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Champs-Élysées Makeover Inspires U.S. Advocates To Push for Better City Arterials

As Parisians celebrate a new plan to pedestrianize the Champs-Élysées and cut car traffic in half, Americans street safety advocates demand redesigns for their own cities’ dangerous downtown arteries.

Street Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic Asphalt – Los Angeles applies recycled plastic asphalt on first major city street

The material, now being tested on California roads, is made using recycled PET plastic and promises longer-lasting road treatments.

CityQ is like a four-wheeled electronic-drive ebike

According to its designers, it legally qualifies as an ebike, meaning that it can be driven in bike lanes and other car-free areas. It also doesn’t require a driver’s license to operate.

New catalyst converts common plastic waste into fuels and wax

A plastic bag and waste plastics could be transformed to valuable chemicals in high yields.”

CES 2021: Seven Trends To Watch For At The Virtual Show Where Virtually Anything Is Possible

CES opens on Monday January 11th and courtesy to Covid-19 this year’s show will be a little different than previous years. Instead of the tech exodus to Las Vegas this year we’ll all be sitting in our offices or at home dialing in to enjoy the annual tech-fest virtually.

By 2035, all new cars sold in Massachusetts must be electric

The plan, dubbed Massachusetts 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap, looks at various factors that contribute to carbon pollution. State administrators noted that cars are major contributors to carbon pollution, and any plan to achieve net-zero emissions must include the eradication of fossil fuel-powered automobiles.

Make Way for the ‘One-Minute City’

While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation.  

3D food printer can replicate dishes using fresh ingredients

The Foodini 3D food printer allows users to fill the printing cartridge with their own ingredients to print a wide range of fresh foods

Plans for a sustainable garden footbridge above the Seine

The plant-filled bridge would be used for growing food for restaurants and residents, as well as a base for solar and wind power

A new EV battery shows big promise

QuantumScape says a car using its batteries could charge to 80 percent of capacity in just 15 minutes compared to the potentially hour-plus charging times required for today’s EVs. The company says cars with QuantumScape batteries also could have an 80 percent longer range than ones using today’s lithium-ion batteries.