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Rubber Sidewalks Replacing Concrete In Some Cities
KFMB: San Diego, CA ^
| 11/20/06
| KFMB News 8
Posted on 11/20/2006 7:20:43 PM PST by jonesboheim
From recycling electronics to shredding sensitive documents, now recycling old tires can become easily maintained sidewalks.
Sixty-five cities are reducing the number of old tires dumped in landfills. Companies shred them, bake the fine particles and the use the material for sidewalks.
These interlocking panels have cracks between them to allow water and air to reach tree roots, which delays the upward thrust of the roots. When the roots do rise, the panels will not break, making repair easier.
The cost of the rubber sidewalks is three times more than concrete, but in the long run it is less expensive because you spend less time repairing.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boingboing; concrete; rubber; rubberbiscuitstoo; sidewalks
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Anyone seen these in their neighborhood yet???
To: jonesboheim
To: jonesboheim
My knees would appreciate it if they would hurry up and do my neighborhood.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:21:41 PM PST
by
msnimje
(You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
To: jonesboheim
Is this where the rubber meets the road?
Literally?
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:23:07 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
To: jonesboheim
I refuse to walk on any rubber sidewalk in San Francisco.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:23:24 PM PST
by
nhoward14
To: jonesboheim
When I was a kid I used to think it would be cool to have rubber highways and concrete tires.
Gimme a break...I was 8 years old at the time.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:23:28 PM PST
by
capt. norm
(Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
To: jonesboheim
does this mean the sidewalk can catch fire?
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:24:24 PM PST
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: jonesboheim
Lawsuits on the way. I have heard people contend tires from cars cause health problems in inner cities.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:24:24 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
To: jonesboheim
Huell Howser did a show on these. It seems like a good idea, however I wonder if they are heavy enough to stay in place. And if they are fairly light, I could see a problem with theft.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:24:31 PM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: jonesboheim
This is a conspiracy. Big Rubber cannot be trusted!
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:24:37 PM PST
by
Slump Tester
( What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: jonesboheim
Anyone seen these in their neighborhood yet???
No, but they look pretty cool as flooring in that Bud Light commercial! ;-)
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:25:56 PM PST
by
RedCell
("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)
To: jonesboheim
We have some that replaced concrete in a little playground downtown. We'll see how well they winter, but they're sure comfortable to walk on.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:27:42 PM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: jonesboheim
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:28:51 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
( I am sitting under my cone of silence, inside a copper wire cage wearing a tin foil hat...)
To: jonesboheim
Off topic, but I heard that France grinds up nuclear spent rods and use them to build roads. Is this true?
To: jonesboheim
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:29:13 PM PST
by
aligncare
(Beware the Media-Industrial Complex!)
To: nhoward14
I wonder what the sidewalks around University of Southern California will be like.....after all....their mascot is...
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:31:17 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire)
To: nhoward14
I refuse to walk on any rubber sidewalk in San Francisco. LOL. I guess you'ld need non-slip soles or tire chains or something. ;~))
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:32:11 PM PST
by
Ditto
To: jonesboheim
These interlocking panels have cracks between them to allow water and air to reach tree roots, which delays the upward thrust of the roots. Does this make sense? I thought roots grew toward their water source, so cracks should make the root problem (sorry) worse, not better. If for some reason the cracks help, why not make concrete sidewalks with similar cracks?
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:32:21 PM PST
by
TChad
To: jonesboheim
I'd like to get some of these panels for my cellar floor.
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posted on
11/20/2006 7:33:51 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Do I really need to include the sarcasm tag?)
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