roads
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We Can Now Pave Roads With Used Cooking Oil
You might not realise it, but quitting our addiction to oil means more than just finding something besides petrol to put in our cars. If we really want to stop using fossil fuels, we have to change the way we make roads — and cooking oil might just be the answer.
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A Massive Road-Building Initiative Is Transforming Africa’s Landscape
Africa is home to some of the poorest road networks in the world, which act as a major barrier for trade, education and healthcare. Not for long, though — as it’s embarking on a frenetic road-building exercise that could revolutionise the entire continent.
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This Insane Highway Demolition Is The Longest Ever In China
Given the fevered pace of China’s infrastructure development, 16 years is ancient. That’s why the two-lane concrete Zhuan-yang viaduct running through central China, had to go — a bigger and better six-lane freeway was in the works. But to demolish the original roadway without harming the surrounding homes, engineers smothered the blast under a blanket.
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All Roads Should Glow In The Dark
The Dutch design firms Studio Roosegaarde and Hejimans Infrastructure just came up with a brilliant prototype for a “Smart Highway” that uses interactive lighting that adapts to driving conditions to make the roads safer. Enough with crap infotainment systems inside cars that distract us from driving with Twitter and dinner reservations — let’s light up…