Dec 1, 2015
A Year-Long US Road Trip Where Every Day is Around 70F
Climatologist Brian Brettschneider created this calendar year long, 9,125 mile US road trip where each day is at or very near 70°F (21°C).
Tag: roads
Nov 12, 2015
Watch This Machine Prints Brick Roads
This amazing road-building machine rolls out brick lanes like a carpet, creating roads anywhere from 3-20 ft wide. The road printer can lay 500 square meters (5,380 sq ft) in a single day.
Jul 7, 2015
Every US Highway Drawn in the Style of a Transit Map
Graphic designer Cameron Booth draws every current and signed Interstate Highway and U.S. Highway in the contiguous 48 states in the style of a transit map.
Jul 6, 2015
Welcome to Baldwin, the Steepest Residential Street in the World
Dunedin, New Zealand’s is where you will find Baldwin Street, the (hotly contested) steepest residential street in the world.
Jan 19, 2015
Picture of the Day: The Dark Hedges of Northern Ireland
Photograph by GIUSEPPE MILO Website | Facebook | Twitter | 500px Seen here are Northern Ireland’s famous ‘Dark Hedges‘, a breathtaking avenue of beech trees that were planted over 200 years ago by the Stuart family. According to Ballymoney Tourism, “it was intended as a compelling landscape feature to impress visitors as they approached…
Jan 6, 2015
Photographer Captures “Roads Less Traveled” Around the World
In a series simply entitled, Roads, photographer Andy Lee presents a collection of beautiful roads around the world. On Behance, where I came across the project, Lee states, “getting lost is half the fun”. He continues, by quoting a snippet from Jack Kerouac’s famous novel, On the Road: “There was nowhere to go but…
Oct 12, 2014
Picture of the Day: One Side of this Street Has LED Lights
Photograph by alreadytakenusername on reddit In Seoul, South Korea the government has begun to replace old street lights with new LED lamps. The goal is reduce electricity costs and light pollution. In the fascinating picture above by reddit user alreadytakenusername, the difference is quite dramatic. Not only are the LED lights more efficient and…
