California Drops to 45th Nation in Highway Conditions

A brand new examine out ranks California’s freeway system forty fifth within the nation in total cost-effectiveness and situation.

The Annual Freeway Report printed by Purpose Basis is a two-spot drop from forty third total within the earlier report.

That is partly as a result of California is now twenty fifth or worse in all the Annual Freeway Report’s 13 classes, the authors say.

In security and efficiency classes, California’s highways rank forty ninth in city arterial pavement situation, forty fourth in city Interstate pavement situation, forty third in visitors congestion, fortieth in rural Interstate pavement situation, twenty fifth in total freeway fatality fee, and twenty fifth in structurally poor bridges, in line with the report.

California’s state-controlled freeway mileage makes it the ninth largest freeway system within the nation. The state’s drivers waste 14.75 hours a yr in visitors congestion, the report exhibits.

Within the total efficiency rankings, the report ranks California behind comparable states like Texas (sixteenth total) and Florida (forty first), however it’s forward of New York (forty sixth) and New Jersey (final fiftieth).

“To enhance within the report’s total rankings, California wants its spending to translate into higher street and pavement high quality. For instance, the state is among the many highest spending per mile however nonetheless ranks among the many worst nationally in three of the report’s pavement situation classes,” acknowledged Baruch Feigenbaum, lead creator of the Annual Freeway Report and senior managing director of transportation coverage at Purpose Basis.

Purpose Basis’s Annual Freeway Report measures the situation and cost-effectiveness of state-controlled highways in 13 classes, together with pavement and bridge circumstances, visitors fatalities and spending per mile. The report’s knowledge is primarily from 2019.

A brand new examine out ranks California’s freeway system forty fifth within the nation in total cost-effectiveness and situation.

The Annual Freeway Report printed by Purpose Basis is a two-spot drop from forty third total within the earlier report.

That is partly as a result of California is now twenty fifth or worse in all the Annual Freeway Report’s 13 classes, the authors say.

In security and efficiency classes, California’s highways rank forty ninth in city arterial pavement situation, forty fourth in city Interstate pavement situation, forty third in visitors congestion, fortieth in rural Interstate pavement situation, twenty fifth in total freeway fatality fee, and twenty fifth in structurally poor bridges, in line with the report.

California’s state-controlled freeway mileage makes it the ninth largest freeway system within the nation. The state’s drivers waste 14.75 hours a yr in visitors congestion, the report exhibits.

Within the total efficiency rankings, the report ranks California behind comparable states like Texas (sixteenth total) and Florida (forty first), however it’s forward of New York (forty sixth) and New Jersey (final fiftieth).

“To enhance within the report’s total rankings, California wants its spending to translate into higher street and pavement high quality. For instance, the state is among the many highest spending per mile however nonetheless ranks among the many worst nationally in three of the report’s pavement situation classes,” acknowledged Baruch Feigenbaum, lead creator of the Annual Freeway Report and senior managing director of transportation coverage at Purpose Basis.

Purpose Basis’s Annual Freeway Report measures the situation and cost-effectiveness of state-controlled highways in 13 classes, together with pavement and bridge circumstances, visitors fatalities and spending per mile. The report’s knowledge is primarily from 2019.