March 23, 2023
Building public transportation infrastructure in the United States is significantly more expensive than in other countries. Why? Eric Goldwyn, Alon Levy, Elif Ensari and Marco Chitti dig through case studies to get some answers. Transit Costs Project: Understanding Transportation Infrastructure Costs in American Cities (New York University, Marron Institute for Urban Management, February 2023). The
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The Government Services Insurance System (GSIS) announced last Monday the opening of the newly completed office building of its branch in Quezon City on the Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Located in the heart of Quezon City and spread over 3 hectares, the new GSIS branch building in Quezon City “offers convenience to its visitors
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More than 600 people are under investigation in Turkey in connection with buildings that collapsed in devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Contractors and building owners are among 184 people already in detention awaiting trial, according to Turkey’s justice minister. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks killed thousands in Turkey and Syria when they hit
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A cat owner wept with joy as her beloved pet was rescued from a damaged building in Diyarbakir, Turkey on Friday, Feb. 24. floor of the partially destroyed Galeria business center. Rescuers used a crane to reach the cat, who was subsequently placed safely in a carrier and then reunited with her crying owners. The
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Binance, the world’s largest blockchain ecosystem, is strengthening its commitment to maintaining trust, integrity, and transparency in the crypto ecosystem, setting a new example that all centralized exchanges can follow. In a new policy paper titled Building Trust in the Crypto Ecosystem, Binance is presenting new guidance on how industry players and users can work
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The Philippines and Taiwan sounded the alarm after dozens of suspicious Chinese ships and planes were discovered in the South China Sea on Friday. “In order to undermine the Taiwanese public’s confidence in the military’s ability to protect the sovereignty of the island, China’s near-daily air and sea incursions are likely to increase in number
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An asteroid larger than the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, is approaching Earth on Wednesday evening but will pass at a safe distance. Asteroid 2005 YY128, estimated to be over 4,000 feet wide, will pass 2.8 million miles from our planet at 7:46 pm ET, the closest it has been to our planet in
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Key points The death toll from the devastating earthquakes has exceeded 7,200. Thousands of children are believed to be among the dead. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces. Members of the extended family pulled the newborn alive from the rubble of a house in northern Syria, one relative
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Martin Holliday of Lowestoft can view the mural from his workplace. He thought he was being removed. “Definitely. They put in a lot of effort to close the entire building with scaffolding,” he said. “The top of the gable has been removed, as has the chimney. “We assume that if they were going to remove
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