For short trips, readjusting the body's clock might not seem worth the effort.

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Ensuring child car seat harnesses are properly adjusted and fastened before setting off in the car, even for short trips.

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With a screaming top speed of 30 miles per hour, they're obviously meant for short trips and not for the highway.

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Equipped with charging stations at home and at the shopping mall, these cars would be able to run on grid electricity for short trips.

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Though the new road will make it easy for short trips, resort-style hikes and commercial luxuries, it will cut out the earlier walking paths that Nepal and its loyal trekkers have coveted since the country first opened its doors to outsiders in 1949.

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Early this year, the city came up with an idea to reduce car use for short city trips: a free bus service circling the major business locations, government offices and tourist sites.

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Previously known as "fam trips, " short for "familiarization trips, " the program and the name both were casualties of September 11.

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Buses will perform better if more people get off of them in favor of bikes, especially for short-term trips during rush hours, Papandreou said.

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The Mercedes B-Class EV, on sale in early in 2014, reflects the view of senior Mercedes executives that most U.S. consumers who will buy electric cars will use them for limited purposes, such as short daily commutes, and rely on larger, conventional vehicles or plug-in hybrids for longer trips.

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Such a partnership could see big cost savings for the carrier, by herding short-haul passengers into trains and focusing on more profitable long-haul plane trips.

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