Sentences with phrase «of cars ferrying»

Tired of the parade of cars ferrying children to and from a nearby elementary school, homeowners in a Douglas County, Colo., development decided to fight fire with fire.

Not exact matches

The co-founder of PayPal, Musk is the chief executive of both Tesla Inc., the electric - car pioneer, and Space Explorations Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, which ferries cargo for NASA.

Russell points to the improving economy, the location (Randall's Island is accessible by ferry, bus, subway, car, and foot), and — maybe most of all — the group's near scientific approach to signing artists.

Note that travel categories under Chase include many things, but not gas stations: airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, campgrounds and operators of passenger trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, toll bridges and highways, and parking lots and garages.

Transporting it, on the other hand, was a bit of a challenge... A car ride, a ferry ride, and another car ride later the chili was transported to The Portuguese - American Club in Oak Bluffs where the competition would take place the next morning.

We had an absolute ball exploring the city by foot, by ferry and of course by cable car.

I was not convinced but the fare of taking my car on the ferry made me decide to put my faith in their hands.

I befriended a club member old enough to own a car - well, an ancient Austin A35 - that was capable of ferrying us both to the banks of the river Kennet.

He has been trying to get the city's agencies to meet with him and discuss what can be done to prevent additional traffic headaches for Staten Islanders when people come by way of the ferry, cars and buses.

He says Greenport's infrastructure is in need of major repairs and, if elected, he'd seek to have the county Legislature institute a fee for cars using the Shelter Island ferry to fund those repairs.

Many of us had high hopes that Gifford Miller, who was the only one of the four in a position to implement our outstanding legislation, including accessible taxis, community car service, accessible ferries, and Local Civil Rights Restoration Act, would give us reason to enthusiastically support him.

The cost of providing official cars for Labour ministers rose by nearly # 500,000 last year as the country suffered through recession, with Lord Mandelson's huge former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills incurring the biggest bill for ferrying ministers around.

On Friday morning, after his young son had kissed each of his remaining stuffed animals farewell, they piled into the car and boarded the ferry off Mustang Island.

Dairy farm waste, soil blown from farmlands, pesticides, industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust and dust particles kicked up by cars and the big rigs ferrying produce down Interstate 5 and Highway 99 — the valley's two main arteries — have made this one of the smoggiest places in the nation.

Despite the introduction of tougher safety standards, the Baltic ferry Estonia capsized in 1994 after water reached the car deck during a storm, killing nearly 900 people.

The key requirement is that by 2002 all ferries will have to be able to survive with up to 0.5 metres of water on the car deck.

FERRY operators could be compelled to subdivide their car decks with bulkheads by the end of next year if new regulations are adopted next month by the International Maritime Organization.

Growing up in Connecticut, we would drive four hours to Hyannis, Massachusetts, and take the Steamship Authority slow ferry (2 hours and 15 minutes) so we could bring the car across with lots of groceries, luggage, etc..

Seaman Online Dating Seaman haunted by ferry disaster — Kent Online — One of the men blamed for leaving the doors to the car decks open had to go into hiding after being hounded from his Kent home.

But lo, Sarge is damaged goods, having lost his undercover crew to a botched sting — and lo, the blizzard forces a prison bus ferrying kingpin Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne, still doing Morpheus) to take refuge in the storm at the run - down jail along with a collection of misfits and a police shrink, Alex (Maria Bello), whose car has broken down.

Ignoring signs pointing to the ferry, the car turned right onto a dirt road and went off the Dike Bridge (which had no guardrails) and plunged into the water killing Mary Jo, though the exact time and cause of her death is unknown since no autopsy was ever performed.

Thursday 22.22 If you want to be the centre of attention pitch up at Portsmouth ferry port in a car that has won Le Mans twice.

It is one of three that were ever built, two that are still in existence, and it is one of these cars that combines what was developed in a pre-war period, as we call the pre-World War II era, and it combines engineering that was developed by Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferry Porsche on projects such as the Volkswagen Beetle and then that carries over to his post-war projects circa 1939, then the war happens, and then he continued later on.

Ferry Porsche wanted a new affordable sports car but was hesitant to pay for development of an entirely new car.

/ Vauxhall Cadet restoration — Owner and restorer Colin Bolton defends the car that put Vauxhall under GM control on the path to success / Marendaz Special Gone to ground but not forgotten by Peter Ferry / Ardingly 1985 — Historic Vehicle spectacular / 1909 Wolsley - Siddeley 20/30 A 1909 Wolseley - Siddeley 20/30 goes back to the home and family it started with / Triumph in the 20's and 30's — «The Queen of Cars» by Michael Worthington - Williams (part one).

Riding on the open, double - decker bed were not one, not two, but three of the Scarab race cars that it had been designed to ferry around Europe in 1960.

This being the part of America that actually builds cars, we get a keen sense of what's popular — semitrucks ferry brand - new Chevrolet Cruzes out of Ohio, Toyota Camrys from Kentucky, and Hyundai Sonatas out of Alabama.

Ferry Porsche's dream car was «a small, light sport car that could efficiently use the power of its engine».

Around the time of the car's birth, Ferry Porsche famously said of it: «We have the only car that can go from an East African safari to Le Mans, then to the theater, and then to the streets of New York.»

The New York MTA is receiving $ 193,136,983 for repair and restoration of the East River tunnels; the South Ferry / Whitehall station; the Rockaway line; rail yards, maintenance shops, and other facilities; and heavy rail cars.

Clearly, Volvo see the XC90 as real competition in the world of chauffeur driven cars for the stuff we're more used to seeing ferrying around the wealthier — like the Mercedes S - Class and Range Rover — and the masses of space rear - seat passengers have thanks to the four - seat configuration, and the range of luxury baubles Volvo has added, make it hard to argue it's not.

The first of the new Porsche sports cars was the rear - engine rear - drive 1948 Porsche 356, created by Ferry Porsche (Por - SHA), based largely on the design his father Ferdinand Porsche had produced for the Volkswagen Beetle.

There probably aren't enough executive jobs to go round to justify the number of cars for sale in the sector, and as well as ferrying captains of industry, you'll find many of these executive models doing trade as private hire vehicles for airport runs in towns and cities across the UK.

Being sports cars, neither Cayman variant is especially practical for family ferrying duties or bringing home the bacon (and the vegies, toiletries and other paraphernalia of domesticated bliss).

In the words of Ferry Porsche, the car «offered outstanding driving pleasure not through comfort on the road, but rather through exactly the opposite», particularly the interior being limited to the bear essential: no airbags, no rear seats, no side panels at the back.

Each year, many small details on the 911 have been improved, making it closer and closer to Ferry Porsche's ideal image of the perfect sports car.

If one had around RM 300,000 to spend on a car that could ferry one to work on weekdays and at the same time run up a canyon road on weekends, the third - generation Audi TT is one of the better choices.

Airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, and operators of passenger trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, toll bridges, and highways, and parking lots and garages.

They view travel as any of: «airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, tourist attractions, discount travel sites, trains, buses, taxis, limousines, and ferries.»

Merchants in the Chase rewards travel category include: airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, and operators of passenger trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, toll bridges and highways, and parking lots and garages.

Ground transportation: Discover's definition of ground transportation here includes local and suburban commuter transportation such as: ferries, passenger railways, taxis, limousines, rental cars and charter / tour bus lines.

Merchants in the travel category include airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, campgrounds and operators of passenger trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, toll bridges and highways, and parking lots and garages.

Note that travel categories under Chase include many things, but not gas stations: airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, campgrounds and operators of passenger trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, toll bridges and highways, and parking lots and garages.

That's because, for the purposes of this bonus, Chase defines travel as «airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, operators of passengers trains, buses, taxis, limos, ferries, tolls, bridges, highways, and parking lots and garages.»

Balu was a bomb sniffing dog at my place of employment and his job was to check the luggage, cars and vehicles before they boarded the ferry.

During the training, Patrick screened two ferry loads of cars for explosives at Coleman Ferry Termferry loads of cars for explosives at Coleman Ferry TermFerry Terminal.

But if you must there is a car ferry service at Punta Sam just 10 minutes north of Puerto Juárez

If you are coming from the US border or from the airport, take the ferry that runs from Twawwassen (south of Vancouver) to Duke Point (which is 20 minutes south of Nanaimo by car).

So jump on the ferry, hire a bike or jump in the car & enjoy the eclectic array of boutique shops and world - class restaurants.

Other interesting points of interest is the wreck dive King Cruiser which allows you to explore the car ferry which sank around 10 miles of Phi Phi Island.