Re:How Seattle Got More People to Ride the Bus
by njarboe on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:35PM
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What about concrete? US interstates can go decades with high truck traffic if they are concrete.
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Re:How Seattle Got More People to Ride the Bus
by kuschku on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:45PM
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Pure concrete leads to significant shifts between the plates over the years, leading to the well-known bump every time you pass between plates. This obviously affects the bus’s suspension, and passengers, negatively.
Concrete with asphalt on top of it has the issue of the asphalt having to be replaced frequently.
I’m not sure if US interstates with concrete are different, but these were the only options discussed here in Germany.