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Arup's vision of the future of rail: driverless trains, maintenance drones, and automatic freight delivery

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A new report by Arup reveals a vision of the future of rail travel in light of trends such as urban population growth, climate change and emerging technologies. Airports Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Government Buildings Transit Facilities Transportation & Parking Facilities'

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Motorola Mobility, Plantation, FL. After more than 18 years of planning, work finally began in late January on a new, 8,000-foot-long runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Runway 9R-27L, located on the south side of the airport and running parallel to Griffin Road, is now being rehabilitated and lengthened.

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Traveller letters: Here’s a sure-fire way to keep backpackers off Bondi

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We travelled in early March via Doha to Barcelona to start a long-awaited holiday adventure in Spain, Portugal Morocco. We travelled in business class (a once-only treat), but others in our tour group in a different class experienced the same service. One travel organisation that gets it right is Premier Inns in the UK.

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Cashing In on History’s Riches

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There isn’t a lot of time to get a taste of the real flavor of a community on these excursions, except during the occasional down-home dinner or while sampling offerings from the obligatory goody bag handed out on the trip back to the airport. Travel Association, travel and tourism is a $1.2-trillion

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The Drone Age

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The two remaining sites were in the middle of heavily traveled air corridors in the East: New York’s Mohawk Valley and Virginia Tech (in a joint effort with Rutgers University in New Jersey). billion to create a global shipping hub for its growing fleet of traditional cargo aircraft at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

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Biggest Infrastructure Project in Germany for 2024

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Once completed, Stuttgart 21 will drastically reduce travel times, enhance regional connectivity, and contribute to Germany’s economic growth. The Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 Another massive project making waves in 2024 is the construction of Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3.

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Do Steel Toe Boots Set Off Metal Detectors?

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We all know how metal detectors at airports, malls, railway stations, banks, and entrances to every important building are sensitive to even the smallest metallic objects. Things such as small knives or pins, coins, keys and steel toe boots can set off metal detectors at the airport security. . How to Travel with Steel Toe Boots?