With approximately 10,000 visitors and residents going in and out of the building.
I want to replace the phrase going in and out with one word, maybe flow will work? I don't know if there's such a word as people flow.
With approximately 10,000 visitors and residents going in and out of the building.
I want to replace the phrase going in and out with one word, maybe flow will work? I don't know if there's such a word as people flow.
Traffic or foot traffic are often used for that.
Traffic: the volume of customers visiting a business establishment (M-W)
"Approximately 10,000 visitors and residents visit the building."
"Approximately 10,000 guests and residents visit the building."
Visit [viz-it] verb (used with object)
to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.
to come or go to
Referring to the temporary nature of visit, I think it accounts for both coming and going and the general transitive nature of the people at the building.
Approximately 10,000 visitors and residents stream to the building.
Stream
OED definition:
A mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction
Example: ‘I do not expect to see lines of refuges streaming to the borders,’ said Reams.’
Source: OED
OR
A massive influx of approximately 10,000 visitors and residents to the building.
Influx
OED definition:
An arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things.
Source: OED
The words stream and influx can be used to discard "going in an out."