The cool pavement technique is neither a gimmick nor a failure. It reduces the surface and sub-surface temperatures, which helps the road last longer. However, if the goal is pedestrian comfort, cities may need to consider shade, tree cover, and where these coatings are used, not just the color of the coating.
Well, since pedestrians are like the 3rd or 4th concern when it comes to roads, it sounds like white and silver roads are in our future. — Cynical Snarky Online Comment.
3rd or 4th
I love your optimism
Am I thinking wrong?
If you walk down the street and there is reflective coating under you, don’t you now get hit by sunbeams from top and bottom?
it’s in the article.
Also, Phoenix uses mostly white concrete for roads, it’s too hot for asphalt.
Bold of you to assume humans can walk outside in Phoenix.
I lived in NC for years. I could never understand how so many people could be so fat in that weather.
Anything but cutting off burning oil. I mean it’s a step towards short term comfort but it’ll keep getting hotter as we have polluted our air and have not stopped.
6.6°C, for the record
Still fool enough to live in a desert.
Phoenix exists as a monument to human hubris. You aren’t actually supposed to live there. /s
