Sentences with phrase «reducing car use»

Or perhaps as law makers get serious about reducing car use — not just switching fuel sources — there might be legislative requirements to start communicating impact.

Since 2012 the school has been encouraging families to leave their cars at home for the school journey, and has succeeded in reducing car use for the whole school journey from almost 68 per cent in 2012 to over 36 per cent in 2016.

The researchers considered the effects of reducing car use by 10 percent and reducing the distance to public transportation by 30 percent.

Though New York is known for its public transit network, legislation to actually reduce car use — like congestion pricing — continually falters.

Lawmakers say a major plan, called Connect Long Island, would increase public transportation and reduce car use.

The #CarFreeNYC initiative, which launched last year as part of Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's initiative to reduce car use on Earth Day, will take place this Earth Day, Saturday, April 22.

Majorities of the alarmed, concerned, cautious and disengaged say that they support requiring new homes to be more energy efficient, and changing zoning rules to reduce car use, for example.

This facility is about a three - minute walk from the residence, which reduces car use and pleasantly increases the owner's exercise.

The objectives are ambitious; by implementing these strategies at once, the city wants to reduce car use by 21 % over the next two years and increase mobility by foot, bike and public transport.

Not exact matches

Research shows that using laminated glass — two panes fused by a sheet of plastic and designed to hold its form even when shattered — could reduce ejections in other parts of the car.

The car elevator is just the latest mini-step towards Musk's vision of underground tunnels that could be used for cars or a futuristic transport system called hyperloop that theoretically would send people and packages, housed inside reduced - pressure tubes, long distances at super speeds.

Ultimately, Musk wants to build a network of underground tunnels that could be used for cars or a futuristic transport system called hyperloop that theoretically would send people and packages, housed inside reduced - pressure tubes, long distances at super speeds.

OK, so that's pretty technical, but essentially it boils down to this: the ultracapacitor / lithium - ion battery replaces the traditional lead - acid battery in the hood of your car, and it stops and starts when the car is idling, reducing both emissions and fuel use.

Using these new power sources could reduce emissions from a car by around 50 %, according to Maxwell's (MXWL) CEO and president Franz Fink.

When something is intangible and therefore difficult to judge, we sometimes use easier to perceive shortcuts to get a rough sense of where someone stands — that's how something as subtle as «success» can sometimes end up reduced to who drives the fanciest car, for example.

But distinguished software engineer Sebastian Thrun said that the company's goal is to «help prevent traffic accidents, free up people's time, and reduce carbon emissions by fundamentally changing car use.»

While that study is in progress, the early data suggests that by getting «more butts in seats» — a phrase that has become a mantra at Uber's San Francisco headquarters — car - pooled services may already be reducing traffic, gas use and automobile emissions.

Some German business groups have begun calling for Europe to use the dispute with the United States to reopen negotiations about a broad trade agreement that would largely eliminate tariffs and reduce regulatory impediments, for example by agreeing on common safety standards for cars.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making major improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically reduce the number and severity of crashes in which they are involved.

(In case you're curious, it is the invention that puts a little wind generator on the top of a car to create electricity off the forward motion of the car to reduce the amount of energy the car uses.

Whether you're baby proofing your home, buying a car seat, choosing a crib or following the safety guidelines to reduce the risk of SIDS, use this month to educate yourself on how to keep baby safe and happy while showing your older children how they can help out too.

When used correctly, a car seat can reduce fatal injuries to your baby during an accident by 71 %, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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The use of a foot prop on rear - facing car seats can help reduce those injuries by reducing the transfer of crash energy to the child.

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If you need some convincing about how important this is, consider that in car seat use reduces the risk of death for infants in an automobile accident by 71 % and to toddlers aged 1 - 4 years by 54 %, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Correctly used child safety seats can reduce the risk of death by as much as 71 percent among infants and 54 percent among children aged one to four in passenger cars.

Unfortunately, 3 out of 4 car seats are installed incorrectly, but when used properly and according to the manufacturers» instructions, child restraints are highly effective at reducing the likelihood of death by more than 70 %.

I keep them in my car for impromptu shopping to help reduce my carbon footprint by using less plastic.

According to new data, 73 % of car seats are not used correctly; however, when used properly, child safety seats can reduce the risk of death by as much as 71 percent.

But you may be able to reduce your risk by getting treatment for high blood pressure, not smoking or using street drugs, and always wearing a seatbelt when riding in a car.

Be sure to use the top tether: It will limit the motion of the car seat and your child's head in a crash and reduce the risk of injury.

Although the number of used cars imported in 2014 and 2015 reduced, Nigerians surveyed in the study agreed it was because of the increase in custom tariff rather than availability of locally manufactured cars.

As far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollution.

Also at noon, NYC Councilmen Costa Constantinides and Ydanis Rodriguez announce the introduction of a bill to create a pilot program for electric vehicle charging stations on street parking, aiming to encourage the use of electric cars, and help reduce carbon emissions citywide, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Aside from sterilization, the city also plans to use other non-lethal methods of dealing with the animals including public education about living with deer to reduce car crashes and tick - borne illnesses, traffic safety measures like extra signage and to add deer - resistive plantings to the borough.

While the auction of all of the used cars and trucks might only net about a million dollars, DeStito says much more will be saved on reduced gas and maintenance.

Use of the age - appropriate restraints such as a car safety seat or a booster seat greatly reduces the risk of serious injury and death to your children in a motor vehicle accident.»

Car window tinting can also be used for reducing glare while driving.

Forty years ago, the U.S. endured its first oil shock and, as a result, reduced its use of oil by improving gas mileage in cars and researching alternatives.

Reducing fuel use, emissions and «havoc» A Department of Transportation pilot project underway in Ann Arbor, Mich., has already collected 7 billion safety messages exchanged among 3,000 cars, trucks and transit buses equipped with vehicle - to - vehicle (V2V) and vehicle - to - infrastructure (V2I) technology.

If all Americans used self - driving cars, studies show it would reduce U.S. gasoline consumption 20 to 30 percent.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the use of landfill - gas - to - energy projects reduces greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of taking 16 million passenger cars off the road.

If we could pull carbon out of the air and use it to wean cars off fossil fuels, that would go a long way toward reducing humankind's production of greenhouse gases without impeding technological progress.

Reducing the amount of fossil fuels (such as gasoline for cars and coal burned for electricity) that we use can help slow how quickly the ice is melting (by slowing the rise in average temperatures).

So to find out if plug - ins really do reduce overall emissions of CO2, researchers at NRDC and EPRI used a computer model to project the overall emissions from the cars and the power plants.

Apart from use in buildings, the smart windows are also suitable for reducing energy consumption in cars and greenhouses.

After all, aren't diesels the green cars, the ones that use less fuel than petrol - run cars and therefore conserve natural resources and reduce global warming?

Using existing rules, just a «lackluster» effort to cut HFCs, which are mostly unregulated coolants found in cars and refrigerators, could yield a whopping 240 million metric tons of reduced emissions by 2030.