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Can recycled materials build a tram line?

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Public transport infrastructure is built to move people. But what if public transport could give more space back to nature? 🌱🚋

In Brussels, Belgium, Tram 10 was developed with a focus on reusing materials, managing rainwater and creating space for fauna and flora.

▶️ In this video, we explore how materials from previous construction projects can find a new life in public transport infrastructure, from reclaimed terracotta pavers and blue limestone kerbs to recycled steel and rubber. We also look at how permeable surfaces and swales can help rainwater naturally infiltrate the soil.

It’s one example of how cities can rethink the way they build and maintain public transport infrastructure, using resources more efficiently while creating more liveable urban spaces.

What is your city doing to make public transport more sustainable? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

#UMX #TramLine10 #Brussels #PublicTransport
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SOURCES
🔗https://www.brussels.be/tram-10-neder...
✔️https://be.brussels/en/transport-mobi...
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BEHIND THE VIDEO
👏 Many thanks to Elodie Santacana and Laure Vandenbossche for kindly participating in this video.
Writing: Muna Traub
Video: Micro Macro
Editing: Quentin Colombier
Production: Malaurie Chokoualé, Andrea Santín
Executive Production: Martin Vendel and Gautam Rao
Graphic and thumbnail design: Gustavo Carreiro
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4 Comments

@urbanmobilityexplained Creator 5 days ago Pinned

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@cliffwoodbury5319 3 days ago

I believe as a civilization we should have been reproposing materials for reuse a long time ago, but it was often stated the economics made it unfeasible, but those days are long gone. I believe the population and price of logistics have dropped so long, if you save something in a warehouse in the same way you do with brand new products, those products could gain a second life somewhere else within our civilization, and be done so while making a profit!

@thepointlessadventures 5 days ago

What a lovely insigh! 🙏

@TheHoveHeretic 5 days ago

I'm acutely aware this may come across as negative, but it's honestly not intended in that way.

In a genuinely innovative and laudable system, the bit about creating what amount to finished slabs of highway stood out. All too often, new highway installations - of all sorts - barely have time to "bed-in" before a utility firm arrives to dig up trenches and all too often fails to reinstate the surface with anything other than tarmac.

Two elements need to come into play to prevent this
(1) at the design stage, realistic account of utility services needs to be included (as do relevant personnel from those utilities)
(2) the design needs to be one which can readily be fully reinstated by third party utilitis - or their appointed contractors (not my first rodeo!) .... who would then be contractually obliged to undertake said reinstatement to a previously agreed standard.

In my seven decades, I've seen far too many superb engineering concepts laid waste by first contact with the big bad world!