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The Italian road service Autostrade per l’Italia is testing innovative street lighting aimed at improving safety and reducing energy consumption. The developed lighting solution improves road visibility at night and in fog. It is focused on the surface of the highway, acting as an “optical guide” for motorists. This was reported by the Italian specialized […]
Road maintenance is expensive and time-consuming, so the UK has developed an autonomous machine designed to detect and seal surface cracks on highways that could develop into potholes, which can save time and money. The robotic road maintenance system is based on artificial intelligence, which helps to accurately and autonomously detect and repair potholes and […]
One of the problems associated with lunar missions is fine dust or regolith. Once in a low-gravity environment, tiny charged particles hang in space and pose a serious danger to the operation of Earth’s mechanisms. New research has shown that regolith can be turned into smooth roads by directing a laser at it. The strength […]
Russia builds a new highway from Rostov-on-Don to the temporarily occupied Mariupol. This was reported by Radio Liberty based on a comparison of satellite images from Planet.com for October 2023 and October 2012. Satellite photos show that the route (marked with a red line) will pass far from populated areas – as journalists speculate, probably […]
India has begun building roads, the main component of which is steel slag that has been accumulating at metallurgical enterprises. The technology for using such slags in road construction was developed by scientists at the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI). According to their conclusions, the innovative method not only solves the problem of mountains of […]
The European E20 route with electric vehicle charging is the first such highway in the world. The project is currently under development. By 2025, Sweden will have highways where electric vehicles can be charged. This will simplify the operation of electric cars. This was reported on the CarBuzz website. Sweden is working to create an […]
The amount of the tax will depend on the distance traveled and will be from UAH 1 to UAH 3, depending on the weight of the vehicle. The Cabinet of Ministers has registered a draft law in the Verkhovna Rada, which provides for a fine for non-payment of a new, as yet non-existent road tax […]
The number of roundabouts is increasing in Kyiv. Urban planners consider them a safe form of traffic flow diversion. Employees of the CP SHEU of the Dnipro district arranged a circular traffic “island” on the street. Peter Vershigory. The works were carried out in accordance with the changes to the traffic organization scheme and “to […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated part of the country’s regions from Russian invaders. Among them are Kyiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions. However, during the occupation and fighting in these areas, the housing stock and road infrastructure severely damaged. Therefore, the relevant agencies promptly began to get rid of the traces of orcs, as their […]