States with the worst roads
Was a bit of a surprise to me that the usual suspect was not on the list: The list You can ignore the commentary in the article I just posted it for the list.
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We just drove east to west all the way thru Iowa last summer and I didn't think their roads were worse than average.
I agree that Florida has good roads and part of that is the fact that the state makes so much from tourism. And I'd guess tourists like good roads. Also the state controls road maintenance on state roads. And Florida spends almost all it's money they receive for road maintenance on just that. Not buses, subways, light rail or bike trails. Road tax money (aka gas tax) should go 100% to road repair and new roads. Not one dime to bike lanes or mass transit. Cities do waste money on bike lanes but the counties build a lot of bike trails on old RR right of ways but I think they use a special fund for that. I know locally there is great outrage and big crowds at city council meetings when they attempt to reduce the number of lanes on roads to put in a bike lane.
I can't believe Louisiana and California aren't at the bottom of the list. I suspect their survey methods are very poor.
I agree that Florida has good roads and part of that is the fact that the state makes so much from tourism. And I'd guess tourists like good roads. Also the state controls road maintenance on state roads. And Florida spends almost all it's money they receive for road maintenance on just that. Not buses, subways, light rail or bike trails. Road tax money (aka gas tax) should go 100% to road repair and new roads. Not one dime to bike lanes or mass transit. Cities do waste money on bike lanes but the counties build a lot of bike trails on old RR right of ways but I think they use a special fund for that. I know locally there is great outrage and big crowds at city council meetings when they attempt to reduce the number of lanes on roads to put in a bike lane.
I can't believe Louisiana and California aren't at the bottom of the list. I suspect their survey methods are very poor.
