Draft #2 Summary for the article " New paths for the roads of tomorrow".
Last updated on October 15th, 2019
In a post from JCDecaux’s blog, "New paths for the roads of tomorrow” (2017), the author has listed out several trends for road developments that could bring about positive impact to human lives and greater sustainability. The first example the author gave was substituting the material that is used on the road surface. He listed the undesired effects “asphalt” brings and cited separate projects developed by engineers - adopting material derived from “recycled plastic” and recycling waste (cigarette butts) by mixing them with asphalt to form a new mixture. The author also mentioned incorporating technology into roads which include developing roads that could harvest electricity and planting panels into roads that generate heat, melting down snow and ice that has accumulated on the surfaces. Improving the safety of roads. The last trend mentioned by the author was “Smart Highways” which uses sensors to detect motion that activates the light when cars are present thus saving electricity.
While the author presented several creditable projects for road improvements, these ideas have been tested and proved to work to a certain extent. In fact, some had shown great potentials. However, several ideas have only undergone the initial phase and haven't been fully adopted yet. Limitations of these project are not listed. These raise the uncertainty on whether or not these projects discussed in the blog post could improve human accessibility on roads. Thus more research could be done to demonstrate its feasibility on real-life roads.
In a post from JCDecaux’s blog, "New paths for the roads of tomorrow” (2017), the author has listed out several trends for road developments that could bring about positive impact to human lives and greater sustainability. The first example the author gave was substituting the material that is used on the road surface. He listed the undesired effects “asphalt” brings and cited separate projects developed by engineers - adopting material derived from “recycled plastic” and recycling waste (cigarette butts) by mixing them with asphalt to form a new mixture. The author also mentioned incorporating technology into roads which include developing roads that could harvest electricity and planting panels into roads that generate heat, melting down snow and ice that has accumulated on the surfaces. Improving the safety of roads. The last trend mentioned by the author was “Smart Highways” which uses sensors to detect motion that activates the light when cars are present thus saving electricity.
While the author presented several creditable projects for road improvements, these ideas have been tested and proved to work to a certain extent. In fact, some had shown great potentials. However, several ideas have only undergone the initial phase and haven't been fully adopted yet. Limitations of these project are not listed. These raise the uncertainty on whether or not these projects discussed in the blog post could improve human accessibility on roads. Thus more research could be done to demonstrate its feasibility on real-life roads.
JCDecaux.(2017, October).Re: New paths for the roads of tomorrow. Retrieved from
https://www.jcdecaux.com /mobility-trends/new-paths-roads-tomorrow
https://www.jcdecaux.com /mobility-trends/new-paths-roads-tomorrow
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