How Does The Quality Of Your City's Roads Measure Up?

USA Today publishes a chart showing the quality of road ratings for U.S. metro areas with populations above 250,000.

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May 27, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen


Ratings are based on TRIP analysis of 2003 Federal Highway Administration data.

California cities seemed to fare the worst. Among cities with the highest percentage of roads rated "poor":

  • San Jose (67%)
  • St. Louis (66%)
  • Los Angeles (64%)
  • Antioch, CA (62%)
  • San Francisco-Oakland (60%)
  • San Diego (58%)
  • Trenton (54%)

    However, a 1999 GAO report (PDF, 1MB) suggests state ratings are not based on consistently applied criteria across the nation.

    Thanks to Chris Steins

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