{"id":15380,"date":"2013-02-12T10:28:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15380"},"modified":"2013-02-12T10:28:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:28:36","slug":"roads-that-make-themselves-safe-charge-your-car-and-turn-off-the-lights-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/roads-that-make-themselves-safe-charge-your-car-and-turn-off-the-lights-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads that Make Themselves Safe, Charge Your Car, and Turn off the Lights [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spend a lot of time discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2013\/01\/lower-prices-for-electric-vehicles-at-hangin-with-sustainablog\/\">the vehicles that travel on roadways<\/a>, but not nearly as much on the roads themselves. But roads matter in environmental terms, and not just because of the land they displace (though that&#8217;s important, too): the <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbuildingelements.com\/2010\/10\/22\/innoventor-recycles-pig-waste-for-road-paving-roofing-products\/\">materials that go into them<\/a>, and the means by which they keep traffic moving are just two of the considerations of road construction that impact the world beyond the structures themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But can we construct roads in ways that are more environmentally benign&#8230; or perhaps even beneficial? I mean, it&#8217;s just a road&#8230; right? Take a look at some of the technologies featured in this infographic that show very creative approaches to thinking about the purposes our roadways might serve. 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