I'd like to see California consider reducing the total mileage of roads and focu...

s1artibartfast · 2024-11-20T18:05:11 1732125911

Oregon manages about 40% the road miles of California with 10% the population and 70% of the tax revenue per capita.

xvedejas · 2024-11-20T23:35:15 1732145715

I imagine that all states would have more trouble managing more roads than they currently do, and less trouble managing fewer roads than they currently do.

s1artibartfast · 2024-11-20T23:42:01 1732146121

I dont follow? Are you invoking some diseconomies of scale. California has about twice the roads but more than 5X the budget.

xvedejas · 2024-11-21T02:19:45 1732155585

My prior post is choosing not to compare the two at all. In isolation, it is easier for California to handle fewer roads than it currently does.

brewdad · 2024-11-20T20:43:01 1732135381

Start with the fire department. They are the ones demanding 60 ft wide residential streets so that their trucks can turn around without having to drive a few blocks out of the way.