The slicker you build the road, the less noise and traction you have.
There’s a whole science around balancing noisiness of roads and brake length.
Porous roads sounds like sand or gravel. Not great for driving or for noise.
There’s a whole science around balancing noisiness of roads and brake length.
Porous roads sounds like sand or gravel. Not great for driving or for noise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeable_paving#Porous_asphal...
it is largely used in highways, actually near 100% of highways in Italy are paved with this kind:
https://www.autostrade.it/en/tecnologia-sicurezza/sicurezza/...
Since several years they are experimenting in various EU cities, particularly for roads restricted to buses, a type of asphalt that incorporates (recycled) rubber which reduces effectively a part of the noise and vibrations, but is seemingly used in US too: