Community Architect Daily

APRIL 13, 2022

Across America transportation and public works departments are trying to wean themselves from decades of following a single paradigm: Make car traffic flow as freely as possible. In late 2020, BCDOT retained the services of WSP, a transportation planning firm. Baltimore's BCDOT was a leader in making this happen.

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Archinect

JULY 22, 2022

New York State officials on Thursday approved a sweeping redevelopment of Midtown Manhattan that would transform Pennsylvania Station, the busiest transportation hub in North America, from a run-down transit center into a city centerpiece. The project’s approval allows an application to be made for federal funding.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2024

billion funding package meant to help fund repairs for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the state-run body that manages New York's transportation infrastructure. The health and welfare of the most vulnerable New Yorkers depends on bold climate action and public transportation," said Weisz.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Other recent projects by SOM include a "vertical campus" in Cambridge for the US Department of Transportation in Cambridge and a supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City. The photography is by Dave Burk and Lucas Blair Simpson.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A modern urban transportation system in the form of the planned streetcar line makes this project possible by providing convenient access to our planned headquarters tower and by allowing us to think creatively about many aspects of the project," Mutual of Omaha CEO James Blackledge said when the project was announced in 2022. "We

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

The use of LNG, also known as methane, cuts down on dangerous pollutants like sulfur and nitrogen oxides, and is estimated to produce about 30 per cent less carbon dioxide emissions than the heavy fuel oils currently used in cruise ships.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 22, 2023

The 2014 plans for a replacement city hall on the former building’s site also failed to materialize due to rapidly escalating construction cost estimates. I had high hopes for Arcimoto and its everyday electric transport, the FUV (Fun Utility Vehicle). We still need to reassess what it is we truly need for personal transportation.

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Deezen

JULY 26, 2024

In order to achieve these goals, a set of measures were put in place with a particular focus on construction, transport, energy and consumption. Improving bike routes has been key to this transport strategy, with cycling targeted to be one of the main legacies of Paris 2024. million overall carbon budget.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2022

Milan has committed itself to constructing 750 kilometres of bike paths by 2035 as part of a plan to make cycling the most convenient form of local transport. The network of 24 cycle highways is set to be completed in 2035, by which time the city hopes that 20 per cent of all local transport will be undertaken by bike.

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Brandon Donnelly

AUGUST 6, 2024

This is even if the benefits are real and measurable: Jonas Eliasson, director of travel accessibility at the Swedish Transport Administration, has first-hand experience with the effects of the congestion charge implemented in Stockholm in 2006. It’s called road pricing. And we seem to be deathly afraid of it. No more studies and reports.

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Dwell

MAY 28, 2024

Mandeville’s Seven Sisters oak is Louisiana’s largest; the tree is an estimated 600 to 1,500 years old. Before Europeans began colonizing what is today part of the Gulf of Mexico’s eastern shoreline, the forestry officials estimate the Louisiana chenier live oak forest stretched some 100,000 acres. But I see a lot of danger ahead."

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022. "We hope this project will enhance urban spaces in the city, contributing to the State of Texas' and Austin's unique, vibrant identity."

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

MAY 30, 2024

Duluth’s senior transportation planner, James Gittemeier, collaborated with Slick on the grant and says that Lincoln Park ticked many of the boxes as a neighborhood in need of reinvestment. miles of high-quality multimodal transportation infrastructure is a huge accomplishment unto itself.” Photo by Damon Farber Landscape Architects.

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Deezen

JUNE 28, 2022

The second finalist in Dezeen's Future Mobility Competition powered by Arrival is Daniel Czyszczon, who has proposed a public transport network with small electric vehicles called Flowee. Czyszczon designed the concept for the city of Kraków , Poland, as an alternative to traditional public transport. Daniel Czyszczon. Kraków, Poland.

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Transportation Concept Estimating Cities 98

Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

If approved, the tunnel system will have seven stations and could transport around 7,500 passengers an hour. Musk argues that Loop systems like this could offer a more efficient alternative to traditional public transport, which he described as " a pain in the ass ". Elon Musk (above) is planning a tunnel in Miami. billion and $8.5

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Transportation Finances Permits Estimating 98

Architecture Ideas

JULY 12, 2022

The whole process requires knowledge, skill, and experience to load and unload the moving heavy equipment carefully while taking the necessary precautions to avoid accidents when transporting equipment. . Fortunately, there are practices for transporting heavy equipment that ensure you safely get your equipment to its desired location.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Some of the trash is turned into souvenirs The project was initiated by Nepalese non-profit Sagarmatha Next in response to concerns that an estimated 200 tonnes of waste is left behind in the mountain range each year. Trekkers can then clip these bags onto their backpacks, making it easy to transport them to the local airport.

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It has provided eligible individuals ever since with the opportunity to live independently, but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, and transportation. The intent was not to hide the ship but to make it more challenging for enemy submarines to accurately estimate its course and range.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Twenty metres wide, the structure allows for easy pedestrian use and features recreation areas strewn about its length for use by the local community, and the studio estimates it will serve more than 20,000 individuals who live alongside it. Taller Capital has created a linear park in a Mexican boulevard The project saw the renovation of 2.1

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aasarchitecture

JULY 22, 2022

With an estimated annual passing capacity up to 750,000 passengers, the port can dock the world’s largest cruise ship. B1/F and the ground floor are utilized for ground transportation. B1/F and the ground floor are utilized for ground transportation. Nansha sits at the estuary of Pearl River Delta. Photo © CreatAR Images.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 10, 2023

The roof answers dilemmas caused by the city’s ongoing development by connecting the transportation hub’s complex programs in a clearly readable unit. The new bus square will double the size of the current bus terminal and have 37 stops for buses in public transport.

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BD+C

AUGUST 3, 2018

Department of Transportation. Airports Council International estimates that 8.8 Domestic and foreign airlines serving the U.S. carried an all-time high of 965 million passengers in 2017, according to the U.S. billion flyers used airports worldwide last year, up 6.6%.

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Deezen

APRIL 2, 2024

The facility – which is estimated to generate $155 million in economic output annually – is also a hopeful location of the 2026 Breeder's Cup. The New York Racing Association hopes to bring the Belmont Stakes back to the venue in 2026, preceding the official re-opening of Belmont Park in September 2026. The images are courtesy of Populous.

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Events Engineering Engineering Estimating 124

Deezen

JUNE 18, 2023

The Tellus bench is the world's first item of furniture made from fossil-free steel "Early estimates show that converting all our steel to fossil-free could reduce our overall footprint by around 60 percent," said Vestre chief sustainability officer Øyvind Bjørnstad. Steel is one of the brand's prime targets for slashing its carbon emissions.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To support these buildings and their inhabitants, it has been estimated, by then-UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres of the UN Environment Program, that three-quarters of the infrastructure that will exist in 2050 has yet to be built. trillion square feet (241 billion square meters) during the coming four decades.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

According to Snøhetta, the use of timber provides the building with an estimated 30 per cent lower carbon footprint than if it had been built with traditional building materials.

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RMJM Architecture

JULY 26, 2022

Estimated reading time: 5 mins Within RMJM there has always been a driving force to produce sustainable and meaningful ‘high performance buildings’. As we continue to strive for progress and transparency, we acknowledge the fundamental relationship. The post Designing with Nature: Luca Aldrighi appeared first on RMJM.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2023

As well as configuration, the app can provide cost estimates for manufacturing and transportation of the components," said Kemper. The computer-generated data is the foundation for digitally producing all the necessary building elements."

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English Buildings

MAY 4, 2022

The plague killed a vast number of people (estimates vary between a half and one-third of the population), and the remaining landlords on the marsh bought up small landholdings that no longer had owners or tenants and combined them into larger estates. Although robust, many of these buildings, left to decay, have now gone.

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Architizer

JANUARY 18, 2023

City transport systems often fail to include or support these common care responsibilities, rarely including the needs of caregivers when developing their timetables, location strategies and routes, typically supporting 9-5 workers in the most densely populated business-centric areas. Vienna Central Station by Theo Hotz , Vienna, Austria.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2022

Public transport networks would be expanded, and roads would be redesigned to increase space for pedestrians and cyclists. While the city has not published a cost figure for the plans, the campaigners estimate they will save the city €420 million, or £350 million, every year. The plans would restrict private cars within the Ringbahn.

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Cities Transportation Permits Estimating 111

Architecture Ideas

AUGUST 21, 2022

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e-architect

JANUARY 18, 2022

Stockholm Central Station design competition proposal, Swedish City Building, Transport Development Sweden, Architect. As the world’s collective focus shifts to more sustainable ways of living, working and travelling, it is vital that we enhance and redevelop our transport nodes and repair and connect the urban fabric around them.

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Transportation Design Real Estate Cities 94

Dwell

JULY 5, 2023

It’s December 2022 and I’m "on holiday," as they say Down Under, in Australia’s southeastern state of Victoria, home to an estimated 2.4 I’ve been hanging out northeast of Victoria’s capital in the Yarra Valley wine region, where the driver I hired to transport me to the Grampians is picking me up for the three-hour drive west.

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2024

The Fresno station will include a restoration of a historic train depot by Page & Turnbull Updates to the station will include bringing the building up to fire, life-safety, structural, seismic and accessibility codes, as well as the restoration of architectural features so that it can serve as an "ultramodern transportation center".

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

This includes all systems, construction documents, estimates, working with zoning and code officials, site layout, placing concrete, framing, roofing, siding, setting solar panels, landscape and more. "In This groundbreaking structure is set to revolutionise transportation in a city known for its efficient public transit.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

The project encourages alternate forms of transportation with a connection to the BeltLine Bicycle Trail and a future light rail station. Targeting LEED Gold certification, the team selected systems that would reduce energy consumption and address stormwater runoff.

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