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Druid Park Lake Drive: Baltimore's struggle to implement a new transportation paradigm

Community Architect Daily

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. Since then, the computer obsolete, and new technologies apparently hard to make work, Baltimore's drivers would wish the lights still had a "green wave".

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Ten industrial design and technology projects from students at Brunel University

Deezen

Dezeen School Shows: an app designed to improve productivity and a recyclable Covid-19 test kit are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students studying industrial design and technology at Brunel University. Course: Industrial Design and Technology BA. Course: Industrial Design and Technology BA. School Statement: . "

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World's largest cruise ship sets sail amid sustainability concerns

Deezen

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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Getting To Net-Zero By 2050

Westeck News

Net-zero means cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed either by natural means or technological solutions. It includes every major sector of the economy: transportation, electricity supply, buildings, industry, agriculture, and land use.

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Vestre launches "world's first" furniture made from fossil-free steel

Deezen

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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Elon Musk proposes Tesla tunnel in Miami to "solve traffic and be an example to the world"

Deezen

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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MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

Deezen

Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The photography is by Felix Amtsberg. The post MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints appeared first on Dezeen.

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