A few years ago I wrote a post about a new initiative in Vancouver: using recycled rubber for a sidewalk, on the south side of the 500 block of East 17th. Here is some of what I wrote at the time: …
After dreaming one night about flexible sidewalks made of rubber and later seeing the interlocking rubber flooring at a health club, Richard Valeriano, who as a public works director in Santa Monica, came up with the idea of rubber sidewalks. But…
Garden Tips: Rubbersidewalks are just the tip of the recycled iceberg
Over 10 years ago I wrote a column about Rubbersidewalks, a new product made from recycled rubber tires. They are an interlocking sidewalk paving system designed to save trees by helping ameliorate the problems that arise when roots of street trees heave and crack sidewalks. Too often city trees are... Read more
Sixty cities in 15 states are taking a playground approach to sidewalk maintenance. They’re testing rubber sidewalks as a way to avoid the costly repairs of concrete walks that have been broken up by tree roots. Officials say the rubber sidewalks as a win-win. But some residents aren’t so sure.
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Still working well in Vancouver. Come on the rest of the world, catch up.
After dreaming one night about flexible sidewalks made of rubber and later seeing the interlocking rubber flooring at a health club, Richard Valeriano, who as a public works director in Santa Monica, came up with the idea of rubber sidewalks. But…
Great idea and this was a thing years ago, why then never caught on I don’t know. maybe they pollute or break easily?