Sentences with phrase «urban driving with»

Hence, with vehicle range dictated by battery charge, the EV drive mode allows for urban driving with minimal noise and zero CO2, NOX and PM emissions for up to two kilometres.

Not exact matches

Google says that in the past year, the Lexus RX450H SUVs it has retrofitted with lasers, radar and cameras rapidly learned how to handle thousands of urban driving situations.

Thanks to nuTonomy and MIT's partnership with Singapore, a country with dense urban areas has been highly receptive to driverless car technology, the comparatively small company could become the first to operate fully self - driving cars, known as «level four,» in a city commercially.

Like Zipcar, OpenTable offered a service that was popular with a typically urban and relatively youthful consumer base, and that in turn drove interest among investors.

Toronto, May 21, 2009 — Toronto's MaRS Discovery District has combined the creative genius of science and technology with the drive of entrepreneurs and capital to create a marriage that will see more Canadian ideas commercialized in this country and for those efforts it has won the Canadian Urban Institute's 2009 Creative City Award to be granted to MaRS on June 5 at the Urban Leadership Awards in Toronto.

«On behalf of Urban Expositions, event producers, we are thrilled to recognize Danny Meyer with this award which recognizes his commitment to driving innovation and hospitality in the restaurant community,» said Ron Mathews, Vice President for the Urban Expositions Family of Foodservice Events.

Andrew, on the other hand, has often appeared callow and controlling: He drove a Jaguar with AMC ESQ plates; he ordered up 30,000 copies of a 150 - page brochure on his Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tenure; and after a disastrous 2002 run for governor, he went to work for a developer he had investigated at HUD, raking in $ 2.5 million over three years helping to build luxury marinas, of all things.

National planning policies coupled with government housing targets drive Local Planning Authorities to steadily increase the housing density within the currently designated urban areas.

Legislator Lynne Dixon is pleased to announce that she is once again partnering with Urban Valet Dry Cleaners and community sites to collect dresses for her 2012 Prom Dress Drive.

Held in cooperation with Urban Valet Dry Cleaners, the Prom Dress Drive helps girls find a free gown for the big dance or event.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon will again partner with Urban Valet Dry Cleaners for the 4th Annual Prom Dress Drive.

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.

This morning, the de Blasio Administration is teaming up with the Urban Justice Center's Street Vendor Project for #NoshTheVote, a voter registration drive taking place this morning in the Bronx.

That program's selection criteria and program goals focus on building downtowns with recreational, cultural, and employment opportunities that are attractive to all New Yorkers, especially the elders and millennials that are driving urban growth.»

«Almost the entire urban area in Washington State was within a 10 - minute drive to a WIC retailer, with 0.9 % of the low income, urban population outside that range.

«We are already struggling with the number of cars we have in the streets of our cities; congestion, air pollution, road safety issues, health impacts from people driving all the time,» said Luc Nadal, technical director for urban development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

Working with volunteers, the researchers identified 15 feral colonies, living in trees or buildings without human management, and 24 colonies managed by beekeepers in urban, suburban, and rural areas within an hour's drive of Raleigh, N.C..

«One of the factors driving the low per capita rating for California city trees could be the fact that 20 of the nation's 100 most densely populated cities are in California, meaning there's a higher volume of people in a confined space for trees,» said Natalie van Doorn, study co-author and research urban ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station.

Additionally, sea level rise driven by climate warming combined with coastal subsidence related to human activities increased the storm surge while urban development such as paving over grasslands and prairies are likely to have exacerbated flooding.

This mini urban spot oozes all the old - school cool of a classic drive - in, but has a more intimate setting (only 50 cars a night can get in; there's more room for those on bikes or with blankets).

Kingsway on Alex FM is a magazine drive time programme with youthful touch music and is influenced by urban culture, fun and edutainment.

Turning to a somewhat lighter subject, Bridges incisively contrasted the banal details of working - class Houston life with the frontier fantasies driving the nocturnal honky - tonk scene in Urban Cowboy (1980).

«A self - centred, w ** k - happy woman with limited drive, a failing small business and a family in ruins, her lifestyle tiptoed around the edges of urban hipsterdom, but also deep, dark loss.

In this character - driven coming of age story about two 15 year old Latinas who struggle to recognize the sexual undercurrent in their friendship while growing up in an urban immigrant community within the U.S.. On the surface, «Mosquita Y Mari» is a story of best friends struggling with life's universal questions, including finding one's place in society.

That the most exciting bits of Black Panther have to do with world - building — the futuristic costuming, the urban design, the smooth assimilation of the technological into the everyday — point to another problem with the CGI - driven mass destruction template of science fiction: it doesn't account for the ways in which the cultural place of technology — and the resultant shape of our technophobia — has evolved over time.

BOB isn't the only garden bus driving around: The Green Urban Lunch Box in Salt Lake City hosts summer camps on a bus to teach K — 3 students about plant biology and healthy eating, in partnership with the University of Utah and the local YMCA.

Its impressive «Schools That Work» series, in which Edutopia throws all of its multimedia resources into detailed coverage of an individual school, recently featured YES Prep, an urban charter - school network often mentioned in the same breath with KIPP, Achievement First, and other «no excuses» schools championed by advocates of test - driven education reform.

If the Left can't understand and sympathize with the plight of at least some low - income and minority, largely urban, populations who are stuck in woeful schools and want to «get out,» and if the Left can't characterize that desire for educational and social mobility as anything other than a drive for «privatization,» well... so much for the Rainbow Coalition.)

Why I Applied to Join the UCEA GSC: I applied to the GSC to connect with scholars who will drive change within urban education and policy.

The three-fold increase nationally in the growth of independently managed public schools has been driven by the frustration of parents with the generally substandard level of education to be found in poor, urban public school systems.

... teachers with a commitment to drive high levels of academic achievement in urban schools.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

Summary: This article looks at how urban districts in Cleveland are implementing social emotional learning as district - wide data - driven learning plans that aim to boost students» ability to make responsible decisions, regulate their own emotions and behavior, and build healthy relationships with their peers.

an outstanding record of elevating student achievement in an urban classroom, with a strong understanding of pedagogy that drives results

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.

A 20 - year veteran educator in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), Richard is a transformational leader with extensive experience driving innovative programs to improve teacher practice and school design in urban settings.

In collaboration with the Consortium, UChicago Impact, the Urban Education Institute's innovation arm, developed the 5Essentials system, which is composed of surveys, reports, and training supports that states, districts, and schools can use to track progress on the nonacademic factors proven to drive school success.

St. Catherine School is driven to provide all students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade with a quality Catholic education in the urban setting of the Sherman Park neighborhood.

Driven by the belief that technology could be used to engage urban students struggling to read and write, Mrs. Rohatyn joined forces with former teachers, principals and technology experts and founded Teaching Matters in 1994.

Not only does this package make tons of sense for families facing lots of urban driving, but it's also the most likely to be built by 2010: Chrysler's already announced the first ENVI product to reach production will likely be a cargo van (we bet it'll carry Dodge badges), with passenger versions possibly following soon after.

In fact, driving dynamics were clearly sacrificed at the altar of urban functionality, and a tweaked turbo, bigger rubber and bodywork stretched over a wider track can't disguise that the Smart is designed for roads with 30mph speed limits.

And when the turbo four is in front, you're surprised to find a CTS with lots of power matched by lots of mpg, making this combination the smart choice for urban driving and freeway commuting.

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

The perception of EVs as urban - oriented, golf cart - like vehicles with a limited driving range still persists, even though automakers such as Tesla are trying their best to change people's minds.

Thus, the future of urban mobility is powered by a 288 - cell, 60 - kWh lithium - ion battery pack developed in partnership with LG Chem, feeding a single - motor electrical drive, rated at 200 hp and 266 lb - ft.

I was not so impressed by the paddle - shifted semi-automatic manual transmission, which was extremely jerky in urban driving, with unacceptably long, rough upshifts.

With a top speed of 125 km / h, the Smart Electric Drive is perfect for an urban or sub-urban environment.

The Jeep brand's newest nimble compact SUV is ready to take on the urban jungle of the greater New York area with surprisingly agile driving dynamics and impressive fuel economy.

The 2018 Chevy Impala is a nice midsized sedan which is aimed more at small to medium families with urban driving needs and it can also be taken on highways from time to time.

Urban driving in particular really does need a gentle right foot to minimise consumption, with an eager turbo charged engine ever demanding to show the driver its ability.