Texas Ranks Well In A Recent Study Of America’s Highways
Texas placed 13th in the nation for state highway performance and cost effectiveness in a recent study of America’s highways by the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has released an Annual Highway Report for the past 19 years. Overall, the study found that highway conditions across the country are in the best state they have been in since the organization began researching them in 1984. The recession is attributed for these improved highway conditions, explains Fort Worth accident attorney Mark A. Anderson. With less people on the road, the rate at which pavement deteriorates decreases and fewer collisions and fatalities occur.
While Texas places much lower than California when it comes to cost effectiveness, its ranking for fatality rates is much higher, explains the Fort Worth accident lawyer. In 2008—the most recent year with complete highway statistics and on which the study is based—$93,464 was spent in administrative costs for every mile of state road in California, none of which ever actually reached the roads. Compare this to the $6,529 spent by Texas. While California placed 13th in the fatality rate per 100 million miles driven, Texas ranked 35th—more than twice as high as California.
“California’s roads may be in poor condition and congested,” commented a California car accident lawyer, “but everyone here was relieved to find out that we placed well in the category of safety.” Although the 19th Annual Highway Report gave state officials some numbers to be proud of, it also identified areas that need to be improved upon. The California car accident lawyer expressed a wish to see California undergo a reform in highway spending, and the Fort Worth car wreck lawyer hopes that Texas will rank lower in fatality rates in next year’s report.
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