.

While a great attitude and being nice goes a long way, it doesn't help you establish any more of a connection with a client than a drive - through attendant at a fast food joint would.

I've argued now, for longer than I wish, that we are in a secular bear market driven by global imbalances.

Rather than offering a promotion on a wide array of products or services, the paradox of choice suggests that narrowing down to one or two options will be drive more sales in the long - term and decrease return rates.

Fried writes in an email that more than 18,000 ride - hailing drivers registered by the August 31 deadline for required licenses, «and an additional 12,000 responded via our declaration portal that either they are no longer driving in SF, already registered, or consider themselves employees (not independent contractors).»

The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

All the more reason to make sure that, if and when the market does turn, any moves you make will be driven by a long - term plan rather than the emotions generated by the last thing you heard on CNBC.

Most seem convinced fundamentals will drive prices higher and eventually allow them to liquidate their long positions into a rising rather than a falling market.

An example of this emphasis on patience is self - driving cars, which will take longer than expected to truly come online, due to regulation, safety questions and their many unknowns.

Most of the common analyses and tests done by Web companies treat are centered on the notion of «visitors» to their website (transactional, one time relationship with consumers, typically driven by traffic coming from search engines) rather than «users» of their service (longer term relationship, typically involves creating a user account with the Web service).

The second reason that drives a lot of entrepreneurial excess has more to do with managing people's imagined perceptions rather than reality except that — in the intense context of a startup — perceptions and impressions are often long lasting and can quickly harden into unpleasant realities.

Despite a long sales cycle and little volume driven by repeat purchases, this legendary piano saleswoman sold more than $ 40 million in Steinways before retiring a few years ago.

«We believe expectations around the M&A cycle have become overly pessimistic and we reiterate our call for a flatter and longer M&A cycle than those seen in the past with the next leg driven by a pick - up in European and sponsor M&A as US growth slows,» Serrao writes.

In the long - term, successful entrepreneurs are driven more by passion and service than they are by their bottom line.

With more than a decade of experience in digital advertising and client services, Jessica has been recognized for providing customers with strategies that drive long - term sustainable growth.

CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»

Elon explained that «It will still be very cheap, and far cheaper than gasoline, to drive long - distance with the Model 3, but it will not be free long distance for life unless you purchase that package.

The metric of «cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue» has been used for more than five years as a financial metric in HP's long - term incentive programs, and HP believes that it continues to be a key metric that both drives and demonstrates improved financial performance within the company.

While it remains uncertain whether the rate increase will pass legal muster, by focusing solely on short - term financial consequences rather than long - term growth and innovation, the PUD is shortchanging Washington's citizens by driving new technology businesses away from the state:

You can set the device to sound an alarm when the engine RPM exceeds a certain number, when idling longer than a certain period of time, when breaking a specified speed limit, when it senses dangerous driving on the part of the operator, when the seatbelt is not used and when reversing.

Five months doesn't sound like a long time to be driving for Lyft, but it's a lot longer than many of the drivers I talk to.

Though Google has been working on its self - driving technology far longer than any other tech company and has arguably the most advanced technology, many sources say there has been internal tension over the company's path to market.

For long - term satisfaction, make sure you are driving your business, rather than letting the business drive you.

Then, i will drive my new car until it no longer runs while putting all of my income (other than my house payments and basic food / budgeted expenses) into long term undervalued stocks with low P / E ratios and growth potential, and most importantly not ever taking that money out of the market — even after market declines, and making sure to match the maximum that my employer contributes into my roth IRA (as that is free money I would be a fool to pass up).

Yet despite the most extreme version of these assurances in Japan, where the Bank of Japan has driven long - term interest rates to negative levels and has purchased stocks outright, the Nikkei 225 index is no higher than it was in November 2014.

The answer is that Fed policy is the primary factor driving the returns of short - term bonds, meaning that they tend to hold up much better than long - term debt when the Fed is expected to keep rates low as was the case in 2013.

Time will tell if central bank tightening will break correlations that have long been known to traditional 60/40 long - only managers, but if this reality materialises, LO could potentially withstand the turbulence from its commitment to focus on investing specifically in various factors that drive prices rather than in asset classes and sectors.

I understand bond prices are driven by the long end of the rate curve more importantly than the short end which the Central bank influences through the overnight bank rate.

The better - than - month - long climb in the market since the election of Donald J. Trump as President - elect has been driven by optimism about domestic economic stimulus and the expectation that the incoming Administration will push for lower corporate taxes and less government regulation.

Heya Wynn, long - tail keywords drive more target traffic than short - tail keywords, but definitely is more competitive in some niches.

Long term growth in CTK value will be directly driven by customer adoption and product use, rather than short - term market sentiment.

We believe the main factor that drove the most significant bull market in U.S. stock market history (household debt that enabled unrestricted consumption of everything from goods and services to homes) will reverse and continue the deleveraging process that will more than likely continue for a very long time.

Futures prices generally move somewhat in response to changes in the spot price, even when movements in the latter are driven by transitory factors, but their substantially lower volatility suggests that they are more anchored to longer - run price fundamentals than are spot prices.

While the Compensation Committee considers short - term performance - based cash bonuses to be a less significant compensation tool than equity awards in terms of driving long - term stockholder value, the Committee believes they play an important role in

As I read the New Testament, the life of faith is drawn ahead by the Spirit rather than driven from behind by the self Indeed, so long and insofar as the journey is driven by the self, faith is inauthentic.

In the winter, the men «went to the bush» for long months in rough company and risky work, until the great spring drive when the Ottawa River, more than a mile wide, was filled with the booms of millions of logs heading south to feed an insatiable market for wood.

In North America, where Orthodoxy is a tiny minority, it is often easier to learn about the faith through the Internet than from the nearest Orthodox priest, who may be a long drive away, speak poor English, or be baffled by the very existence of a «regular American» interested in the Church.

It will mean institutions that have the vision, and the financial resources, to play a long game of cultural renewal, rather than allowing themselves to be driven by the populist passions of the moment.

Sometimes criticism (deserved or undeserved) is driven by a critic's desire to make waves more than a longing to rescue the perishing.

The more than one million transitioning U.S. veterans and almost one and half million military spouses — with their diverse background and experience — share our mission - driven sensibility and work ethic and can build long - term careers at Starbucks as they return home

Modern men often live longer than ancient men did; all men die, and all men are subject to drives which do not vary greatly from one century to another.

Further, it drives home the message to employees and stakeholders that you are taking social responsibility seriously and treating it as a long - term strategic business element, rather than a short - term tactic.

Free 2 day shipping with prime, bulk is cheaper than a lot of stores like whole food, and I avoid driving an hour each way to a store that might have what I need, not to mention toting 3 kids on that hour long drive & the gas used by my minivan.

It is not a long walk to school but I may end up driving more often than not.