State Highway Performance Ranked
California has the sixth worst performing road system in the country, according to the Reason Foundation, which publishes an annual report on road conditions and traffic congestion. How does your state rank?
The Reason Foundation recently released its 16th Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems, complete with interactive map showing ranking and basic data for each state.
The study measures the performance of state-owned roads and highways from 1984 to 2005 in 12 different categories, including traffic fatalities, congestion, pavement condition, bridge condition, highway maintenance and administrative costs to determine each state's ranking and cost-effectiveness.
According to the study, nearly 52% of urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose last year, while road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved. In addition, the study found that:
- The three states with the worst highway system performance are New Jersey, Alaska and New York.
- The three states with the best performance are North Dakota, South Carolina and Kansas.
In terms of congestion, the performance measure that most people care about personally, California, Minnesota, New Jersey and North Carolina are stuck in the worst traffic, with over 70% of urban Interstates in those states qualifying as congested.
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