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	Urban car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An urban car is a car designed to be used in city traffic.
		Urban cars are often hailed as the answer to the escalating levels of air pollution and traffic congestion that result from increases in numbers of larger personal vehicles.
		They are intended for use exclusively in or near cities and towns, and are not suited to long journeys or fast travel on highways.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urban_car (142 words)

	Urban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Urban area, a geographical area (including cities and towns) distinct from rural areas
		Urban contemporary and Mainstream Urban, music synonymous with the contemporary musical genres of fl origin.
		Pope Urban, a common papal name, derived from the concept of urbanity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urban (144 words)

	Urban car
		They are very light, pollute little, take up a fraction of the space required by most vehicles, cost much less than most cars and trucks, and can be effectively recycle d.
		Western Center for Urban Forest Research and Education - Includes latest in urban forest research: GIS, inventory and monitoring, parking lot shade ordinances, urban heat islands, and guidelines for tree planting.
		Urban Dread - The band's sound is derived from a unique blend of reggae, funk, rock and hip-hop.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Urban_car.html (497 words)

	GEO-3: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK
		In the United States, a cycle of public transit decline, increased car use and longer commuting distances took place over the 1970s and 1980s; this was mirrored by Canada during the 1990s.
		The trend of increased urban car use and stagnant or declining transit use is illustrated on the left.
		Urban sprawl has environmental, social and economic consequences including traffic congestion, deteriorating inner cities that are often fragmented along class and racial lines, and suburban problems of isolation and lack of sense of community (Raad and Kenworthy 1998, Dowling 2000).
	www.unep.org /geo/geo3/english/432.htm (803 words)

	The Truth About Cars - Is Bling Still King? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sure, car nuts of all stripes are capable of endlessly obsessing over the smallest details-- body colored engine braces, taillight covers, tire treads, miniscule horsepower upgrades, etc. But there’s only so much you can do to make a car look like a pimpmobile.
		Scan the formerly blingtastic celebrity car mags and you'll find that a lot of famous faces are leaving their supercars well enough alone.
		Despite the urban car culture’s predilection for Ferraris, Lamborghinis, AMG Mercs and other high velocity metal, driving the cars fast is entirely beside the point.
	www.thetruthaboutcars.com /content/1112216342222850148/index.php (875 words)

	Rocket Car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The story specifies that the cliff where the car impacted was at the "apex of a curve", and that the test pilot ran under JATO power for 2.4 miles before hitting the turn and becoming airborne.
		Finding a railroad car that would actually run on the old-fashioned track was a whole nother story, but by the time Jimmy finished explaining his idea, I already had a plan in mind to deal with that part of the equation.
		When the cars were nearly clear of the overhang, I went inside and used a five-pound pony-sledge to bash the connection on the last car until it came free.
	www.wagoneers.com /pages/RocketCar/rockit.html (22748 words)

	Urban car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An urban car is a car designed to be used in city traffic.Normally small in size and not very powerful, but very fuel efficient.
		Urban cars are often hailed as the answer to the escalating levels of airpollution and traffic congestion that result from increasesin numbers of larger personal vehicles.
		They are intended for use exclusively in or near cities and towns, and are not suited tolong journeys or fast travel on highways.
	www.therfcc.org /urban-car-9804.html (119 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Hip, urban car service might aid street workers
		The executives told the councilor that some of the vehicles are not constantly used and that some car time could be donated to community causes.
		In a survey the company released yesterday, Zipcar says 43 percent of its members said they either junked their cars or didn't buy a car that they would have purchased if the car-sharing service were not available.
		Reducing the number of cars on the road is part of the company's commitment to community service, Malloy said, and so is the street-worker idea.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/02/17/hip_urban_car_service_might_aid_street_workers (877 words)

	edie news centre - Urban car drivers get more subsidy than public transport users
		However, according to the study, in Germany these methods recover on average only 29.1% of expenditure, while in Graz, the net spending for car transport by the local authority is double that contributed to the public transport system.
		However, for the example of roads, they estimate that 80 - 90% of costs were generally allocated to car traffic, while 10% of the road is estimated to be used by other means of transport in terms of space, time, and deterioration.
		Transport is seen as one of the largest contributors to climate change and air pollution, both in terms of gases and particulate matter.
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=9957&channel=0 (469 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Click Online \| Re-thinking urban car journeys
		Traffic congestion in big cities, as well as the high cost of car rental, could one day be a thing of the past, if the technological solution employed by one American company in Boston catches on.
		The cars are on a GPRS (general packet radio service) network rather than a GPS (global positioning system), because it is more reliable in big cities, as Scott Griffith, Zipcar's CEO explains.
		Zipcar claims that for every car it makes available, more than 20 personally owned vehicles are taken off the roads.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/click_online/4446271.stm (932 words)

	Ford Foundation: The Energy Conservation Papers - 115
		To obtain the DEL cost comparison between the urban car and the urban bus, the average number of passengers and their average trip lengths must be known.
		In the case of the urban auto, each car is driven 11, 200 miles per year on the average, each trip averages 8.3 miles, and there are on the average 1.9 passengers per trip.
		This study considered two situations in which people might shift from urban cars to buses: one is a nationwide change (or a shift of the average consumer); the other, an individual change.
	www.fordfound.org /elibrary/documents/0163/128.cfm?print_version=1 (465 words)

	The Rocket Car Legend
		The car reached an incredible speed in a matter of seconds (somewhere between 150 miles per hour and Warp 9) at which point the car's brakes and steering became...
		Pilot and car then flew like an arrow (for a distance only limited by the imagination of the person telling the story), before crashing into an inconveniently-placed mountainside.
		And if the JATO was still blazing away, the car would drill itself into the ground like a tent-spike before it got fifty feet from the cliff.
	www.rocketcarstory.com (2701 words)

	FSCC: carfree.com - A Website Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The site does not purpose that a city close its doors to the car all at once, but that trials could be run to test ideas, and develop stronger designs, while cities continue to function as usual.
		This does not mean that the car is the best solution, and it is almost certainly the most expensive and resource intensive." This issue provides the reasoning for the development of new transportation methods.
		It is not a one-sided site that believes everyone should give up his/her car and walk or bike, but believes that there are more expedient means of transport that will lessen the burden on the urban environment.
	www.myflorida.com /fdi/fscc/news/world/9903/car.htm (1302 words)

	Wired 8.08: Heard the One About the Rocket Car?
		The maniac then sped down a deserted stretch of highway, and when he reached an appropriate spot, lit the rocket (which was either a JATO bottle, a surplus ICBM engine, or an experimental shuttle booster).
		The car reached an incredible speed in a matter of seconds (somewhere between 150 miles per hour and warp 9) at which point the brakes and steering became...
		When the car hit the curve, pilot and car flew like an arrow (for a distance limited only by the imagination of the person telling the story), before crashing into an inconveniently placed mountainside.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/8.08/rocketcar.html (1045 words)

	USATODAY.com - Urban car scene comes alive in 'Dub' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The urban car scene is about cars and trucks personalized with huge chrome wheels, TV screens, video games, DVD players, cameras and ear-splitting sound systems at costs that can climb past $20,000 for the options alone.
		Advertisers have become more willing to promote urban car shows, and communities have become more willing to accept the shows, along with the loud music and crowds that go with them.
		His daughter, and a drive to make customized urban cars acceptable in the mainstream, are what motivate him, he says.
	www.usatoday.com /money/media/2003-08-20-kovacs_x.htm (928 words)

	Mercedes R-Class Voted 2006 Urban Car Of The Year
		Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on December 14, 2005 at 9:30 AM CST Although "urban" is not a title you'd typically hear associated with the Mercedes-Benz R-Class, On Wheels Incoporated, publishers of African Americans on Wheels, Latinos on Wheels and Asians on Wheels, recently voted the R their 2006 Urban Wheel Car of the Year.
		The Urban Wheel Awards, which are now entering their 10th year, are highly coveted and widely recognized in the automotive industry.
		Now in their 10th year, the Urban Wheel Awards are highly coveted and widely recognized in the automotive industry.
	www.theautochannel.com /F/news/2005/12/14/175877.html (501 words)

	Urban car - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Urban car - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Normally small in size and not powerful, but fuel efficient.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Urban car contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Urban_car (151 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Amphibious car drives over water
		It takes about 10 seconds for the car's wheels to retract, the power to switch and the boat to take off, says Gibbs Technologies, the company behind the car.
		He said it was meant as a sports car and a sports boat.
		The car needs a boat ramp or slope to get into the water, although it could be driven straight into the sea from the shore.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/3077508.stm (398 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Automobiles (Carmageddon)
		He attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket.
		In 1992 the incident was said to have happened in New Mexico, with the car being a Plymouth Road Runner.
		First, anybody who understood the extreme forces involved well enough to attach a JATO unit to a car so that it would keep the car going in a straight line (rather than immediately spinning around) would not do it in the first place.
	www.snopes.com /autos/dream/jato.asp (1195 words)

	Ford Foundation: The Energy Conservation Papers - 123
		It is our judgement that in the long run, any present differences in urban car and bus trip lengths for different purposes would be largely mitigated by compensating changes in travel patterns, route design and urban activity location.
		The amount of dollars, energy, and labor that would be saved by a transfer of passengers from urban cars to buses for each of the four major types of travel purposes and for the weighted average travel are indicated in Table 3-12.
		The transfer of all categories of urban travel from cars to buses would decrease the amount of energy used.
	www.fordfound.org /elibrary/documents/0163/136.cfm?print_version=1 (589 words)

	urban car camping
		The result of the influx has pitted the permanent Coastal residents, worried about the possible effect on property value and limited parking, against the mobile residents occupying the public space of the street.
		Cities have begun to clamp down on the campers, as Santa Monica recently did by implementing neighborhood-parking districts, making it illegal for non-residents to park in residential neighborhoods, and other laws requiring that cars not be parked in one location for more than 24 hours, all designed to crackdown on car camping.
		Part of the appeal of owning an RV is the ability to be home without having to be fixed to a particular place, the city is merely a stopping off point for this mobile population.
	www.polarinertia.com /july03/camping0.htm (416 words)

	Individuals & Families: Sharing Vehicle Ownership - Urban Car Co-ops To the Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ali and Vandana Rahjiv have always loved urban life, but they were becoming more and more frustrated with driving in downtown Toronto.
		AutoShare is a type of car co-op -- an innovative way to share car ownership that reduces both transportation costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
		Between the GHG emissions they reduced and the extra money in their pockets, Ali and Vandana found that car sharing is a smart, successful alternative to personal car ownership.
	www.climatechangesolutions.com /individuals/transport/stories/share.shtml?o=transport&r=stories (567 words)

	3.1.1.5.3 Provide Urban Car Park States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This translation shall enable the output Function to show either spaces or "state" according to the type of equipment that is available.
		The occupancy levels shall be provided by the car park occupancy monitoring Function.
		The system shall be able to provide advice to drivers as they approach car parks (on-street and off-street, as well as motorway service area parking).
	www.frame-online.net /BrowsingTool/BrowsingTool_Version3/pages/F89709BE39821F73.HTM (163 words)

	1995 Darwin Award: Jet Assisted Take-Off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leaving that aside, as long as the car stays on the ground, the wheels would have sufficient friction to keep the motion straight, although they would probably lack the traction to maintain stability.
		Granitelli had experimented with strapping a JATO rocket to a car back in the late 40's.
		The JATO rocket of today has significantly more thrust, and is typically used to lift a large four-engine C-130 transport off a short, primitive runway.
	www.darwinawards.com /darwin/darwin1995-04.html (1137 words)

	TH!NK city urban electric car will be tested at Olympics - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Ford Motor Co. is testing its new TH!NK city urban electric car during a seven-day journey from San Diego to the Norway House at the Olympic Village in Park City.
		The car's system also provides the means to communicate through the Internet back to Norway.
		During the trip, system developers will test the amounts of data that can be transmitted via the Internet, as well as the strength of coverage in urban and rural areas.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,65000240,00.html (159 words)

	3.1.1.2 Monitor Urban Car Park Occupation
		This Low Level Function shall collect traffic data from the entrances and exits of car parks in the urban road network, as well as from the spaces themselves.
		This data shall be provided as raw input by sensors within the Function that are capable of detecting the passage and presence of all types of road vehicle, from bicycles to heavy freight vehicles.
		The resulting data shall be passed to other Functions for collation, use in urban traffic control and for providing traveller information.
	www.frame-online.net /BrowsingTool/BrowsingTool_Version3/pages/F89709BD39821F55.HTM (441 words)

	The Driving Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		DFOW, the nations first urban car-talk show, is an extension of the award-winning African Americans On Wheels magazine.
		The ABC audited publication appears as a supplement in 41 urban community-based newspapers and three major daily newspapers.
		Guests are also featured on the show and have included influential executives in the automobile industry, classic car buffs and industry-related entrepreneurs.
	www.onwheelsinc.com /DrivingForce/010604_urban.asp (486 words)

	one.point.zero - Re-thinking urban car journeys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The BBC’s Click Online is running a story about Zipcar, a car sharing outfit in the US.
		The concept is simple: you reserve, then collect the car from one of the pick-up points spread around the city, your membership card unlocks the vehicle and, from that point on, you only pay for time used and distance covered.
		Their offer isn’t as extensive as their US counterparts but remains a very interesting option for people who live in the city and only occasionally need a car.
	onepointzero.com /archives/2005/04/18/re_thinking_urban_car_journeys (250 words)

	Green Car Congress: Fords SYNUS Diesel Urban Concept B-car
		Diesel Urban Concept B-car]]>" dc:identifier="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/01/fordrsquos_syns.html" dc:description=" At the NAIAS in Detroit, Ford unveiled a small diesel-powered urban concept car, the SYNUS.
		The Fiesta is smaller than the Ford Focus, and is known as a B-segment car.
		Assuming the diesel market for passenger cars in the US begins growing, Ford could reclaim some of the marketshare it has lost.
	www.greencarcongress.com /2005/01/fordrsquos_syns.html (1198 words)

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