Jul 30 2009
The Worst Roads in America - do you travel on any of these?
Political Blog Daily Kos has a great posting today about the worst roads in America and what it means for our future prosperity and travel.
The posting sites traffic and road condition data from numerous sources including ASCE (I couldn’t resist the shameless self-promotion) and publishes the results of a recent Freakonomics Blog survey of drivers about the worst roads across the country.
From Daily Kos: The economic stimulus bill passed earlier this year dedicated $48 billion to transportation infrastructure. However, the Department of Transportation was saying 4 years ago they needed $500 billion over 6 years to deal with congestion & fix everything that’s weathered, broken, or in need of replacement. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2009 Report Card on America’s infrastructure estimated a need for about another trillion in funding over 5 years to substantially improve bridge & road conditions.