Our future is our investment. The streets in Rhode Island need to be made a priority because the lives of motorist and those in their surrounding are being put in danger by their street’s poor condition. Forty-one percent of the state’s roads are damaged and has little maintenance. Making their state one of the states with the worst road conditions within the nation. Rhode Island needs to invest more money into road repair to save money, to keep residents safe, and prevent future damage. The condition of the roads has gradually worsen throughout the state of Rhodes Island. “A new report released from the white house ranks RI as one of the worst states in the country when it comes to road conditions.”(Smart Growth America, 2011) This evidence, displays to the political leaders in Rhode Island that not only is fixing the roads a main concern but also making sure that the repairs last several years. …show more content…
The foundation of an accidents can be numerous, one of which can be the condition of the roads. Potholes, wheel ruts, and positive guidance are elements of poor road conditions that have the possibility to cause car accidents. “Rhode Island has the second highest vehicle repair in the nation paying over $661 a year.” (DeQuattro, 2014) The large population of impaired streets in Rhode Island has contributed to residents having to pay over $661 annually in car repair. Although accidents are not intentional; most of them can be prevented. Because of the poor road condition, many car accidents are being caused. Jeopardizing a numerous amount of people. While also resulting in an expensive bill that had the possibility of being
Throughout the book Tom Lewis goes back and forth between the good and bad that came about from building highways. While the paved roads connected our country, made travel time faster, provided recreation, and pushed the development of automobiles they also created more congestion and travel time, divided communities, and made us slaves to automobiles. The author is critical of the highways, but he does realize the great achievement it is in the building of America. Lewis said, “As much as we might dislike them, we cannot escape the fact that ...
Harvey Parnell once said that “[at] one time public roads in Arkansas were so bad that the wild geese, honking southward, would go around them.” In 1927, Parnell, as Lieutenant Governor, helped get the legislation for the Martineau Road Plan passed in the State Legislature. This legislation dealt with the improvement of the state highway system. Parnell also proposed the building of roads in the rural areas connecting outlying communities with the main state highway. Parnell, and Martineau before him, worked to make sure that the new highway system would not be paid for by personal property taxes but by the taxes on gasoline and vehicle licenses. This way the people paying for the new highway would be the people who actually use it. As ...
Travelling across the country in an old Ford Model T would never be easy; but, traveling in a Model T on a bumpy dirt road with ruts and holes, almost unbearable. Thankfully, many advances in America’s roadway systems came about in the 1900s. Traveling from one city to another became not only quicker and easier, but also safer, thanks to the many innovations that roadways experienced over the last century. Many engineers put in a lot of time and effort to make these innovations and need to be accredited for their scientific achievements. However, getting to the roadway system that we take for granted today did not happen overnight. It took new technology and some brilliant minds to bring the pieces together to form the luxury of nice, smooth
...h contractors willing to invest in Texas’ infrastructure and build toll roads for us, or we are quietly sinking into a pit where our roads will be falling apart because we will not have the funding to repair and maintain them.
Many mass construction projects in the history of the United States have had a major impact on the economy and culture; however, not many of these have had as large as an impact as the Interstate Highway Act of 1956. The Interstate Highway Act revolutionized the way that we think about highways today. The act created an extremely easy mode of transportation for people across the country. Not only was the Interstate Highway Act extremely helpful in making rural and urban transportation for normal people, but it also helped commercial businesses in increasing sales across the country. These businesses were now able to transport their goods cheaper and faster. The Interstate Highway Act was tremendously beneficial in regards to its economic, social, and cultural significance. The legislation was significant economically in the way that it promoted business and cut travel costs, it was significant socially in the way that it allowed people to see friends and family even if they did not live close, and it was significant culturally in the way that it allowed people to move out to the country for low costs in order to live a happier life.
Steeped in history and surrounded by a diverse range of natural beauty, Somerset is a popular destination for tourists. Given the importance of tourism to the local economy, city officials, homeowners and businesses rely on asphalt pavement to help make a good first impression on visitors and keep them coming back. Somerset residents know that asphalt pavement is fast to install and maintain, provides an extremely smooth ride, is long-lasting, looks great and is very cost-effective. Whether they need asphalt paving, crack repair, sealcoating, asphalt curbing, parking lot striping, asphalt milling, bumper blocks or any other asphalt-related service, they also know that they can count on APM for extraordinary results at affordable prices.
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Montana needs safer drivers, on the roads that connect us to the places that we need to go. If a driver is not responsible, then all drivers are at risk. When a person is driving, their life and their passenger’s lives are in their hands. Families on both sides of a drunk driving accident experience consequences. This is why Montana needs stricter laws. On one side when the victim is a parent, children will have to grow up without that parent and family unit. On the other side, the drunk driver’s family is also victimized because he/she is incarcerated, costing them more than a loss of a vehicle. If the driver is the breadwinner of that family, then a paycheck is gone. Money is tighter now more than ever in these families. Stricter laws could prevent this. Insurance costs also go up for both the families. "You Drink & Drive. You Lose" and "Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk” ("Impaired Driving...” 1). These statements are factual and the words of these statements make people think more about their part in preventing drunk driving. The people drinking and driving are not only playing Russian roulette with their own lives; they are playing with other driver’s lives. Montana can fix these problems as a State if it works together to pass better laws for drunk
...believe that the state should consider putting more money into repairing roads, both gravel and highway, so they are useable. Many of the people who do not live in town and use the gravel roads everyday could benefit tremendously from this.
The story of the Interstate Highway System begins with several false starts. The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 granted $75 million dollars to states based on population and the distance of roads constructed. The policy was left dead in the water with the outbreak of the Great War. In 1921, with the so-called “Phipps Act”, the bill was resurrected, and paid for the planning of “interstate routes” across the country by General John J. Pershing. This “Pershing Map” would later serve as a guideline for a large portion of the IHS.
Florida has five point two percent of Americas' population, and just two point eight percent of the nations' roads. Population rose over forty percent in the eighties while the number of vehicles increased fifty percent. This means, roads have about twice the amount of traffic necessary. To maintain and keep up with population growth, twenty-four thousand five hundred ninety-eight additional miles would need to be added by the year 2000. The Department of Transportation has said it is highly unlikely due to the minimum amount of funds.
When’s the Right Time to Call for Road Side Assistance? It’s a common occurrence to see a car breakdown on a busy highway of lightly trafficked road. However, most automobile owners don’t know what to do once their vehicle conks out. Usually, they’re torn having to choose between fixing their car trouble on their own or calling for road side assistance for help.
Boarnet, Marlon G. "National Transportation Planning: Lessons from the U.S. Interstate Highways." National Transportation Planning: Lessons from the U.S. Interstate Highways. Elsevier Ltd., 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.
The original intent of street development in our country appeared to be for the legitimate reasons of postal service and agricultural shipping routes. Not until the automobile industry and economic opportunists got involved did the transportation system in America start to change. The system of buses and streetcars in the cities appeared to be functioning reasonably well. The theory of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” was not applied here. The auto industry convinced numerous cities to rid their streets of the streetcars and cut back on bus transportation. Overall results were good, for the auto industry. Urban centers started to lose large portions of their downtown populations to urban flight out of the city. The stereotypical suburban style living be...
“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers” -Dave Barry, comedian. The number of accidents over the last ten years have drastically increased, drivers are paying less attention to the road itself. Many individuals behind the wheel of a car believe that their driving does not affect the road conditions, however it always will. The driving habits of today are catastrophic due to the reasoning that the driving will affect other lives through reckless or distracted driving, and disobeying traffic laws.