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

FULL STORY: Road quality of top U.S. metro areas

Friday, May 27, 2005 in USA Today

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