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The Travel & Tourism Game

Business Facilities

Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. billion), Public Transportation ($200.4 billion), Auto Transportation ($166.5 billion), Public Transportation ($200.4

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Damen Avenue at Lake Street transportation facility returns train access to neighborhood

BD+C

For the first time since 1948, part of the Near West Side of Chicago will have train access to it, and an easy way to travel far beyond. Plans for the Damen Green Line Station, a new glass-walled transportation center to be located at Damen Avenue and Lake Street, recently were unveiled.

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California’s transportation problems could prevent state from reaching carbon reduction goals

BD+C

California ambitious carbon reduction goals face a major challenge : getting people to travel by more environmentally friendly means than personal cars. So, other efforts such as stricter green building codes are likely to fall short of emission reduction goals unless that changes.

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Boston's $3.5 Billion Green Line Upgrade to Double Capacity

ENR Construction

Boston transportation officials on May 7 unveiled an estimated $3.5-billion billion plan for modern Green Line trains that could potentially double the capacity of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled light-rail system.

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COVID-19 and the Risk from Recirculated Air in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

and even the green building movement, are driven principally by energy efficiency not preventing the spread of viruses. airborne transmission through small particles (< 5 microns), which may stay airborne for hours and can be transported long distances. Green building programs, that have at their core energy efficiency (e.g.,

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Plans in for first phase of £2.5bn Salford Crescent scheme

Construction Enquirer

The Crescent masterplan ultimately aims to deliver over 3,000 homes, more than 1m sq ft of space to innovate and collaborate, alongside 1m sq ft of offices, retail, leisure, a new multi-modal transport hub with active travel at its heart, set within vast areas of green space.

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Train travel in Europe: 10 of the best slow train journeys

Construction Test

Growing public awareness of air travel’s environmental cost is clearly a factor, but more important is the extent of Europe’s rail network. When you go online to book transport between Bilbao and San Sebastian, two of the Spanish Basque Country’s major cities, you will be directed toward a coach that takes just over an hour.

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