The True Cost of Deficient Roadways (September 2014)
A report by the national origination TRIP, a national transportation research group, founds that deficient roadways cost each Bay Area driver more than $2,200 annually.
Road Needs Assessment
The California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment (October 2014) In now availble. This report details the failing of California’s streets and roads. It provides a critical analysis and information on local transportation networks' condition. Sonoma County ranks 47th of the 58 counties in California based on the Pavement Condition Index (PCI), which is an improvement from two years ago when we were 51st. See pages 16-17. If voters approve a sales tax increase for roads in June 2015 Sonoma County will greatly improve in the coming years.
Pavement Condition Index Report for Sonoma Co. Roads
Ever wonder how bad your road is? Now you can find out the official Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of your road. This is a measure of road condition on a scale from 1 to 100, with 100 being perfect. Below 30 is considered "failing" and between 31-50 "poor". 74 percent of Sonoma County roads are considered poor or failing.
This report rates the condition of all the 1,370 miles of road in Sonoma County. It was conducted by consultants hired by the county Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW). The survey was conducted in 2012 and 2013 and the report was released in the spring of 2014.
The roads are listed alphabetically A-Z beginning on page 24. The first part of the report provides an interesting overview of pavement conditions and describes the methodology for the survey.
The report lists the road segments evaluated for each road, the PCI rating and estimate of remaining life of the road. As you might expect, many of the roads have zero remaining life.
As the board of supervisors move towards implementing the Long-Term Road Plan, the data in this report will be usefull to community groups who are organizing their neighborhoods to bring attention to their failed roads. If you would like more information on how to organize your neighborhood, see SaveLichauRoad.com.
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MTC Producing Videos on Worst Roads
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is producing a series of videos on the deteriorating conditions of streets and roads in the nine county Bay Area. This video features one of Sonoma County's worst roads, Sonoma Mountain Road.
MTC is going to use the videos in an effort to convince legislators in Sacramento to make more funding available to repair rapidly declining roads.