Posted on 10/02/2006 7:55:06 PM PDT by FairOpinion
The % of roads in "good" condition in CA's major cities is in single digits, as in less than 10%.
THIS Is why we need the Prop. 1B, the roads infrastructure bond.
CA hit the worst state in the nation based on roadconditions in 2001 and things have just continued to get worse.
More info at
http://www.tripnet.org
"The ten urban regions with at least 500,000 people, which includes the city
and its surrounding suburbs, with the greatest share of major roads and
highways with pavements that are in substandard condition and provide a
rough ride are: San Jose – 66 %, Los Angeles – 65 %, San Francisco –
Oakland – 58 %, Kansas City – 58 %, New Orleans (pre-Katrina) – 56 %,
San Diego – 54 %, Sacramento – 50 %, St. Louis – 46 %, Omaha – 46 %
and New York City – 45 %."
How did Michigan miss this list? You could always tell when you hit the Michigan border on Hwy 23 by the sound of the potholes...
Still can.
We were having the discussion about Prop. 1B, the roads infrastructure bond. This report shows that we are reaching criticality.
Look at the tables in the article ( I don't know how to post tables).
Only 3% of LA and SF's roads qualify as "good", over 60% are bad, and the rest mediocre.
Fresno is leading with 13% of their roads qualifying as "good".
As I said, we have reached almost emergency status on need for road repair.
I don't drive California roads very frequently anymore, but I do about once a year.
I'm not surprised that Texas didn't make that list. When I moved here from California I was shocked in the difference between roads. Most country roads in Texas (called FM or farm to market roads) are smooth as glass.
Not dissing California. The roads leading into the Sierras get more traffic and harsher weather conditions than Texas does. But the conditions exist statewide in both states.
Have any of you driven I-35 between Oklahoma City and Dallas? It's like driving on a cobblestone road. Maybe it's me though.
You obviously haven't been driving in CA.
Obviously the judges who made this determination have never been to PENNSYLVANIA!
Huh? No Pennsylvania? The land of PennDOT's orange cones? What gives?
Look at the list on this pdf file:
http://www.tripnet.org/RoughRideReportApxAOct2006.pdf
The cities with single digit % of good roads are in CA.
We posted a little over a minute apart...great minds, you know...
Heck yeah! I'm in connecticut, but have to agree with that. I-84 in NY sucks pretty bad, too.
Prop 1B won't help anything. Arnolds 'green' friends in city and county government have decided that if they don't pave roads then people won't drive their cars. So they stopped and are criminally letting our infrastructure disintegrate.
California's budget expanded this year because revenues increased from all the taxes we are paying for high energy costs among other things. Why doesn't the governor use that windfall to pay for it instead of burdening Californians for untold generations with horrific bond indebtedness?
these beloved illegal aliens, cannot support the infrastructure it takes to keep this state going. They live on welfare, or work very low income jobs. If these dems in the assembly and senate think they are going to base an entire state economy on them, they will continue to be at the bottom of the 50 state heap for everything. I really don't think they care.
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