Los Angeles city streets will worsen and repairing them will become more expensive unless the city overhauls its approach to maintenance, according to a report from transportation advocacy group Streets For All.
Or, hear me out, what if you also had fewer square miles of roads to maintain? Maybe, just maybe, if you didn’t have as many lanes and narrower lanes you’d have a whole lots less to maintain the first place! I think it’s a crazy idea, but if the sarcasm hasn’t set in yet, here’s your final clue: holy fuck stop having so much asphalt you idiots!
My old US city only has about 180k population and it’s a usual US design. It has over 8 square miles of road to maintain! It’s crazy what we keep doing.
They could attempt a public transit system comparable to every comparable sized city in the country.
I find this article confusing, as it’s missing essential details. So: L.A. is using piecemeal pavement surface maintenance techniques, and deferring ADA upgrades.
Why?
If it’s anything like my city, it’s because proper maintenance is extremely expensive. So this report comes out and says, “Solve this problem by spending a lot more money.” Is Streets For All another of these astroturf groups funded by auto industry money?