Word: traffic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sprucing up comes not a moment too soon. The resorts have been losing business to the cruise lines, which account for some 60% of the traffic to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tourists with limited time or money to spend are choosing ships over land-based resorts as a better value. "The cruise business is just killing the island resorts," says Jim Cammisa, a Miami-based travel consultant. "Like it or not, Americans are not adventurous travelers. The ; cruise offers clean accommodations, good food and consistency...
...attempt to reduce traffic in the Yard, University officials have made the Mass Ave. gate behind Widener Library the main delivery entrance, replacing the West Yard's Johnston Gate, Harvard officials said yesterday...
Since Widener is the destination for most vehicles, the proximity of the Widener gate makes it a more convenient delivery entrance than Johnston Gate, and using it will cut down on traffic inother parts of the Yard, said Jeffrey L. Smith,parking office manager...
Increased traffic has also taken its toll onthe grounds, causing costly damage each year tosprinkler heads, grass and shrubs in the Yard,Smith said...
Robert V. Travers, a traffic attendent atHarvard for 27 years, said that when the gate wasopen in the past, there often was a build-up ofexhaust fumes from trucks driving up to thelibrary. Furthermore, officials found that trucksentering the gate had to make a tight turn...