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Substandard roads are costing American drivers $80 billion in maintenance costs
More than a quarter of major American urban roads are in substandard or poor condition and cost the average driver $377 annually, according to a report released Thursday by national transportation research group TRIP. The report, “Bumpy Roads Ahead: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make Our Roads Smoother,” notes that 27 percent of the […]
October 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Texas’ transportation funding nightmare
Here is a very scary prediction: “By 2025, only 21 percent of Texas’ roads will be in good or better condition.” It’s not my prediction, it comes from the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas, and its contained in a story from the Houston Chronicle’s chron.com. The story should upset us. It […]
March 10, 2011
Roadbuilding
TRIP report: One-fourth of Wyoming’s roads substandard, state has high traffic fatality rate
Nearly one quarter of Wyoming’s major roads are in poor condition, with pavement deterioration projected to worsen significantly in the coming years under current funding levels, according to a new report released today by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation organization. In addition to substandard road conditions, 22 percent of the state’s bridges are deficient […]
December 3, 2009
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