new ways for Europe – the digital streets of tomorrow

Roads today

• Existing all over Europe
• Core infrastructure for traffic & transport in Europe
• In one piece (tar or concrete)
• Is monofunctional
• Is affected by the weather
• Does not or barely use sideways, green or similar
• Provides too little parking space
• Fosters traffic jams through stiff traffic routing
• Location of environmental pollution through CO2 emissions & sound
• Cost intense
  • Construction
  • Maintenance

Roads in Europe cost money, but: Roads in Europe must be modernized

Roads tomorrow

• Existing all over Europe
• Forms the core infrastructure in Europe for electricity, digital communication, fresh- & wastewater
• Is multi-functional
• Is weather independent
• Uses the whole roadside space for electricity & noise insulation
• Can automatically generate parking space
• Reduces the likelihood of traffic jams & accidents through an intelligent traffic management system
• Supports the reduction of CO2 emissions & noise pollution
• Writes off itself early even with maintenance

Basis for a Europe wide electricity and charging station network & the development of autonomous traffic.

The Fundament

• made of MAS stones

• In the sides: lines (electricity, water, communication)

• On top: the road

  

The road ________________________

• modular construction
• Every module consists of
  • Surface layer
  • LED & heat conductor layer
  • Electrode layer chip, scales, sensors, GPS (or similar) etc.
  • Base plate

 

Roadside

• conical wind power plants
• build in rows divided by hedges 

  

 

The charging stations of tomorrow

• Basis for Europe-wide electricity network
• Network of batteries/charging stations on the whole European continent
• Can be clustered
• Saves derived energy

  

• Offshore wind power stations at coast side
• Solar power from the Mediterranian
• Solar Roads
• Conical wind power plants at roadside
• Can be exchanged at low costs
• Can be operated by private persons (Recharge at your neighbours)
• Can be charged through road electricity (wind & sun)

Opening of up of new business areas through private electricity  trading

Advantages:

• Controllable traffic control system
• Volume of traffic can be analyzed live
• Supports camera analysis
• Speed limits can be adjusted to actual traffic
• LEDs road signs can be used to adjusted lanes according to traffic or needs

• Speed & load violations can be recognized live
• Road can inform the traffic control center about objects on the road with exact location
• Road can communicate with vehicles

Provides autonomous & half-autonomous vehicles the possibility to receive & read data regarding other vehicles, objects, traffic rules, weather etc.

• Wifi & radio from the road
• The road can communicate the exact location and event to traffic control center
  • Possibility of the regional- & rest marketing of the road through information binding to modules
• Support of constituting alleys through visual identification for drivers & transmission of information to vehicles
• Decreases the flooding danger
• Decreases the risk of accidents caused by ice & snow
• Potholes can be exchanged individually
  • Shortens the repair phase

    

  • No need to scarify the roads
  • Decreases the maintenance costs
• Draining oil can be absorbed directly
  • Reduces environmental protection costs
  • Road can discharge water & can be heated

 

• Wind power plants can be set directly to the roadside
  • Low sound pollution, not problematic for environment on highways
  • No interference of the landscape
  • Traffic provides steady wind
  • Traffic sound pollution is minimized through hedges between wind power plants for road environment
• Wind & solar power can supply the electricity network with current from the fundament

  

  • Development of an electronic system below the road surface
  • Fewer above earth high-voltage cables
  • Lower sensitivity towards objects in cables

• Supports the development of a power charging network
  • Saving of energy at peak times in charging station network
  • Transfer of electricity through charging station network when needed
  • Minimizes the range problem of vehicles
• Amortizes itself
  • Wind & solar power can be sold
  • Revenue through advertisement via modules

Disadvantage:

We have to build it.