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Phosphorescent Bicycle Path Built in Poland

posted by martyb on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the bright-idea dept.

butthurt writes:

TechCrunch reports on a new bicycle path built in the Polish city of Pruszków. The surface of the path is phosphorescent: after a sunny day, it will glow through the nightime.

According to BBC News, there was a similar project in the Netherlands in 2014: phosphorescent paint was applied to 500 m (547 yards) of a highway. The hope was that the markings could replace electric lights.

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  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday October 09 2016, @05:18PM

    by butthurt (6141) on Sunday October 09 2016, @05:18PM (#412124) Journal

    We're told it's "a light-emitting material that charges in the sun." I don't know what the material is, but if it were radioluminescent it would be self-contained.

    The bitumen used in plain old tarmac emits a variety of hydrocarbons, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons--which are carcinogenic, especially when it's being laid.

    http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol103/mono103-001.pdf [monographs.iarc.fr]

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  • (Score: 1) by Francis on Monday October 10 2016, @02:12AM

    by Francis (5544) on Monday October 10 2016, @02:12AM (#412263)

    Presumably it wouldn't be radioactive, but, given the history of these substances and ones used for road markings, I'd personally like to know what it is if I were going to be living near it. The lead compound they used to use for those yellow lines on the road isn't exactly something that you'd want to be inhaling if you can help it.