But Derek lives in Vancouver, Canada, where public transit is excellent and car insurance is expensive.
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In 2010 the Ford brand swept both categories, for its Fusion Hybrid sedan in the car category and Transit Connect in the truck segment.
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When people switch from cars to public transit, the degree to which car prices drive overall inflation would also fall.
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They want to trace a white Ford Transit Connect van and a small blue car which were seen in the area.
Additionally, the company is also working with the My City Way apps, which cover 40 cities in the US and that many abroad, offering traffic cameras, POIs, and even public transit info -- a little odd for a car company.
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He was hit while out of his car, exchanging fire with the bombing suspects, the transit police chief said.
Take the story of Daniel Gray of Belle Mead, New Jersey, a car reviewer whose job ironically forces him to use public transit.
"Nokia's Transit and Pedestrian Content allows us to take a step beyond the car and provide a very effective and relevant solution for navigating cities, " explained Joern Watzke, vice president mobile phone business at Garmin Wuerzburg GmBH.
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Living without a car is only practical in areas that are well-served by transit.
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He told delegates that steps such as setting tighter rules on car emissions, regulating for energy efficient goods and building urban mass transit systems are already having an impact that can be measured.
And what you find in time is a city form, and a city landscape, which is far more conducive to alternative forms of mobility such as, not only public transit, but walking and biking and even ride-sharing versus taking a car any and everywhere.
Transit should be considered a public good, particularly for those without access to a car--notably young people, the disabled, the poor and the elderly.
The irony will be car rental counters at the terminals because there are not adequate intra-city transit options.
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One of the locations earmarked is for 10 transit pitches on land off Park Road, Lansdowne, bordering the Wessex Way and public car park off Lansdowne Road.
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