Sentences with phrase «many urban drivers»

From animated ads on Main Street to downtown intersections packed with pedestrians, the eyes of urban drivers have much to see.
In an article to appear in the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their vehicles (every 20 miles) can reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric travel.
These Audi SUVs aren't generally slated for off road travel and are instead aimed at the urban driver.
And although a non-AWD Porsche 911 and a good set of snow tires would suffice for most urban drivers, the perceived «safety» of AWD (generated by the proliferation of SUVs), means your mom would be happier if you were driving an AWD 911, too.
More information about the 2010 Ford Escape: The 2010 Ford Escape is one of the most affordable and economical small SUVs, and its car - like ride and handling, along with good maneuverability, make it a solid choice for urban drivers.
Drivers in Chicago know that space is a precious commodity to urban drivers, who can often feel stacked on top of each other.
The 3 - cylinder, 1.0 L engine is applied in the Ford Start Concept, an exploration into a small, sporty car for first - time buyers and urban drivers in future growth markets.
The newest model added to the brand's lineup, the Nissan Kicks was designed with the urban driver in mind.
Undoubted the «die - hard truck folks» will want the turbodiesel, while the modern urban driver will love the hybrid model — whenever Ford finally launches the option.
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.
Meeting the needs of a new trendsetting generation of urban drivers, the iQ succeeds at taking big ideas and concentrating them into a small package.
Exactly what it sounds like the fortwo is a two - seater coupe designed to give urban drivers a practical and efficient drive.
Despite only 169 hp, it's quick off the line — a product of the gearing, I imagine — and urban drivers probably won't notice that it starts to run out of steam at expressway speeds.
As a primarily urban driver, I think I am still better off with Nissan Leaf.
Nevertheless, the little two seater has gained a cult following among many urban drivers who were drawn to its funky looks, its ability to squeeze into narrow spaces and its incredibly tight turning circle.
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Generally, due to higher rates of vandalism, theft, and accidents, urban drivers pay a higher auto insurance price than those in small towns or rural areas.
Because of higher vandalism rates, thefts and accidents, urban drivers pay higher premiums than those living in small towns or rural areas.
«Generally, due to higher rates of vandalism, theft, and crashes, urban drivers pay more for car insurance than do those in small towns or rural areas,» advises Worters.
Urban areas in general are more expensive than rural ones and urban drivers are at higher risk of accident than their rural counterparts.
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Gianna Fair Trade Gianna Driver, 28 San Francisco Sells fashion and home accessories made by a worldwide network of women living in urban slums and impoverished villages.
Though Uber is beloved by many riders, the way it has muscled into cities and the public consciousness, and the manner in which it has altered labor relations and urban planning, have rattled lawmakers, activists and even its drivers.
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The chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee of the broader Senate appropriations committee want GAO to «examine the impact self - driving trucks will have on the two million Americans who currently work as truck drivers and the communities where they live,» according to a press release issued last week.
In Aleppo, one of Syria's most war - torn cities, his job as a truck driver once provided a four - room house and a middle - class, urban life.
And their differing objectives are rooted in different interests: The cab driver is interested in getting around the city; the cartographer is interested in the art and science of mapping urban areas.
Particularly in urban areas, a more culturally diverse population may act as drivers of challenges to old ways of doing things and lead to a more pro-active political culture that seeks to express its own ambitions and agendas and thus challenge — even resist — conventional top - down flows of power, both institutionally and discursively.
WHEREAS, An emerging interest in local farms and local foods has boosted agriculture's visibility as an economic driver creating new opportunities for farmers in both rural and urban areas of Erie County;
«He has a soaring affection among the youth and downtrodden with his Various empowerment programs and communities development projects which include Bursary awards and Scholarship, provision of Pipeborne water, provision of Electricity to rural and urban communities across the state, provision of non-higher price cab for taxi drivers, weekly empowerment of widows and aged.
For decades urban planners, city officials and others have pursued the idea of charging drivers to enter the most congested areas of Manhattan.
Cinner's work also suggests that the proximity of urban centres is a key driver of change in marine systems.
To keep residents riding the rails and to win more drivers» hearts, Chinese cities are using various incentives and disincentives, as politicians promise to increase urban rail systems threefold and bus rapid transit 10-fold by 2015
Gridlock costs motorists in the country's 439 largest cities $ 115 billion a year in extra fuel and wasted time, which translates to $ 808 per driver, according to the Texas Transportation Institute's annual Urban Mobility Report.
Gronke studied Oregon's motor - voter law, which enables people to register to vote when they apply for or update their driver's license, and found it increased participation by voters from both parties, in both rural and urban areas.
Some urban planners still believe that the best way to ease traffic congestion is to build more roads — especially expressways that can take drivers around or over crowded city streets.
This is starting to happen already: all - electric cars or plug - in hybrids are beginning to hit the mass market, and will be particularly appropriate for urban or suburban drivers where the limited range of current battery technology is less of a concern.
The problem, says the committee, is particularly acute in urban areas, where traffic congestion deters drivers from using their cars.
What miserable city driver wouldn't happily pony up for the MIT Media Lab's new urban supercar?
They chose two truck stops in Atlanta, along with a gritty urban corridor where drivers congregate.
A 12 - gallon fuel tank will give the Volt a 640 - mile driving range (calculated using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's urban driving cycle) that will permit drivers to make long trips without re-upping the battery frequently.
Engineers can build autonomous vehicles capable of cruising city streets without the aid of a human driver, as demonstrated two years ago in the DARPA Urban Challenge.
The mechanisms behind these effects are still unknown, but diet deficiency and stress - induced glucocorticoid response may be likely drivers of the observed differences in TL between our urban and rural populations.
City legislatures have said that creating more urban density would entice some drivers to take the subway instead of their cars, which would in turn greatly reduce the city's emission of greenhouse gasses.
Glaum, P., Simao, M., Vaidya, C., Fitch, G., & Iulinao, B. (2017) Big city Bombus: using natural history and land - use history to find significant environmental drivers in bumble - bee declines in urban development.
BMW's i series includes an electric vehicle designed to appeal to younger drivers in megacities and urban centers.
Mexico City's Via Verde Project, for instance, is transforming highway pillars into gardens to help cleanse the air, beautify the urban environment and lower drivers» stress levels.
James Howard Kunstler is the author of many books including (non-fiction) The Geography of Nowhere, The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, Home A driver caught this shocking footage as two cars and a van are sent flying across a road.
In the following year, her projects included Rob Cohen's The Fast and the Furious, an urban adrenaline extravaganza in which she played the tough girlfriend of a gang leader alongside Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Jordanna Brewster, and 3 A.M., a made - for - cable drama which cast her as a taxi driver and was screened at the Sundance Festival.Striving to maintain the balance between sexy and tough, Rodriguez would take on zombies in Resident Evil (2002) before hitting the waves in Blue Crush.
Hill's The Driver, Friedkin's To Live And Die In L.A. and Mann's Thief relocated Melville's archetypal lone - wolf, a professional forced to fight for control by the messiness of life, to America's urban jungle and provided Hollywood with a new template for its thrillers.
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