Street Fight

Bay Area cities and counties largely managed to prevent further deterioration of their local street and road networks in 2017. Data released today by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)...

Bay Area cities and counties largely managed to prevent further deterioration of their local street and road networks in 2016. Data released today by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)...

Contra Costa County is home to some of the best pavement in the Bay Area — and also some of the worst. Data released today by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) show the county’s more...

The streets of San Francisco may be smoother than those in the Bay Area’s two other major cities, but still rate no better than “fair.”

Pavement conditions on the typical road in Solano County are much like those in the rest of the Bay Area: seriously worn and in need of rehabilitation within the next few years. Data released today by...

Pavement conditions around the region improved ever so slightly in 2015, but the typical Bay Area street remains seriously worn and likely to need rehabilitation soon. Data released today by the...

The allocation of tax dollars lies at the very heart of cities’ and counties’ continuing struggle to elevate the quality of Bay Area pavement. Predictable, long-term funding is imperative if local...

As we've seen, many factors affect a city’s or county’s PCI score. These include the size of the street or road network, the age of the pavement, climate and precipitation, traffic loads and available...

MTC has long advocated pavement preservation to help cities and counties get the biggest bang for their pavement buck. Just as regular oil changes are far less expensive than a complete engine rebuild...

Just as there are a variety of funding sources for pavement maintenance, and different ranges of pavement quality, so too are there various classifications for local streets and roads. A roadway’s...