Sentences with phrase «rush hour traffic by»

Under his leadership, the city created or renovated 1,200 parks, introduced a highly successful bus - based rapid transit system, built hundreds of kilometers of bicycle paths and pedestrian streets, reduced rush hour traffic by 40 percent, planted 100,000 trees, and involved local citizens directly in the improvement of their neighborhoods.

From a driver who survived when her car (totaled) was pushed across 4 lanes of rush hour traffic by a driver on a marijuana high, I applaud legislation to make this drug hard to get.

Not exact matches

Rush - hour traffic was bad; by the time he got to the airport, he was very angry, running late and panicking that he'd miss his flight.

For many, the morning and evening rush hours are characterized by cramped carriages, traffic jams and doing their best to avoid eye contact with fellow commuters.

Many of us get walloped by stress simply because we fail to identify and avoid predictable trouble spots, such as rush - hour traffic.

Wennberg says that combining such measurements with OCO - 2 data could help researchers to detect hourly variations in CO2 production caused by plant photosynthesis — or even by rush - hour traffic in some large urban areas.

We live in a world where many of us are controlled by our mobile apps, jobs, rush hour traffic, and tight deadlines.

Bruce walks on water, pushes rush hour traffic out of the way, and aims just retribution at a gang that beat him up on his worst day ever by having a monkey come out of the most obvious bodily orifice (although that doesn't mean it's anywhere near the most pleasant).

Additionally, the company would like to better control its fuel expenditures by having trucks rest during rush hour traffic.

As the rush - hour traffic whizzes by, drivers flash Mr. Diaz de la Portilla the thumbs - up sign or blare their horns.

After some pizza and just enough sleep to restore our faculties, we pack up, do a quick early morning drive - by of the Colosseum and head north amongst the gradually swelling rush - hour traffic.

It's full of hills, narrow streets, lots of bicyclists and sometimes brutal rush - hour traffic, which can be exacerbated by the frequent rain.

They seriously reduce the stress level usually set off by rush - hour traffic or a rainstorm.

It is not that difficult to turbocharge a small engine and make a lot of horsepower, but the beauty of the WRX is that all that horsepower is enclosed by a startlingly livable car, perfectly happy to poke along in rush - hour traffic, and still delivering, in our tests, an average of 25 mpg.

Their access to your home can get blocked, such as by rush hour traffic, or they may be unable to get down from a high place, like a roof or a tree.

Wouldn't you rather sip cocktails by the pool than sit in Friday rush hour traffic?

Ward was inspired by his subject matter after observing a stray stroller amid rush hour traffic at the 125th Street Metro North station.

Studies show that energy consumption per passenger - km by road transport in Tokyo during rush hours is about 23 times that of railways, not to mention the traffic congestion and air pollution.

The mayor told Mississauga city council she opposes them for three reasons: the pollution caused by idling; traffic problems, particularly during rush hour when lineups spill into turning lanes; and the routine violation of a city bylaw that prohibits idling for more than three minutes.

Lots of rush hour traffic could probably be avoided by having cars communicate with each other and decide what's the most efficient way to use the road.

But almost all the car trips that cause rush hour traffic could be replaced by biking and transit, the greenest ways to commute.

She brings up the recent study that was conducted by the Transportation Commissioner's office that concluded that more than 20 percent of the rush hour traffic on Milwaukee Avenue is made up of bicyclists anyway.

Traffic in Jacksonville: As with many larger cities, traffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but Jacksonville did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USATraffic in Jacksonville: As with many larger cities, traffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but Jacksonville did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USAtraffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but Jacksonville did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USAtraffic recently reported by USA Today.

Traffic in San Antonio: As with many bigger cities, traffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but San Antonio did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USATraffic in San Antonio: As with many bigger cities, traffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but San Antonio did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USAtraffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but San Antonio did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USAtraffic recently reported by USA Today.

Traffic in Pittsburgh: As with many major cities, traffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but Pittsburgh did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USATraffic in Pittsburgh: As with many major cities, traffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but Pittsburgh did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USAtraffic can be congested, especially during rush hour, but Pittsburgh did not make a list of the worst U.S. cities for traffic recently reported by USAtraffic recently reported by USA Today.

Whether you're fighting rush hour traffic to get home from work or you're stuck in the carpool line waiting to drop the kids off at school, you are constantly surrounded by other drivers who could quickly put you and your family at risk.

Burke is served by two Virginia Railway Express Stations as well as the Metro - bus to Washington DC making it easy for commuters to get to work without battling the rush hour traffic.

You could just get caught in rush hour traffic, which puts you in danger, just by being around the abundance of people who probably drive worse than you do.

PPFA expects to see grassroots activists show their support for FOCA and memorialize the landmark Supreme Court decision during this morning's and this evening's rush hours by holding signs on roadsides and at traffic intersections.

«Toll Roads» newsletter reports that by raising tolls in rush hours, varying with the traffic level, road authorities may have a new tool to manage traffic — and get commuters who live in sprawling suburbs to work on time.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.