The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

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Green Infrastructure

Recycled Tires Increase Longevity of Troup County, Georgia Road
Troup County, Georgia and The Ray are excited to announce that the Tom Hall Parkway paving project will use recycled tires mixed into the asphalt to increase road durability and reduce road noise.

Environment

Bioswales on The Ray
The Ray and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have installed five to ten acres of native grasses and pollinator plant seeds in the median and northbound lane gore area of Exit 6 on I-85 near LaGrange, Georgia.

Environment

Safe Tires a First Step on the Road to Zero
If our nation is to eliminate preventable deaths everywhere, it will need to eliminate preventable deaths on the roads. We hope this can begin by using creativity and awareness to eliminate deaths on a stretch of highway southwest of Atlanta.

Energy

The Solar Highway of the Future
As many of America’s asphalt and concrete roads crumble, solar pavement may offer a brighter future.

Green Infrastructure

Building a Sustainable 'Highway of the Future'
The long-term goal of The Ray is to build the world’s first sustainable road, a highway that could create its own clean, renewable energy and generate income by selling power to utility companies, while producing no stormwater runoff or other pollution and eliminating traffic deaths.

Green Infrastructure

How to Build an Infrastructure Inventory
The Ray is featured in the Atlas Blog

Events, Media & Communications

John Picard to Speak About The Ray at Sustainatopia
John Picard to speak about The Ray at Sustainatopia, today and tomorrow.

Environment

Combating Pollution with Bioswales
Last week, The Ray and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) installed five to ten acres of native grasses and pollinator plant seeds in the median and northbound lane gore area of Exit 6 on I-85 near LaGrange, Georgia

Events, Media & Communications

Allie Kelly of The Ray to Speak at AIA NY's Viral Voices VI- Virtual Displacement
Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray will be one of the panelists for AIA New York Chapter's "Viral Voices VI - Virtual Displacement" on Thursday, March 30th at the AIA Center for Architecture.

Innovation & Technology

Can U.S. Highways Evolve After 60 Years of Stagnation?
Cars are getting smarter—can’t the road get smarter, too? That’s the question Harriet Langford is trying to answer along an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in western Georgia.

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