Technology and policy leaders discussed the highway infrastructure of the future at the recent Transportation Research Board annual meeting, offering up the benefits of using recycled materials and sending electricity through the pavement.
Government Technology By Skip Descant January 19, 2024
It’s not just the transportation modes that have to modernize and innovate if the world is to meet the challenges of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The building materials the infrastructure is constructed from will need to change as well.
“Infrastructure is the key to achieving the energy transition,” said Franz-Josef Ulm, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), speaking on a Jan. 10 panel at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Ulm has been involved with the development of technology that sends electricity through roadways, which is especially applicable when thinking about the future of recharging electric vehicles. The process doesn’t involve wiring the roadway like an electric blanket, but mixing a carbon material directly into the concrete.
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