In the summer, dark asphalt roads and roofs absorb heat from the sun and then put it back into the air, making cities get hotter and take longer to cool off, in what’s called the urban heat island ...

Researchers propose a figurative and literal green solution to improve the durability of roads and sidewalks: an ...

Snow and ice can damage paved surfaces, leading to frost heaves and potholes. These become potential hazards for drivers and ...

The Romans might have built the first roads for overland movement of army troops, slaves and officials, but the future might come from the Netherlands. The good ol' asphalt could soon be replaced by ...

Scientists turn algae into asphalt, cutting cracks in freezing weather and slashing carbon emissions from roads.

A street in downtown L.A. will soon be repaved, but the road won’t be quite the standard asphalt road we’re used to. Instead, it will be covered with a material made, in part, from recycled plastic ...

Jun. 6—GOSHEN — Several roads across Goshen will have lane restrictions next week. Streets Department project manager Andrew Lund said at the Goshen Board of Public Works meeting on Thursday that the ...

In the winter of 2021, the first-ever asphalt additive made from recycled plastic bottles was commercialized. It features NEWTLAC 5000, a new additive with exceptionally high durability, oil ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Most of Oahu's highways and streets are paved with asphalt. But University of Hawaii Civil Engineering professor Amarjit Singh thinks that type of surface is reaching the ...

Asphalt covers more than 94 percent of the paved streets in the US, but have we gone down the wrong road with our choice of building material? Dutch firm VolkerWessels thinks so and has unveiled plans ...

• Based on socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, concrete roads provide superior returns on social capital outlays in the medium to long-term basis The ongoing debate between concrete road ...