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... Airport Respondents U.S. Airport Respondents Large Hub Medium Hub Small Hub Non-Hub So1.
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... . Fifty percent of medium airport respondents rated their airport's social sustainability management at 1, compared with higher assessments for economic and environmental sustainability management.
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... Airport has an onsite child care facility and subsidizes • child care for employees. Airport offers performance-related pay and pay • benchmarking.
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... Airport offers "cell phone lots" to reduce terminal • circling. Active Transportation Management Association facili-• tates ride matching, van pooling incentives, and transit subsidies.
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... airport respondents cited practices to • comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) :• All facilities comply with the ADA Standards for • Accessible Design and continue to improve access.
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... Respondents from large hub airports and non-U.S. airports identified the following practices related to indoor environmental quality: High standard of equipment for staff.• Thermal comfort is taken into account early in the • building studies process with a double goal of energy efficiency and employee comfort.
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... . Survey respondents identified the following practices to enhance passenger well-being at their airports: Internet access.• Golf course.• Banks, shops, post office.• Chapel.• Planters and open green space.• Park and nature trail near airport.• Full-service Bank of America branch.• More than 70 retail outlets.• Main post office.• Quiet rooms.• Airport hotel being planned.• Wi-fi Internet access.• Spa facility in the terminal.• Internet access in most terminals.• Meditation rooms.• Child play areas in terminal concourses.• Dog walking park.• Airport is planning a fitness club in the terminal in the • next five years.
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