Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Tucson Has Some of the Worst Roads in the Nation

Outside of California, there's no big city with worse roads than Tucson. TRIP, a transportation research group, says Tucson ranks fifth in the nation among large cities for highest percentage of roads in "poor" condition -- 53 percent. Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego were the only big cities (population more than 500,000) to beat out Tucson, and out of smaller cities, only Antioch, California, and Reno, Nevada, had a higher percentage. If you've been to Tucson at any time over the last decade, this probably isn't surprising. The TRIP report estimates that 27 percent of all the nation's major urban roads are in "substandard" condition, meaning Tucson's about twice as bad as the national average. Phoenix was right around average, with 30 percent of its roads in poor condition. This was all done using 2011 Federal Highway Administration data. TRIP says these roads "provide an unacceptably rough ride to motorists." The organization estimates that these roads cause car owners to pay for more vehicle repairs, and figures that Tucson has the seventh-highest vehicle operating costs in the nation.

5 comments:

  1. I am so glad I found this blog. I agree with you completely. Driving down Grant between Wilmot and Campbell is comparible to driving off-road. In fact, I have driven on dirt roads outside of Tucson that are in better condition.

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  2. potholes on broadway wrecked my motorcycle, while i was riding next to a cop, the cop just cruised by while i went down, the city blamed me, for driving at night and not noticing the huge unmarked pothole due to construction work

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  3. As many of these posts illustrate, Tucson is full of ignorant, low class people who wouldn’t know culture if it slapped them in the face. The beauty of the desert is overrated. Southern Arizona is just an extension of Mexico. They can have it back. There’s a reason Arizona was the last state in the continental U.S. to be admitted. If you don’t golf, like Mexican food, or ride a bike for fun, you’re screwed.

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