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Why HOT Lanes? High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes have been a central part of the commuter strategy for Northern Virginia since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Northern Virginia recognized the need to have dedicated high occupancy vehicle to facilitate the large growth in the region’s population. In 1969 the nation’s first HOV lanes opened up on I-395, initially bus only lanes in an attempt to encourage mass transportation. In the early 1970’s the lanes sat empty most of the time, consequently

General Strategy The following is a breakdown of the general strategy for Lyft’s expansion into England. We will review the various aspect of the strategy required to establish and implement the expansion plan. Establishing a well-structured driver network is a key step in Lyft’s strategy to expanding in London market. As drivers facilitate the cash flow of the ridesharing business model: having more qualified drivers in the network will help ensure revenues are maximized and ensure further growth

A Contemporary Performance Issue      Commuting is a perfect example of a contemporary performance issue, “traffic congestion can steal valuable time from employees’ personal lives” (Wells par. 1). The typical employee is concerned with the time lost in commuting to work and not spent at home with their family. The family could be spouse, children, pets, parents, siblings etc.…If your everyday lifestyle started with the concern and time wasted just for commuting to and from

In college, attendance is crucial to students’ success. Being late to class can result in having less time to take a test or missing fundamental concepts that may be discussed in a classroom. Students must take responsibility by arriving on time; however, limited parking spaces and other transportation problems at many universities can cause students to be late which can result in poor academic performance. The University of Texas at San Antonio, one of most populous cities in Texas, has 29,000 enrolled

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSINESS (BUS587) Cab Sharing Internet Applications are Efficient and Reduce Traffic Shruthi Purushothama Instructor: Douglas McCloskey 09/10/2014 Fontbonne University INTRODUCTION City transportation is an increasing problem. Public transportation is cost effective, but do not provide door-to-door transportation. This makes the far more expensive cabs attractive and scarce. This paper proposes location-based Cab-Sharing services like Uber, Lyft, Ridejoy etc

In recent months, there has been controversy surrounding the fairly new and popular concept of ride sharing companies . Primarily, ride-sharing companies are online-based networks that connect passengers with drivers that use their personal vehicles through a mobile platform. Some of the most popular ride-sharing companies include the well-known Uber, Lyft, and Wingz’s. The packleader of them all, Uber, has recently been challenged by the government, taxi companies, and their own drivers over legal

The Spangdahlem Air Base men’s and women’s softball teams protected their home fields and both dominated the Cinco De Mayo Softball Championship held here May 4 to 6, 2018. “I talked about it a few weeks ago with the men’s team,” said Staff Sgt. Joe Campbell, Spangdahlem women’s head coach. “We said we’re going to win this championship for both the men and women. It had never been done before so we made it our goal and dedicated ourselves to it.” Both teams experienced and overcame adversity on

In 1858, Henry Chadwick, “the father of baseball”, created the box score. This compilation of names, numbers and abbreviations was one of the first attempts to document and summarize a game of baseball. Chadwick would go on to create statistics like batting average (AVG) and earned run average (ERA), two statistics that every baseball fan is familiar with. These statistics are the foundation of Sabermetrics, advanced analytics that aim to evaluate players and quantitatively measure their performance

top of the lineup is where the best all-around hitter is placed, and every year there is a battle for that spot. To be the best all-around hitter, a player has to have an outstanding On Base Percentage (OBP), Batting Average (BA), and On Base Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS). Two players that the Cardinals typically choose to bat leadoff are Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong. Kolten Wong can hold his own in the Major Leagues, however, Matt Carpenter is the definite choice when it comes to leadoff batting

Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle was one of the best athletes to ever live. He has hit monstrous homeruns and was one of the best power hitter in history. He was one of the best baseball players of all time because he had extremely high slugging and on base percentages, he played multiple sports, and won many awards. He was a very important role in our history. Mickey Mantle was called the greatest power and switch hitter in baseball history. Bill Dickey (who was one of Mickey’s coach) said “he is