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‘Cool Pavement’ to Cut Urban Street Heat Gets First California Tryout in Canoga Park (LA Daily News)

The new light gray surface on Jordan Avenue read a cool 70 — on what would turn out to be the first heat wave of the year.

September 9, 2021
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As featured by the Los Angeles Daily News:

Los Angeles, which had pioneered the use of compressed natural gas trash trucks and other vehicles, is now at the forefront of developing a “cool pavement” to lower temperatures along its thousands of miles of baking asphalt streets.

For the first time in the Golden State, it is testing a reflective street surface officials say could cut public road temperatures, cool the insides of nearby buildings, lessen air pollution and reduce the threat of deaths linked to increasingly hotter heat waves.

This article was originally published by the Los Angeles Daily News. Read the full article here.

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