Sentences with phrase «of riders use»

Uber said it used the technology for many purposes, including the testing of new features by employees, marketing promotions, and the deterring of riders using the app in violation of its terms of services.

Not exact matches

In launching Zimride, Zimmer and Green solved the issue of anonymity, which kept many from using the major competing option of Craigslist rideshare, by attaching profiles to riders and drivers.

«We've now made car ownership optional on both sides of the two - sided market,» Zimmer said, explaining that now drivers and riders can use the service without owning a car.

When hit with an indictment in South Korea at the end of December, CEO Travis Kalanick responded using the carefully calibrated language of a man who knows he's exploiting a loophole: «We firmly believe that our service, which connects drivers and riders via an application, is not only legal in Korea, but that it is being welcomed and supported by consumers.»

«Upfront fares are calculated using the expected time and distance of the trip and local traffic, as well as how many riders and nearby drivers are using Uber at that moment.

In addition to alerting you to the presence of cars, the bike also employes LED lights synced with a mobile phone to provide directions, and its companion app will devise quicker, smoother routes using road and traffic data gathered from other Valour riders.

With Uber's developing technology, the costs for the vehicle will be paid for by the hundreds of riders who use it.

Uber's new policy pertaining to the use of Greyball, a tool the company developed to show individual riders different versions of its app, comes in the aftermath of a New York Times article that outlined how the company had used the tool to identify and avoid local regulators who were investigating the service.

«Riders will be able to use a Waymo app to hail one of our fully driving, self - driving cars without a driver at the wheel,» she said.

There are many applications of the tool, including testing new Uber features by the company's employees, launching marketing initiatives, preventing fraudulent activities, protecting drivers from physical harm, and deterring riders from using the Uber app in ways that violate Uber's terms of service.

«Today, as one of these scooters came at me, I told the rider it was illegal to use them on the sidewalk.

Riders are policy add - ons and can be used to adjust the term of a life insurance policies.

Riders could use with a large touch screen that displayed the car's route, as well as a rendered version of the environment the car saw through its cameras and laser guidance systems.

«We also believe that there will be a greater emphasis placed on benefit riders with variable annuities to validate their compensation payments, as the Department of Labor has expressed skepticism regarding the tax benefits of certain products when used within tax - qualified accounts,» the report says.

Of course there are what the economists call free riders ¯ people who use the F IRST T HINGS website and search engine without paying a penny.

Former members of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle gang using their love and knowledge of motorcycles to minister to other motorcycle riders.

But his rationale ends with an economically worded warning whose implications are exceedingly far - reaching and implicitly add a very strong rider to any conclusion that might be drawn from his doctrinal expose, such as that indulgences should be widely granted and the people strongly encouraged to use them: `... yet other works of satisfaction are more meritorious with respect to our essential reward, which is infinitely better than the remission of temporal punishment».

A sea of Lycra and helmets swelled as riders milled about, refilling water bottles, sipping coffee and waiting to use portable toilets.

Not going to use one preseason game to really judge a player, but ramsey have just given josh and and his other d!ck riders a early reality check of what he's all about lol dwl

British Cycling's cyclo - cross co-ordinator Matt Ellis said: «The final round of the world cup series takes place the weekend before the world championships — the team for which will be announced soon — so riders will be using Hoogerheide as part of their final preparations.

To this end, the use of power meters is fundamental to the step - by - step approach used by the World Class Performance Programme at British Cycling to achieve the marginal gains required to optimise the performance of riders.

However a disc wheel can be heavier and slower to accelerate so, in events that require changes of pace, riders may use a disc on the rear only.

British Cycling has designed a one - day workshop to provide coaches and riders with the knowledge required to monitor and evaluate performance in training and racing using a power meter with the aim of improving their coaching or training practice.

The use of performance - enhancing drugs and other doping behaviour severely damages the legitimacy of cycling and undermines the integrity of clean riders.

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.

This is a new generation of bike — the rear wheel base is stretched with an extra long rack, which can be used as a seat for two or three young riders (or even one adult passenger) sitting loose, or you can have up to two baby seats mounted in a row.

Riders will get the best use out of their scooters if they ride primarily on asphalt, concrete, and similar surfaces.

That's nearly $ 500 million a year which can be used for vital system maintenance, which will help end the riders» summer of hell.»

Investigations by this paper into the backgrounds of the two robbers who shot a Koala worker in broad daylight at Cantonments in Accra, have revealed that one of the robbers, Oko Quaicoo -30, who was the rider of the motor cycle used during the operation, is a brother of Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye, former MP of Ayawaso Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.

Some of New York State's major transportation infrastructure projects are now benefiting from expanded use of the design - build process — but a costly pro-union rider has been attached to proposed legislation extending design - build authorization to public works financed by New York City, and could set a troubling precedent.

«Governor Cuomo is holding millions of transit riders hostage in his dispute with the Mayor, even after he acknowledged that the subway system is in a state of emergency and promised to fix it,» said Executive Director of the Riders Alliance, Joel Raskin before suggesting that the two politicians use their respective powers to fill the fundinriders hostage in his dispute with the Mayor, even after he acknowledged that the subway system is in a state of emergency and promised to fix it,» said Executive Director of the Riders Alliance, Joel Raskin before suggesting that the two politicians use their respective powers to fill the fundinRiders Alliance, Joel Raskin before suggesting that the two politicians use their respective powers to fill the funding gap.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams along with more than 20 of Brooklyn's elected officials have penned a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging him to rescind his plan to grant Long Island Rail Road riders a 25 percent fare reduction and consider using the recaptured funds toward desperately needed repairs to the subway's ailing signals instead.

The data showed most riders use a limited number of centralized stops.

To register using the «Renew Local» envelope, riders need to complete and mail in both sides of a New York State Snowmobile Registration Form (MV - 82SN), a photocopy of their existing snowmobile registration, and a copy of the registrant's driver's license.

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.

«Uber would like regulations to pass on the State level so that riders and drivers can use the Uber app in all areas of New York State.»

After the District of Columbia legalized the recreational use of marijuana, Congress — which oversees the city — added a rider that would have limited the municipal government from using any funds to normalize the drug.

The Boston Post Road, between what was then the relatively small City of New York and Boston, began as a path to deliver the post using post riders (the first ride to lay out the Upper Post Road starting January 22, 1673), and developed into a wagon, or stage road in later colonial times.

The results published on Monday in, «Back on Track,» a policy analysis of the issue, 75 percent of city riders indicated that the city should pay, and 69 percent said they were not opposed to using city sales tax to cover the cost.

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?

It could be recalled that a combined team of soldiers and DSS operatives acting on alleged presence of Boko Haram terrorists in an uncompleted building in Apo District of Abuja had on September 20, 2013 carried out a deadly raid on the house and opened fire on the commercial motorcycle riders who were using the building as their place of abode.

But Metro - North officials said they expect riders who would use the proposed lines to be primarily of city residents who use public transportation, and would get to the new stations by subway, bus or bike.

Riders use only a rear - wheel brake that is used mostly to avoid riders who have crashed on the course and to stop after crossing the finish line — other types of cycles have a two - brake system that slows both wRiders use only a rear - wheel brake that is used mostly to avoid riders who have crashed on the course and to stop after crossing the finish line — other types of cycles have a two - brake system that slows both wriders who have crashed on the course and to stop after crossing the finish line — other types of cycles have a two - brake system that slows both wheels.

Over the years there have been a variety of studies on helmet use and CSI in motorcycle crashes, with a couple of reports indicating an increased risk of CSI among helmeted riders and most studies finding no protective effect or harmful biomechanical risk to the cervical spine.

Blocken has carried out computer simulations and wind tunnel measurements using models of a time trial rider and team car.

Allegations of doping have plagued the Tour for so long that any rider who excels now inevitably attracts talk of drug use.

Using GPS to track the riders» motions, scientists found that jockeys move out of phase with their mounts.

A team of researchers is now looking to translate that success to the medical field by building so - called «smart wheelchairs» with artificial intelligence that uses lasers, sensors and mapping software to operate and navigate powered chairs for riders who can not do so on their own.

Opt for a recumbent bike, an elliptical rider, a treadmill or you can simply walk more instead of using transportation.

Tour de France officials used to limit each rider to about two liters of water.