Sentences with phrase «of bicycle use»

The Dutch city of Groningen has the top ranking among Holland's cities: the share of bicycle use is around 40 %.

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But as an example of the difference between reusability and expandability in aircraft — and you could actually use any form of transport, you could say a car, bicycle, horse — if they were single - use, almost no one would use them.

Police officers use bicycles to create cordons around a protest march by various groups, including «Black Lives Matter» and «Shut Down Trump and the RNC,» ahead of the convention.

City planners who are looking to staunch the incoming flow of vehicular traffic also have reason to encourage the use of bicycles.

In part because planners think mode share — the percentage of commuters who use bicycles — could be much, much higher.

Slava Menn, CEO of Fortified Bike, uses both apps often to manage production of his Boston company's bicycle products for urban commuters.

One could use a bicycle to get to the other end of the store, where household goods in oversize packaging reach practically to the rafters.

From hundreds of applicants, the team initially prioritized fellow New Orleans entrepreneurs, including Acrodisiac, a performing acrobatics duo with a «sensual edge»; Kiss Your Grits, a low - cost food truck that offers healthy breakfast options; and Carré Quest, which creates custom made security doors out of used bicycle parts.

A recent study in Denmark found that if commuting a distance of less than eight kilometres half of the car trips can be replaced with trips using an electric bicycle.

There wasn't even money available for stamps, so he used to hand - deliver press releases on a three - speed bicycle, Trained as a journalist, he first became aware of the power of the news media when a local paper refused to print meeting notices he wrote for a controversial group — but gave extensive news coverage to its refusal.

There wasnt even money available for stamps, so he used to hand - deliver press releases on a three - speed bicycle, Trained as a journalist, he first became aware of the power of the news media when a local paper refused to print meeting notices he wrote for a controversial group — but gave extensive news coverage to its refusal.

Fine print that's big news: Free Saturdays for entrepreneurs; in - house chat to facilitate making contacts; business and social interactions; bicycles for guests» use at no charge; benefits for freelancers and start ups; health; telephony; and many more services to ensure that they don't miss being part of a corporation.

Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.

Habitual patterns of response, such as getting dressed, riding a bicycle, using a typewriter, so painfully and self - consciously learned at the time, become quite unconscious.37 A centralized nervous system or its close analogue may be the necessary basis for consciousness, but consciousness itself is the inner concomitant of the presence of some novelty which has not yet faded into the background through incessant repetition.

The influence of Western technological culture has infiltrated the thinking of educated people throughout the world and the categories of secular concepts are used to explain everything from repairing a bicycle to interpreting the scriptures.

Knowing how to ride a bicycle, use a typewriter, and play musical instruments all involve the habitual appropriation of the respective instruments.

Picnic day it is because we used to ride bicycles to one of the parks and had a snack there when he was really small kid.

Most of the inns also offer guests complimentary use of bicycles and at our seaside locations, boogie boards, beach chairs and beach umbrellas so guests don't have to worry about traveling with beach amenities.

Or, pedal your way around town as The Ambrose Hotel has a fleet of bicycles for guests to use, which are perfect for touring the lengthy beach boardwalk.

Warwick Paradise Island — Bahamas all - inclusive rates feature all meals and snacks; alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; standard Wi - Fi internet access from the «beach to the bedroom;» use of the fully - equipped fitness centre; daily activities, including bocce, beach volleyball, basketball, tennis, horseshoes and use of bicycles; nightly entertainment; as well as gratuities, taxes, surcharges and 7.5 % Value Added Tax (VAT).

He used to do this when his belly would hurt, and so I have been trying to bicycle and massage his belly but most of the time he doesn't pass any gas.

The bicycle hand brake is located on top of the stroller where you can easily have access to it and use it when you decide to make a stop.

The smaller parcel would be used to build a pedestrian bicycle path from the new development to the Little Creek Park east of the new subdivision.

If you don't know about the advantage of this bicycle tires then I tell you, you can use this stroller on any terrain like grass or concrete or any rough trails.

Fuji Saratoga Women's Bicycles (10,500 units) 12 - 112 The bicycle's frame can break in the center of the downtube during use, causing the rider to lose control and fall.

Theresa Jennings, director of parks and recreation, said the space could still be used for a playground, picnic shelter or bicycle paths.

Talk about driver safety, dangers of drug use, and encourage them to use bicycle helmets.

This type of brake operates just like a bicycle brake, and it is used mainly to slow down rather than to completely stop.

For better speed control and stopping power, the Performance Double is equipped with a V - brake, a side - pull version of a cantilever brake commonly used with bicycles.

It uses bicycle tires which makes it easy to roll along all sorts of surfaces, and helps to absorb some of the vibrations if you're on a gravel path, for instance.

The doctor also might talk with your child about the importance of personal care and hygiene; warn against using alcohol, tobacco, or drugs; and stress safety (wearing a bicycle helmet, using seatbelts, etc.).

«He was my knight on a shining bicycle... If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble, I think Boris would be of more use than Ken.»

Parents with kids that study in different schools and do extra curricular activities, retired / old people, tourists, businessmen have a lot of valid reasons to still need to use a private or at least massive transportation system, so we can not rely solely on bicycle transportation methods for those, still, we must provide those that can rely on them (young people, average commuters living not that far from the office, teenagers...)

During Bicycle Sundays, a portion of the Bronx River Parkway is closed to cars for the exclusive use of bicyclists, joggers, walkers, scooters and strollers.

The NYPD plans to start fining the employers of riders caught operating electronic bicycles, the illegal mode of transportation used by some food deliverers to rush orders to customers, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.

It would be crushed stone, it would be appropriate for that area but also would be at a level that would allow multi use, including bicycles and runners and walkers and that kind of thing,» Swanzey says.

How do you plan to balance the needs of bicycle riders with the needs ot the elderly who need to use either buses or taxis?

«This proposed fee would discourage residents of New York from using bicycles for low cost, environmentally friendly transportation.

Also expected to be back next year is legislation to allow the use of electric bicycles.

Restrictions will include the use of motor vehicles, tricycles, bicycles and animals, except those on essential duties.

From there, tourists and residents alike would move around the town using electric shuttle buses, communal bicycles, and the power of their own feet.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

In 1899, English mathematician Francis Whipple derived one of the earliest and most enduring mathematical models of a bicycle, which could be used to explore this self - stability.

Using mental images of clocks and trains, light beams and speeding bicycles, Einstein realized that Newton's system could not be right because it contradicted Maxwell's theory of light.

«The use of carbon has allowed us to dramatically save weight and make exceptionally stiff frames,» says Nicolas Sims, a spokesman for Specialized Bicycle Components in Morgan Hill, Calif. «If it comes down to a sprint finish in a road race, that person will want a really stiff frame so they get good power delivery.»

A team of self - described geeks in Taipei has taken to the streets on a bicycle equipped with a 3D printer which they're using to turn plastic waste into useful products.

B - Cycle, the company that designs the bike - sharing systems used in Denver and more than 20 other cities across the country, says that on all of its systems combined, 2.1 million bike trips covering 4.5 million miles have been made on its bicycles since 2010, all of which have offset more than 2,948 metric tons of CO2 emissions and saved more than 330,000 gallons of gasoline, B - Cycle spokeswoman Marina Marich said.

The study has analysed the prevalence of using the system of public bicycles in the city of Valencia.

Several studies show bicycle commuting is a practice associated with health benefits, such as good cardiovascular fitness, and that is why public policies play a crucial role in encouraging the use of bicycles.

«The results of the follow - up study carried out throughout 8 months show a significant increase in the use of bicycles as a main means of transport to travel to university, as well as the potential of this system to promote a healthy weight and, consequently, to reduce the incidence of obesity and overweight among citizens», says researcher Javier Molina.