Cities could provide air - conditioned shelters and cut down on the use of black asphalt in favor of lighter - colored materials. (livescience.com)
For doctors and lawyers and engineers and people like that, drag racing is release, and one day a week on a ribbon of black asphalt in a field somewhere on the perimeter of a town is like a day spent under a billow of sail. (si.com)
Dark - colored or black asphalt absorbs between 80 % and 95 % of the sun's rays, heating up LA's streets up to 150 degrees F. (businessinsider.com)