Sentences with phrase «of urban traffic»

Airbus tends to solve the growing problem of urban traffic and so designed a modular vehicle which can operate both on the ground and in air.

Roughly, these two - wheelers sum - up 76 percent of the urban traffic.

Still, around town in the stop - and - go crawl of urban traffic, the Energi moves fleetly enough on electricity.

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Why you should care: The goal of Placemeter is to collect data to help increase the effectiveness of urban design, give local businesses a better idea of their traffic, and help consumers get useful info like how crowded the bar down the street is before you get there.

European aerospace giant Airbus is debuting its on - demand helicopter booking platform, Voom, in Mexico City on Thursday in an effort to drum up demand for choppers among well - heeled urban commuters sick of spending hours in traffic.

For decades, urban governments have built information systems that trafficked in huge amounts of data in - house — everything from GIS mapping systems to huge amounts of hoarded traffic stats.

Some predict that self - driving cars will replace both traditional public transportation and conventional cars in cities, transforming urban transportation into a network of interconnected vehicles to effectively eliminate traffic.

With the growth of the city, however, the increase in traffic and urban noise threatened the solitude of the abbey.

And yet, when the children are asleep, breathing evenly beside me, and I just sit quietly and take a moment and listen to the distant sounds of urban life - the hum of traffic, the tumbling dryer, the buzz of a million lives outside my door - I feel a part of the flow and the struggle and the healing, I know that my life has meaning, and just for a heartbeat I get to understand it.

While in many parts of the country, driving is the quickest form of transportation, that is not obviously the case in urban areas (rush hour traffic downtown, anyone?).

Because public transportation, city sidewalks, taxis and traffic are common for urban dwellers, today Gugu Guru along with our team of Concierge experts selected our favorite On the Go picks for city babies.

The statistics also show that traffic on rural A roads (94.3 Bn vehicle miles) and minor roads outside of urban areas (45.7 Bn vehicle miles) rose to record highs, each up around 2.4 % on last year.

By exaggerating the economic benefits of road capacity increase and underestimating its negative effects, omission of induced traffic can result in overallocation of public money on road construction and correspondingly less focus on other ways of dealing with congestion and environmental problems in urban areas.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Tuesday that its latest air monitoring program near the Peace Bridge shows the air people breathe in adjacent neighborhoods beset by high asthma rates is comparable to other similarly sized cities and high - traffic urban areas.

Also road congestion pricing schemes have been implemented in a limited number of urban areas as a transportation demand management tool to try to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

He said: «This government therefore observes with caution that though the erecting and closing of these gates may be desirable, the consequences on the overall urban efficiency, aesthetics and functionality of the city and especially traffic flow poses questions difficult to answer.

So there you have it, me at the foot of the garden under the weeping birch, cats at my feet, G&T in hand, the roar of the city traffic defeated by the cacophony of urban bird life and, if I'm very still, a mildly curious glance from an all - too - cocky fox.

While city bus operators are tasked with driving through dense urban settings and navigating traffic on the road, many are simultaneously subjected to the growing number of assaults and incidents taking place on their vehicle.

«The purpose of the money is to offset the cost of the stadium and the traffic and pollution surrounding it,» said Harvey Epstein, director of the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center.

For decades, urban planners, economists, city officials and business leaders have revived again and again some version of a toll system both to manage the city's worsening traffic and provide more revenue for public transit.

17 Self - driving cars could improve highway flow by regulating distances between cars and ease urban congestion by automating the search for parking (which causes up to three - quarters of city traffic).

By integrating methods of statistical physics, computational science, and geographic information systems with classical network theory, the researchers have been able to find patterns that could help address problems as diverse as urban traffic congestion and the spread of epidemics.

Urban air quality continues to be a primary health concern as most of the world's population currently lives in urban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissUrban air quality continues to be a primary health concern as most of the world's population currently lives in urban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissurban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissions.

A new concept might help to efficiently treat exhaust gases after the cold start of engines and in urban traffic and to reduce the consumption of expensive noble metal.

The concept can be used among others to significantly improve catalytic performance after the cold start of combustion engines and when driving in urban traffic.

Many critics have complained in the past that rigid zoning standards in previous versions forced them into a «California» model of urban development — sprawling suburbs revolving around a central commercial district — which in turn forces residents to make long, traffic - clogged commutes.

Auto - dicted: Sans a Major Diversion of U.S. Transportation Dollars to Mass Transit, Urban Traffic Congestion May Not Ease

The automaker introduces its Electric Networked Vehicle prototypes, one third the size of a typical car, as a way to reduce big urban auto emissions and traffic congestion

It shows up in the green - yellow - red of traffic lights, the garish neon of an urban streetscape, and the shimmering colors of an evening gown.

«You can imagine designing systems that might be of some interest for traffic people investigating urban navigation,» he notes.

After years of watching engineers model traffic flow with advanced physics to alleviate jams, a team of urban planners called Shared Space have adopted a simple solution based on a zoological concept known as the risk compensation effect.

The findings of an earlier study had shown that 20 % of a child's daily dose of black carbon — a pollutant directly related to traffic — is inhaled during urban commutes.

The plan also involves establishing cloudburst roads that quickly and efficiently channel the water out of the city while taking into account traffic flow and urban quality of life.

«Based on this instruction, you will never get in a traffic jam,» said Andreas Malikopoulos, deputy director of the Urban Dynamics Institute at ORNL.

Johnson, who specializes in the study of complexity, is one of a new breed of physicists turning their analytical acumen away from subatomic particles and toward a bewildering array of more immediate human problems, from traffic management to urban planning.

Another factor that encouraged its use was the perception of a safe environment as regards urban traffic and the existence of bike lanes separated from the rest of vehicles.

Urban environments differ from natural habitats in many regards and are for instance associated with higher levels of anthropogenic pollution, such as traffic noise, artificial light pollution and air pollution, which enhance oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.

His expertise is on mathematical modelling, atmospheric physics and chemistry; particularly evaluation of urban air quality, the dispersion of pollution from traffic.

But I'm telling you, it's worth all of the hassle because I feel like a flower child hippie meets urban fashionista stopping traffic in DTLA.

The soundtrack preserves the careful mixing of diegetic and non-diegetic effects, most notably in how urban street sounds, particularly of traffic, are used to bridge studio - shot footage with location shooting.

Forster and his collaborators deserve credit for plunging us into the thick of things: the Lanes learn that society is collapsing when a seemingly ordinary urban traffic jam is jolted into surreality by an explosion, a stampede of terrified civilians and their vehicles, and a furious attack by people who've been infected by a virus that turns them into ravenous ghouls.

It moves from a serious portrait of the grief of an urban - dwelling father (the excellent Lior Ashkenazi) to an absurdist look at a remote desert military checkpoint where most traffic comes from camels.

It moves from a serious portrait of the grief of an urban - dwelling father (the excellent Lior Ashkenazi) to an absurdist look at remote desert military checkpoint where most traffic comes from camels.

The parking and traffic management sector is an under ‑ researched area, and one which covers a vast range of subjects including: the design and construction of car parks, the effect that parking provision has on traffic congestion and the urban landscape, the effective management of kerb space, and the many media and public concerns that managing on and off street parking raises.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

Another leg of canyon road driving mixed with some better - moving urban traffic subtracted only 5 miles of indicated range over 27 actual miles.

Going & Stopping None of the current crop of compact cars is especially quick, but most of them can keep pace with fast - moving urban traffic.

This is designed to promote smoother, more fuel - efficient urban driving, and to reduce the risk of rear - end collisions from frequent stop - and - go traffic.

Whether crawling in urban traffic, or cruising at motorway speeds, the Lexus is a classy performer that makes good use of its petrol electric powertrain.

In urban traffic and in traffic jams, the standard Stop / Start system of the GTI has a positive effect on fuel economy.