Residents of new York often upset by disruptions in the subway, but those who travel around town by car, you feel much better. According to a new report by TRIP, motorists not only kill a lot of time in traffic, but suffer significant material damage due to the poor state of the roads.
The deterioration of new York’s roads and bridges are rising maintenance costs of vehicles, frequent accidents and increasing traffic on the roads — and paying for it all out of pocket motorists. According to a new report from National transportation research group (TRIP), loss of car owners in the state of new York, associated with the «drive on rough roads, lost time and wasted fuel due to traffic accidents in which road surface defects are recognized as a contributing factor» make up a total of $24.8 billion per year. In other words, each motorist annually loses $2.8 thousand is $1.35 thousand more than it spends on travel, the passenger subway.
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«Of course, in many accidents, bad roads,» said Metro Robert Sinclair, representative of the North American Automobile Association. He commended mayor bill De Blasio for the program to restore the roads, but worries that it applies mostly to the main roads, then how many accidents occur on secondary roads. «I know that some of those roads are in pretty bad shape,» said Sinclair.
Most expensive bad roads cost drivers of the part of new York, which is designated in the report as new York- Newark — Jersey city: they annually lose $2768 (compared to $1863 in the region of Albany — Schenectady —Troy $1808 in the area of Poughkeepsie — Newburgh — middletown road). Road Utica deprive each motorist $1262 per year.
According to TRIP, 13% of roads in the region new York- Newark — Jersey city are in «satisfactory condition» and 18% «good.»
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This means that 69% of local roads in «poor or mediocre condition»and 46% of them are classified as «bad».
Bridges across the state also does not withstand criticism in the report of TRIP. According to them, 10% of bridges in new York are in «poor condition», and another 53% were «acceptable».
Another problem of the new York roads — traffic jams. «The average driver in the region new York- Newark — Jersey city loses, waiting in traffic jams, 74 hours a year — almost 2 working weeks, — the report says TRIP. Is $13 billion in lost time and wasted fuel burned per year.»
