Some U.S. cities are experimenting with reflective pavement coating to cool hot streets while the two largest North Texas cities have rejected those street coatings. In this heatwave, pavement bakes ...
A public-private research initiative in Pacoima, Calif., a Los Angeles section, is testing a new type of maintenance pavement coating across roads and hardscapes to improve longevity and mitigate ...
As heat waves become more intense and frequent with climate change, cities across Southern California and the Southwest have been trying to ramp up heat protections, such as more shade and cooling ...
When heat waves hit, people start looking for anything that might lower the temperature. One solution is right beneath our feet: pavement. Think about how hot the soles of your shoes can get when ...
The City of Phoenix Street Transportation Dept. applied a light-colored, reflective coating to roads in eight neighborhoods across the city to study its cooling effects. In an effort to combat heat ...
Streets Department employees spread CoolSeal reflective coating on a paved road near the Hunting Park Recreation Center. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, ...
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In Pacoima, one of the hottest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, there are 10 square blocks where the pavement reflects sunlight instead of absorbing it. That asphalt—on streets, playgrounds, basketball ...
Why is our industry so reluctant to try new products and technologies? The construction industry for too long has become accustomed to saying “no.” With the historic passage of the Infrastructure ...
The basketball court at Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Park in Pacoima was covered in solar reflective paint to help reduce heat. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) As heat waves become more intense and ...
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