Denver Closes More Streets To Allow More Social Distancing
Denver is closing more streets to cars to make room for more social distancing — for people biking, jogging, and walking.
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Filling Potholes Cuts Pollution
New research shows that fixing roads is a great way to tackle climate change.
AI Could Better Manage Pothole Repair & Prevention (Research)
John Zelek, a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, has been leading a research group to study how AI could be used to better maintain road surfaces. (Their work may also apply to bridges and buildings.) AI has shown promise in its ability to process huge amounts of information in collections of images to detect patterns. Zelek and his colleagues used images from Google Street View to develop their system. He answered some questions for Cleantechnica.com about the research.
Privatization: Trump Wants To Sell Off US To Millionaires & The Saudis, Starting With Air…
President Trump says he’s going to spend the next week pushing his so-called infrastructure proposals, which are actually just an excuse to sell off YOUR public assets to his buddies. He’s putting lipstick on several pigs that have already been rejected by Republicans in Congress as terrible ideas, starting with the sell-off of the Air Traffic Control system.
City Summer Heat Has Intensified With Climate Change
Mid-August. A great time for four researchers from Climate Central to publish their new report on urban heat islands—areas with high daily urban vs. rural temperature differences. Almost anybody over 60 will tell you the organization of leading scientists and journalists is right on. My city’s stats are just above. … [continued]
Road Of The Future (Infographic)
We’ve written about recycling roads, smart roads that light up at night & look different in different weather conditions, solar-powered bike lanes and roads, and wireless EV highway systems (even one being put in place right now). This infographic below from Car Loans 4U features all these things and a few more. Check … [continued]
Bacteria Can Build Better Roads for Our Peak Oil Years
Local jurisdictions in Red state America, increasingly unable to agree to taxes to jointly afford repaving at peak oil prices are simply letting roads decline – in the same way as after the fall of the Roman Empire, in the dark ages there, many roads in Europe returned to mud … [continued]
Wind Turbines Don't Hurt Property Values
A new comprehensive study — The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi-Site Hedonic Analysis — conclusively shows that property values are not harmed by wind turbines and wind power facilities. The study, conducted by Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory shows that neither … [continued]
