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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 29, 2014 at 7:39am

Here is some info from their site in English:

http://www.solaroad.nl/en/

h' 1.0 said:

Facebook blocked at work-- but if this idea is that special bicycles that can ride on the surface of waterways will be the next thing, Venice is going to be giving Amsterdam a run for its money in terms of "bicycling city" status.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on October 29, 2014 at 8:06am

Damn those dutch pink commie socialists and their neverending need to flaunt their smugness.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on October 29, 2014 at 10:03am

Thanx Juan!  I've been watching this tech intently.  Though I've read about a few fractions of parking lots done before, this is the first I've heard of a full scale practical test install.  Opens to riders in mid November

As a pilot, approximately one hundred meters of SolaRoad cycle path will be placed along the provincial road N203 near Krommenie. Before the actual construction of such a cycle path, it will thoroughly be tested in a laboratory environment. In the autumn of 2014, the SolaRoad cycle track will be built. It will then remain in situ there for a number of years. During this time, research will be conducted continuously and the technique will be further developed.

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Permalink Reply by Sydney Barton on October 29, 2014 at 11:22am

There's also this http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml

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Permalink Reply by Sydney Barton on October 29, 2014 at 11:25am

Oops! Just noticed your reference to solar freakin' roadways.

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on October 29, 2014 at 1:24pm

You are welcome! So far there is no comparison to the Solar Freaking roadways but at least it is a serious collaborated start that will be up and running sooner.

Andronymous said:

Thanx Juan!  I've been watching this tech intently.  Though I've read about a few fractions of parking lots done before, this is the first I've heard of a full scale practical test install.  Opens to riders in mid November

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Permalink Reply by S on October 29, 2014 at 1:36pm

I've seen their stuff and I seriously doubt it's going to hold up.  It looks like they're in the testing initial phases and just getting engineering scale studies in.  At this point, it looks like they still need to answer a lot of questions regarding durability, toughness, how it'll function in winter/summer and deal with freeze thaw cycles.  The warmers and led lights sound great but will they actually work well?  Hopefully this pans out but given that they were talking about building a parking lot to test it in 2011, it seems like there were quite a few snags.

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Permalink Reply by JAYMO on November 7, 2014 at 6:21pm

I subscribe to this Electrical Engineering blog:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obS6TUVSZds

As a highly capable engineer I think he has some interesting views on the subject.  Thought I'd share.  

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on November 8, 2014 at 4:26pm

Thanks for that! Looks like those Dutch peeps have a head start. Still I see $$$ wherever I ride and see vast parking lots just sucking up all that sun...

JAYMO said:

I subscribe to this Electrical Engineering blog:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obS6TUVSZds

As a highly capable engineer I think he has some interesting views on the subject.  Thought I'd share.  

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Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on November 9, 2014 at 6:46am

I was skeptical about this from the second I looked at it.  This guy really lays it out.  I wouldn't count on seeing anything like this in the real world any time soon.  Thanks for the excellent, super on-point link.

JAYMO said:

I subscribe to this Electrical Engineering blog:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obS6TUVSZds

As a highly capable engineer I think he has some interesting views on the subject.  Thought I'd share.  

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