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Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!
By: guest2 Date: May 24, 2014, 9:38 pm
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Re: Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!
By: AGelbert Date: May 25, 2014, 12:52 am
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JD,
I like it! ;D (especially the part about never having to shovel
snow!).
I want my driveway made of this stuff! The possibilities are
endless... (i.e. signaling to somebody that should not be on my
driveway to GTF off of it. LOL!). Of course you can flash a
WELCOME as well!
I can even have some fun luring the outdoor cats into chasing a
light sequence.
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Hmmm. I wonder how the raccoons and skunks will react. ;D
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Re: Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!
By: AGelbert Date: January 5, 2016, 2:59 pm
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Liz Dwyer, TakePart | January 5, 2016 1:18 pm
To reduce air pollution and traffic congestion, cities around
the world are booting cars off roads and encouraging people to
bike to work or school. It’s a great suggestion—until terrified
bikers find themselves riding on a street with only a stripe
painted on the pavement to separate them from cars and trucks.
Showing up to work a sweaty mess after cycling a long distance
on a hodgepodge of inconvenient, congested side roads doesn’t
have much appeal either.
Germany, the country that invented the modern highway for motor
vehicles, is taking on the challenge of keeping bikers safe and
enabling them to easily commute long distances. It opened a
three-mile-long leg of the Radschnellweg, a new autobahn for
bikes, just before the New Year.
Instead of forcing riders to avoid swerving vehicles on a busy
street, the Radschnellweg is a dedicated multi-lane highway for
two-wheeled transport. The bike lanes are about 13 feet wide,
are lit at night, and, like a road for cars, will be plowed
during winter to remove snow.
Martin Toennes, a representative of the regional development
group RVR, said nearly 2 million people live within about one
mile of the road, The Local reported. A study from RVR found
that the bike highway could result in 50,000 fewer cars per day
on roads in the region. According to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the exhaust pipe of one passenger vehicle
pumps about 4.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere, so the reduction in Germany could make a significant
dent in greenhouse gas emissions.
The thoroughfare, which primarily runs along decommissioned
train tracks, is supposed to expand to 62 miles in length and
connect 10 cities and four universities throughout the Ruhr
district in northwest Germany.
The expansion isn’t without its problems. In Germany, building
and maintaining bike routes has traditionally been the domain of
local governments. That means that figuring out who will cough
up the nearly $200 million needed to fund the expansion of the
highway has become a political hot potato.
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For this first section of the bike autobahn, the EU picked up
half the tab. The German government and the RVR split the other
half. “Without [state] support, the project would have no
chance,” Toennes said. As a result, some politicians have
floated the idea of paying for the roadway with something motor
vehicle drivers are all too familiar with: billboard
advertising. ::)
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Agelbert NOTE: Bike superhighways to help us get off of fossil
fuel poisons is an excellent idea.
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If
they can do it in Germany, we should do it in Vermont. We have
bike lanes but that is peanuts compared to the Bike Superhighway
concept.
For the fossil fuel worshippers
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who will be quick to
point out that bike lanes and bike superhighways will require
ASPHALT (i.e. require fossil fuels to make and maintain), that
is BALONEY.
You DO NOT have to make these roads from fossil fuel based
materials BECAUSE bicycle wheel distributed load pressure on the
surfaces DOES NOT require the engineering involved in asphalt
(or concrete - another road material requiring a lot of energy
to produce) for roads.
And YEAH, bikes can carry and haul a LOT MORE than just people.
There are all weather bikes and there are hauler bikes.
And, of course, there's the electric boost bikes that have
excellent range because bicycle weight is nothing compared to a
truck or a car's weight.
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Cargo bikes are built to carry a bunch more than your typical
bike. Stronger frames intended for heavy hauling mean you can
load them to the hilt knowing they are up to the task. Keeping
the load low means that you maintain a reasonable center of
gravity and the dynamics of the bike stay bike like. This makes
a cargo bike great to ride, despite the burden of heavy items.
Cargo bikes are up to a variety of tasks and can make your life
easier and more enjoyable, whether you’re in need of a
logistical solution or a more fun way to fetch groceries.
Fill bike with stuff. Ride bike with gusto. Enjoy.
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