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- On the road to a sustainable and durable futureVarious initiatives are experimenting with new materials to build more sustainable roads in the future. Many roads are made from asphalt or concrete, but…
- World’s first electrified road recharges your car batteryIn Sweden, the world’s first electrified road was opened, which recharges the battery of cars and trucks driving on it with the aim of…
- Smart Biobased Fabric Monitors Road Conditions in Real TimeResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (WKI) and their partners have created a biobased fabric that monitors asphalt roads in real…
- Wattway: a solar road to clean energy in NormandyAn average road is used only about ten per cent of the time, which means that ninety per cent of the time, it is…
- Sustainable Plastic Road Future?Will future roads be made from recycled plastic bottles? Netherlands based company VolkerWessels believes so. This construction company recently presented a concept for the…
- The first carbon negative road in the NetherlandsOn 1 November, the first CO2 negative road in the Netherlands was opened, located on the N211 between Poeldijk and The Hague over a…
- A ‘knitted’ road made with stones and stringResearchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) are investigating how roads could be reinforced without the use of bitumen…
- On the road to clean up face masksResearchers at RMIT University in Australia showed how disposable face masks could be recycled to make roads. During the ongoing pandemic, disposable face masks…
- The first Dutch fossil free roadCalled Harsfalt, a biobased and fossil fuel free asphalt alternative has been used to create two pieces of trial road in the Netherlands. Asphalt…
- Biobased Asphalt Trials Mark a Step Toward Fossil-Free RoadsThe Netherlands has taken another meaningful step toward fossil-free road construction. KWS, working for the Province of Drenthe, is now installing three trial sections…
- Conductive concrete can help to de-ice the road in winterSnow can be as much fun as it can be a nuisance, especially for traffic. Chris Tuan, professor of civil engineering from the University…
- Foldable bicycle helmet from recycled plastic keeps you safe on the roadDepending on where you live and how the infrastructure is, cycling may not be the safest option for you. A helmet makes it a…
- Building roads and houses with cigarette buttsAnnually, trillions of cigarettes are produced worldwide, resulting in millions of tonnes of toxic waste in the form of cigarette butts, many of which…
- Dutch road the first to have hard shoulders made from RedutonA road in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands will be the first to use Reduton, cementless panels of grass concrete, for a…
- Making highways smarterReconsidering everyday materials such as the asphalt and road paint that make up our highways is opening the door to some exciting innovations. Highways…
- The world’s first bicycle path from recycled plasticThe province of Overijssel in the Netherlands will get the world’s first, and second, PlasticRoad, a road made from recycled plastic, in the form of…
- From Shopping Bags to Streets: Turning Plastic Waste into InfrastructureGlobal plastic waste is projected to exceed one billion tonnes a year by 2050. Yet only about nine per cent is currently recycled. Researchers…
- “We don’t need more designers. We need reformers!”The behaviour of materials The future is similar to evolution, and materials are starting to show more and more of that behaviour. We are…
- Self-healing asphalt can repair itself using a magnetic fieldCracks in asphalt are a common sight, but a pain to repair. It is expensive and because the roads need to be closed down…
- Helmond Tests Biobased Asphalt Made with Forestry and Agricultural ResiduesThe municipality of Helmond has started the Netherlands' first municipal trial of biobased asphalt. The new road surface replaces part of the fossil-based bitumen…
- A new path for pavingAsphalt is asphalt, right? Well, no, at least not for much longer. Recent innovation promises to change the way we surface roads for ever.…
- Giving Old Steel Bridges a Second Life: A Circular Future for InfrastructureOver the next three decades, Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management, will replace or renovate numerous outdated bridges, viaducts, and…
- The world’s first modular bicycle tire systemNorwegian brand reTyre offers a modular bicycle tire system with integrated zip-on technology that allows you to adapt your tire thread. The system consists…
- World’s first lighted zebra crossing in the NetherlandsBecause pedestrians on zebra crossings are badly visible in the dark or during bad weather, many accidents happen on a daily basis and all…
