“Right Choice, Right Now" (RCRN) is the concrete pavement industry’s proactive, educational campaign aimed at educating and providing objective, well-reasoned truths about the cost benefits of concrete pavements, as well as their environmental and other sustainability benefits.
ACPA encourages members and affiliates to order our unique, two-pocket "Right Choice, Right Now" folders and include free documents supporting the RCRN campaign. The supporting documents may be downloaded, customized, and printed for free. These materials, as well as correspondence on your own company or organization's letterhead, can provide some compelling information to public officials about the economic and sustainability features and benefits of concrete pavements.
The timing of this campaign is particularly relevant now in view of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which provides much-needed funding aimed at meeting the needs of the nation's transportation infrastructure. The ARRA is, of course, also designed to create and sustain jobs that will have a direct and positive impact on the economy.
Please don't delay. Order your folders and download the educational information to help increase the awareness among public officials at the state, county, and municipal levels. Follow the steps below to order your RCRN folders and produce the supporting materials for your RCRN campaign package:
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Download, customize, and print the information you'd like to include. First, click here for the capstone document (Changing World), as well as supporting information on economic (Saving Green) and sustainability (Going Green) features of concrete pavements.
Next, be sure to include our "Quick and Direct" flyers listed below, as well as any other information you'd like to include about the features and benefits of concrete pavements. You can even add a customized letter on your own company/organization’s stationery!
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Distribute the materials every chance you get. Be sure to have plenty of stocked folders with you for meetings with Departments of Transportation, public works officials, airport authorities, media contacts, civic groups, citizens’ organizations, and others who would benefit from this information.
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Be sure to let us hear your feedback! Please let us know about the reactions and responses you hear from customers and others with whom you have contact. Also, if there are topic areas we haven’t covered with our downloadable materials, please let us know by dropping a line at contact@pavements4life.com or calling ACPA at 847-966-2272.
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Quick and Direct Flyers (Download All QDs in a Zip File)
QD001P - Equivalent Designs of Concrete vs. Asphalt |
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In a 30 year life-cycle cost analysis, concrete can cost almost 50% less than an equivalently designed asphalt pavement.
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Innovative surface texturing techniques are producing concrete pavements as quite as typical hot mix asphalt pavements.
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Did you know porous asphalt pavements are high-cost alternatives to concrete pavement resurfacing techniques?
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Durability problems with asphalt pavements results in perpetual maintenance.
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Tire and road noise can be controlled! Here are the realities of selecting asphalt to address the problem of urban noise.
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Learn why concrete is cooler than other surfaces… and why that’s important in a growing number of urban areas.
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Differences in surface friction between concrete and asphalt have dramatic effects on skid performance.
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A recent study showed trucks require about 6.9% more fuel to travel on asphalt vs. concrete. See how this also affects harmful air emissions.
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Some simple truths about the reflectivity of concrete … and why concrete pavement is not only safer but less costly to illuminate than asphalt.
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Here’s why concrete pavements are a better resurfacing choice than asphalt.
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This flyer describes some of the environmental features and benefits of concrete.
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Learn how concrete pavements can reduce workzone fatalities and injuries, as well as why they’re safer than asphalt pavements.
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The speed at which asphalt roadways are constructed, along with frequent maintenance requirements, is costing you time and money.
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Here are even more ways concrete pavements help conserve natural resources, as well as why they’re better for the environment than asphalt.
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Learn why the durability of concrete pavements could potentially save lives, reduce gasoline consumption, save money on vehicle repairs, and help clear congestion.
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Here’s why state and local agencies are turning to concrete to make better use of limited funding.
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For those considering public-private partnerships, here is some straight talk about the economic benefits of concrete pavements.
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Learn how the rigidity of concrete pavements can reduce gasoline consumption, save money, and reduce the environmental footprint of various roadways that are being constructed or reconstructed across the United States.
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Here's how the appropriate “Mix of Fixes” can maximize the serviceability of a
roadway network while also minimizing agency costs.
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The U.S. transportation infrastructure has fueled economic prosperity for generations past,
but will it keep the nation competitive in the global marketplace of the future?
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Learn how the choice of road materials can save fuel and reduce our dependence on oil imports.
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Forecasting asphalt prices is not a perfect science,
nor is it a problem with easy solutions. So what can be done?
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Learn how concrete pavements can reduce gasoline consumption, save money, and reduce the environmental footprint of various streets that are being constructed or reconstructed across the United States.
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Concrete’s lighter color makes it cooler than asphalt. This reduces energy needs, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and global warming!
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Tel. 847.966.2272