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- [How Extreme Deep Freeze Weather Affects Roads](https://www.pothole.info/2024/02/how-extreme-deep-freeze-weather-affects-roads/) - Freeze-thaw cycles are best known for how they undermine pavement integrity. But when things get really cold, asphalt cracks up in a different way. Recently, winters in much of the US have been warmer and wetter, particularly in the upper Midwest, than in previous years. But slicing a cold knife into these seemingly mild winters Deep freeze temperatures wreak their own havoc with asphalt due to a different set of factors and reactions within the structure of the asphalt.
- [The New Bad Intersection: Potholes and E-bikes](https://www.pothole.info/2023/06/the-new-bad-intersection-potholes-and-e-bikes/) - The wild popularity of e-bikes means people are getting out of cars and onto two-wheels. It’s an environmental plus, but safety issues – including potholes – need to be addressed. There is a new user of asphalt in American cities and towns, and it’s not just electric cars. Even as the 4-wheeled EVs are growing Just as fatal to e-cyclists are potholes and failed brakes. With higher speeds the basic physics means the outcomes from those accidents can be much worse.
- [Springtime Pothole Danger for Motorcycles](https://www.pothole.info/2023/03/springtime-pothole-danger-for-motorcycles/) - Motorcycles are only 3 percent of all vehicles registered in the US, but motorcyclists account for 14 percent of fatalities.
- [More Potholes on Streets, Fewer on Highways](https://www.pothole.info/2023/02/more-potholes-on-streets-fewer-on-highways/) - Spring is pothole season so you are seeing them everywhere. So why are there more potholes on residential and commercial streets than interstate highways? There is a lot of money in potholes, but don’t count that as a good thing. The money goes to people other than the driver who has the unfortunate experience of Spring is pothole season so you are seeing them everywhere. So why are there more potholes on residential and commercial streets than interstate highways?
- [Winter of 2023 Among the Worst for Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2023/01/winter-of-2023-among-the-worst-for-potholes/) - Is there something about the winter of 2023 that is extraordinary, pothole-wise? That might well be the case, but not for the usual reasons.
- [Arctic Blasts Slow Traffic Now – and Later](https://www.pothole.info/2023/01/arctic-blasts-slow-traffic-now-and-later/) - Extreme weather creates future potholes. Compounding this is how roads in the South might suffer more because the asphalt formulations are made for heat. The Christmas week arctic blast – bomb cyclone Elliott, as it was called – across the entire midsection and East Coast of the US played havoc on transportation in many ways.
- [Pothole Prep for the Winter of 2022-2023](https://www.pothole.info/2022/12/pothole-prep-for-the-winter-of-2022-2023/) - The top ten states, starting with the worst potholed roads, are: Michigan, Indiana, Rhode Island, Washington state, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, and New York. States and municipalities are trying to stay ahead of road repairs before cold and precipitation go to work on asphalt streets and highways. It’s a race against time in West Virginia. There, Huntington-based CBS affiliate 13 News reports that state highway crews are busy “milling and patching” streets where pavement potholes are a problem. “Crews
- [Spring Pothole Season 2022: Be careful out there](https://www.pothole.info/2022/05/spring-pothole-season-2022-be-careful-out-there/) - It’s pothole repair season, from coast to coast and road crevasse to street pit. And lest anyone think their city, county, or state is more afflicted than any other, we provide for you a snapshot of what asphalt looks like in the spring of 2022: “This year’s pothole season one of the worst in recent
- [Cars and Tires that Withstand Potholes Best](https://www.pothole.info/2022/03/cars-and-tires-that-withstand-potholes-best/) - A heavy body, long travel suspension, and wide sidewall tires hold up best to bumps and dips in the road. Where it comes to potholes and pothole-induced damages to vehicles, we generally consider the pothole to be the problem that needs fixing. Ultimately, eliminating potholes will benefit all users of the roads, from the smallest
- [Cruel March Should be National Freeze-Thaw Month](https://www.pothole.info/2022/02/cruel-march-should-be-national-freeze-thaw-month/) - It’s that time of year, that month that is the dividing line between winter and spring, when hope springs eternal but car shocks might not. March is the month when temperatures fluctuate above and below the freezing mark (32ºF). Of course, the further south one goes that is more above freezing than below, but the
- [Black Ice, Potholes – and Ice Bumps](https://www.pothole.info/2022/01/black-ice-potholes-and-ice-bumps/) - It’s that time of the year: If the black ice doesn’t get you, the potholes might. And so might the ice bumps. Ice bumps? Well, yes – but to be clear ice bumps or ice mounds should not be confused with black ice, those frozen areas of the roadways that, thanks to a combination of
- [Why “Blacktop” Asphalt Paving Rules on Public Roadways](https://www.pothole.info/2021/11/why-blacktop-asphalt-paving-rules-on-public-roadways/) - Asphalt is cheaper to install, and easier to repair, than cement concrete. But both require regular maintenance to ward off deterioration – including potholes. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA), about 94 percent of all surfaces used for transportation – roads, streets, and highways – are paved with asphalt. The characteristics and properties of
- [American Residential History: How Worn Paths Became Blacktop Driveways](https://www.pothole.info/2021/11/american-driveway-history-how-worn-paths-became-blacktop-driveways/) - #post_excerptWhy aren’t there any driveways in pictures of middle class homes from the 1890s? Because they didn’t have cars! The rest is history.
- [Focus On Preservation](https://www.pothole.info/2010/01/focus-on-preservation/) - As States Turn to Pavement Preservation, Road Repair Methods Improve The economics affecting road building and road repair in the current economy are pretty straightforward. Costs for everything are up, funding is down – and road disintegration continues its natural course, unabated. Federal funding assistance for new roads and road preservation is now stimulated with an
- [Covid-19 Traffic Reductions: Pothole Repairs Easier](https://www.pothole.info/2020/04/covid-19-traffic-reductions-pothole-repairs-easier/) - Among the many effects of the coronavirus pandemic response is how urban traffic is down sharply. That makes road repairs easier now – but future use and funding are in doubt.
- [The Life Stages of Asphalt Driveways](https://www.pothole.info/2021/09/the-life-stages-of-asphalt-driveways/) - No driveway lasts forever. But just like with human health, the wellbeing of asphalt pavement depends on attentive maintenance: resealing, resurfacing, and ultimately repaving. New homeowners learn a hard lesson, gradually, as the home and its surroundings age and deteriorate. It depends on the components of the house, garage, driveway, and landscaping elements – especially
- [Car Tires vs. Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2021/01/car-tires-vs-potholes/) - #post_excerptIs there such a thing as a pothole-proof car tire? One Finnish company believes it can be done – so much so they are introducing a very resilient product in North America made of the same material as used in bulletproof vests.
- [The Infrastructure Bill, EV Charging Stations – and Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2021/08/the-infrastructure-bill-ev-charging-stations-and-potholes/) - The 2021 US infrastructure bill leapt closer to becoming law in August with a strong vote of support from the Senate. So what might it mean for pothole repair? The obvious benefit of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (a working title) is in how much will be dedicated to fixing roads and bridges. While“Fix it first is going to be a very important mantra for us. Look at the conditions of our roads and bridges. We can’t allow that backlog to continue.”
- [Polymer-Modified Asphalt a “Game Changer” in Cold, Hot and Wet Conditions](https://www.pothole.info/2011/09/polymer-modified-asphalt-a-game-changer-in-cold-hot-and-wet-conditions/) - In the widening gulf between municipal budgets and road pavement quality, is there any hope the roads will get fixed? Every mayor in America – and Canada and much of the rest of the world – gets elected on a promise to fix potholes. But when elected officials settle into the executive suite they often
- [Pavement Failure in Freakishly High Temperatures](https://www.pothole.info/2021/07/pavement-failure-in-freakishly-high-temperatures/) - #post_excerptAs the “heat dome” conditions of June and July 2021 demonstrated in the Pacific Northwest extreme temperatures at either end can lead to pavement failure.
- [Are Tulsa’s Roads Ironman Ready?](https://www.pothole.info/2021/05/are-tulsas-roads-ironman-ready/) - The national ironman triathlon championship race is in Oklahoma this month. But just three months after harsh winter storms, literal potholes must be fixed. When cities host triathlons, marathons, criterions, and other mass outdoor athletic events, it’s a smart draw for those municipalities to welcome visitors. The athletes and their families and friends often spend
- [Biking Skyrockets: Potholes a Bigger Threat](https://www.pothole.info/2021/04/biking-skyrockets-potholes-a-bigger-threat/) - A bump in the road can be deadly to bikers, motorcyclists, scooter riders, and anyone in 2-wheeled vehicles. The need to fill potholes is greater than ever. The British magazine Cycling Weekly, in a concession to the poor quality of many roads in the UK, offered up an article in 2017 on how to bicycle
- [Street Potholes Breed Mosquitoes](https://www.pothole.info/2021/04/street-potholes-breed-mosquitoes/) - With the onset of warmer weather in North America, it’s time to think about mosquitoes that breed in potholes and carry deadly diseases."Improve the condition of the roads. Apart from it leading to accidents and deaths, now we hear from health experts that it is leading to dengue and malaria.”
- [Beware the Dips: Why Potholes Form Under Viaducts](https://www.pothole.info/2021/03/beware-the-dips-why-potholes-form-under-viaducts/) - Where water flows to is where pavement is most likely to fail. So in areas where water stands still there may well be potholes lurking under the puddles. In the balance of life, there are bridges and there are underpasses. On the former a car will go up and over and the latter it’s down
- [Seeking your pothole opinions!](https://www.pothole.info/2020/11/pothole-survey/) - We are conducting a national survey to identify people's thoughts and experiences with potholes. Your opinion matters so we invite you to participate.
- [Reading the Road](https://www.pothole.info/2021/01/reading-the-road/) - #post_excerptSince the early 20th century, markings and reflectors have helped guide our way and keep us safe while driving. Too bad potholes don’t come with such warnings.
- [The Biden-Buttigieg Transportation Agenda – and Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2021/02/the-biden-buttigieg-transportation-agenda-and-potholes/) - It appears road maintenance, which should mean fixing small cracks before they become deadly potholes, will be prioritized.
- [Arty potholes, improved safety?](https://www.pothole.info/2021/02/arty-potholes-improved-safety/) - Injurious falls occur more often outside the home than in. Artists in Chicago are filling potholes with bicycle parts – perhaps reducing pothole dangers. In this particularly cold and miserable winter of 2021, after the snow is sufficiently scraped or melted away from the streets of Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, there are some filled-in potholes
- [Car Travel Most Common in the Pandemic](https://www.pothole.info/2020/10/car-travel-most-common-in-the-pandemic/) - While airplane and cruise line travel are way down due to the coronavirus, travel by cars is almost exactly where it was in 2019. Better roads help.
- [Work-From-Home: Traffic Down, Potholes Up?](https://www.pothole.info/2020/09/work-from-home-traffic-down-potholes-up/) - Where people work may be permanently affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. What does that mean for commuters, the roads they travel – and pothole repairs? In February 2020 the TRIP organization, a surface transportation research non-profit, released a study that found traffic in northern Virginia costs commuting drivers $2,600 per year due to congestion, vehicle
- [Vehicle-Mounted Sensors See and Feel Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2020/04/vehicle-mounted-sensors-see-and-feel-potholes/) - Tactile Mobility is building a platform for cars and trucks to monitor road quality. Motorists, fleets, and DOTs to get real-time data on bumps in the road. Where it comes to the future of surface transportation – the ways and means to travel and transport on roads, streets and highways – it’s clear that engineers
- [Do Rough Roads Hurt Fuel Efficiency?](https://www.pothole.info/2020/02/do-rough-roads-hurt-fuel-efficiency/) - This data suggests that, given how road quality affects all vehicles – regardless of whether they are traditional internal combustion engines or electric driven – that ensuring better pavement, including that which is pothole-free, offers an environmental as well as financial benefit to motorists and commercial freight haulers.
- [New Ways to Build Roads?](https://www.pothole.info/2020/02/new-ways-to-build-roads/) - So what are the current innovations driving toward smarter, longer-lasting asphalt? What can make our tax dollars stretch further? How can our roads be safer, and less likely to inflict damage to our cars, trucks, and buses?
- [1/15 is UK's National Pothole Day – and the US too](https://www.pothole.info/2020/01/1-15-is-uks-national-pothole-day-and-the-us-too/) - British motorists seem to honor, dubiously, potholes more than we do in America. It’s not like US motorists suffer car damages any less from bad pavement.
- [A leisurely drive through some Michigan roads](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/a-leisurely-drive-through-some-michigan-roads/)
- [Geico Pothole Commercial](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/geico-pothole-commercial/)
- [Russian pothole *the original*](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/russian-pothole-the-original/)
- [Downtown Pothole - Connecticut](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/february-2011-pothole/) - This pothole was recorded in front of a Bank of America in downtown Stamford, CT.
- [The Hubcap Commercial](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/the-hubcap-commercial/)
- [Swimming in Ireland's Biggest Pothole](https://www.pothole.info/2014/10/swimming-in-irelands-biggest-pothole/) - Young Cork man Liam Keane has become an unlikely hero after a video clip showing him swimming in a giant pothole was viewed by thousands online. The pothole has since been filled in
- [Pothole Detection Via Smartphone Crowdsourcing](https://www.pothole.info/2019/04/pothole-detection-via-smartphone-crowdsourcing/) - LVL5’s “Pavdar” system – recording smartphone video from dashboards – may be the future of pothole detection. Pavdar operates on smartphone cameras, mounted on car dashboards in such a way that the camera records an oblique-angle view of the roadway in front of the vehicle.
- [Michigan Boy Fills Potholes on His Own](https://www.pothole.info/2019/04/michigan-boy-fills-potholes-on-his-own/) - Monte Scott is just the latest to fill those craters with his own initiative. Meanwhile, the state’s governor and legislature mull a huge gas tax increase. When both his mother and grandmother got flat tires on their cars from potholes on their street in late March, 12-year-old Monte Scott took matters into his own hands.
- [Spring 2019 Pothole Report: It’s Nasty Out There](https://www.pothole.info/2019/03/spring-2019-pothole-report-its-nasty-out-there/) - This is the time of year when potholes naturally plague driving everywhere. After some crazy weather patterns, 2019 is turning out to be a doozie, according to NPR and many tweets.
- [World of Asphalt Conference Had Rough Patches](https://www.pothole.info/2019/03/world-of-asphalt-conference-had-rough-patches/) - The conference itself, held in Indianapolis, achieved its goals. But attendees noticed something before they got to the convention center: Lots of potholes. Every two years the asphalt industry gathers for the “World of Asphalt Show & Conference” ...
- [TRB Report Looks at Deteriorating Interstate Highways](https://www.pothole.info/2019/02/trb-report-looks-at-deteriorating-interstate-highways/) - Interstate highways get a much higher load of traffic, particularly in the eCommerce era vs. when they were built, causing expensive wear and tear. One solution: end the ban on interstate tolls?
- [Can Blockchain Fix Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2018/08/can-blockchain-fix-potholes/) - The technology is about far more than cryptocurrency. The founders of PotholeCoin see a future where motorists can join up to pay for their own pothole repairs. The advance of digital technologies has been promising to fix potholes and other infrastructure problems (e.g., graffiti) for the past decade. But the technologies like Boston’s StreetBump and
- [Domino’s Pizza Now Delivering Pothole Fixes](https://www.pothole.info/2018/06/dominos-pizza-now-delivering-pothole-fixes/) - The media – social and traditional – has been on fire this week about potholes. More to the point, the extensive coverage and conversation is about who is fixing potholes. The fixer, by way of funding, is Domino’s Pizza.
- [The Cost of Car Damages from Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2018/04/the-cost-of-car-damages-from-potholes/) - The average motorist shells out $300 per year due to pothole damages. But not all potholes and their aftereffects are created equal. Those costs can be much higher. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), pothole damages to U.S. motorists total about $3 billion per year. On a per-pothole-incident basis, that works out to about
- [Driverless Cars vs. Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2018/03/driverless-cars-vs-potholes/) - When autonomous vehicles come upon a pothole they don’t react like a human. Emerging technologies could solve this problem, but there are ethical issues to iron out.
- [Why Are Winter Pothole Repairs So Lousy?](https://www.pothole.info/2018/02/why-are-winter-pothole-repairs-so-lousy/) - The difference between temporary and permanent pothole repairs illustrates how there are different kinds of asphalt. So why not fix potholes right the first time?
- [Emerging Technologies vs. Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2017/03/emerging-technologies-vs-potholes/) - The Internet of Things, Big Data, and drones can fix pavement before it gets worse. The conditions of our roads tell us we can use all the help we can get. In an age where the Internet of Things (IoT) is being applied to cities – identify leaking water mains, unusually heavy traffic, malfunctioning stoplights,
- [Potholes and Road Hazard Insurance: What’s Covered?](https://www.pothole.info/2018/01/potholes-and-road-hazard-insurance-whats-covered/) - Tire warranties and comprehensive/collision insurance might cover your pothole-related car damage costs. But each has limits – read the fine print, and alert your DOT when you see a serious pothole.
- [Permanent Pothole Repair – In Cold and Water?](https://www.pothole.info/2018/01/permanent-pothole-repair-in-cold-and-water/) - Hot asphalt is more finicky than most people realize: It can’t fix pavement in cold and wet conditions. That’s why newer asphalt formulations were devised.
- [Pothole Predictions for Winter 2017-2018](https://www.pothole.info/2017/11/pothole-predictions-for-winter-2017-2018/) - Accumulating historical data, particularly on El Niño and La Niña conditions, provide some idea on how the coming winter will affect us – and our streets. Predicting the weather is regarded as an inexact science. But from when the first Farmer’s Almanac was printed in 1792 until today, the tools for doing so have improved considerably. The
- [ Innovation and Political Leadership Can Fix Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2017/09/innovation-and-political-leadership-can-fix-potholes/) - In her book, “Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead,” author Rosabeth Kanter sees technology, privatization and political will as the answer to our crumbling infrastructure. Rosabeth Moss Kanter is not an expert on asphalt and potholes per sé. The Harvard Business School professor is a specialist in strategy, innovation and leadership for change.
- [Texas Floods Lead to Texas-Size Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2015/06/texas-floods-lead-to-texas-size-potholes/) - Editor's Note: The flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 far exceeded the conditions described in this 2015 story. The net effects on pavement quality are tertiary to the death and destruction of this storm, but the severe degree of potholes and other infrastructure deterioration will undoubtedly plague the region and impair rebuilding efforts in
- [California Bucks Convention with Gas Tax Increases, New Fees](https://www.pothole.info/2017/08/california-bucks-convention-with-gas-tax-increases-new-fees/) - Infrastructure repairs, potholes included, are targeted with $52.4 billion that will be raised with gas and sales tax increases and electric car fees.
- [Infrastructure Czar Norman Anderson Advocates Holistic Strategies](https://www.pothole.info/2017/06/infrastructure-czar-norman-anderson-advocates-holistic-strategies/) - Highly qualified appointee sees job creation as part of the overall value of modernization and repair of systems that knit America together. The Trump Administration has named Norman F. Anderson to be the nation’s “infrastructure czar,” which provides somewhat of a window on if and how the nation’s roads, airports, ports, public transportation, and electrical
- [Sensors, GPS and Crowdsourcing vs. Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2017/06/sensors-gps-and-crowdsourcing-vs-potholes/) - Newer technologies are reinventing how we fix crumbling infrastructure – in particular, potholes. Cars, bikes, garbage trucks, and drones are part of it.
- [Why Asphalt and Pothole Repairs are a Summertime Business](https://www.pothole.info/2017/05/why-asphalt-and-pothole-repairs-are-a-summertime-business/) - If it seems like winter potholes and summer road repair are on an endless cycle, you’re right. For most pavement repairs, the temperature matters.
- [Poor Infrastructure States Have Other Problems, Too](https://www.pothole.info/2017/04/poor-infrastructure-states-have-other-problems-too/) - How does the quality of infrastructure affect a state economy? How might the condition of roads, bridges, airports, ports, railways, and utilities affect quality of life? Do potholes on our daily commute affect us in other ways? The CNBC cable news channel went about considering these and other factors in 2016, breaking down each condition by state.
- [How Road Crews Fix Potholes in Winter](https://www.pothole.info/2017/01/how-road-crews-fix-potholes-in-winter/) - There’s more than one way to fix a pothole. Some fixes are temporary, some permanent, some were prevented – and maybe a type of bacteria is the future solution.
- [Are Winter 2017 potholes forming near you?](https://www.pothole.info/2017/01/are-winter-2017-potholes-forming-near-you/) - Precipitation and traffic cause most asphalt deterioration. But three things – the month, local weather and road repair budgets – predict when potholes form.
- [Pothole Damage Claims: Drivers Mostly Not Compensated](https://www.pothole.info/2017/01/pothole-damage-claims-drivers-mostly-not-compensated/) - Collision damages from potholes leave many drivers covering the cost themselves. An insurance claim might work (but probably not).
- [Do Salt and Snowplows Cause Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2017/01/do-salt-and-snowplows-cause-potholes/) - Salt and snowplows can make potholes worse. But blame time, traffic, temperature and precipitation for most asphalt pavement deterioration.
- [The Trump Infrastructure Plan and Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2016/12/the-trump-infrastructure-plan-and-potholes/) - Hazardous streets and highways got plenty of attention in the 2016 election. Will the president-elect favor fixes – or exclusively build new roads?
- [Public Works vs. Infrastructure](https://www.pothole.info/2016/09/public-works-vs-infrastructure/) - What’s in a word? Does calling our pavement “infrastructure” instead of “public works” in anyway help fix our potholes? Or is it the other way around?
- [Adios Pavement, Hello Gravel?](https://www.pothole.info/2016/09/adios-pavement-hello-gravel/) - More than just a few municipalities are throwing in the towel on bad pavement. Replacing their potholes are gravel and dirt roads – which have their own issues.
- [Tollway Successes Hard to Ignore](https://www.pothole.info/2016/08/tollway-successes-hard-to-ignore/) - Are toll roads the future of good pavement? The lessons from Colorado’s E-470 might provide us a clue on how to provide pothole-free roadways.
- [So Many Potholes, So Much Cost](https://www.pothole.info/2016/05/so-many-potholes-so-much-cost/) - Potholes are more than a bump in the road, a punch line or a politician’s promises (to fix them). They cost money and lives.
- [Pothole Dummy Laughs Off 1,100 Hard Hits in Chicago ](https://www.pothole.info/2016/04/pothole-dummy-laughs-off-1100-hard-hits-in-chicago/) - Most drivers avoid potholes wherever and however much possible. But others face the problem head-on. For a living. And for laughs.
- [Pothole Sadness From Edmonton](https://www.pothole.info/2016/04/pothole-sadness-from-edmonton/) - Everyone loves Canada and Canadians. But it seems their potholes are very sad and very neglected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8qKfRcJE
- [Can Data Science Fix Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2016/03/can-data-science-fix-potholes/) - Is it possible? Might data science and data analytics help improve our potholed roads? The DataSkeptic podcast looks at what is currently possible.
- [How Humans Respond Emotionally to Potholes ](https://www.pothole.info/2016/03/how-humans-respond-emotionally-to-potholes/) - Some people get angry and bitter over the damage that poor pavement causes. But to protect from vehicular damage and accidents, some people take action.
- [Glassphalt: Have Roads Made with Recycled Glass Changed Pavement?](https://www.pothole.info/2011/07/glassphalt-have-roads-made-with-recycled-glass-changed-pavement/) - When the City of New York repaved a section of Fifth Avenue twenty years ago along the front of the Plaza Hotel with something called glassphalt, the pavement sparkled from tiny flecks of recycled glass in the aggregate mix. But it was neither the recycled nature of the glass, nor the resilience with which the
- [No Spare Tires and Lots of Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2016/02/no-spare-tires-and-lots-of-potholes/) - Tire inflator kits are rapidly replacing the tire in the trunk. They offer some advantages but provide some of their own bumps in the road. It’s never a fun surprise when your car hits a pothole and you get a flat tire. In fact, “surprise” is quite likely not the first word to come out
- [Poor Pavement Hits Lower-Income Americans Hard](https://www.pothole.info/2016/02/poor-pavement-hits-lower-income-americans-hard/) - Damages to cars from potholes can cost more than most households have on hand for emergencies. The cost of slow traffic and accidents may be even greater.
- [A Road Built to Be Bad](https://www.pothole.info/2016/02/a-road-built-to-be-bad/) - Ford intentionally built a very nasty stretch of pavement to test vehicles under pothole conditions. It’s a success – but is that a good thing?
- [NASA or Potholes? ](https://www.pothole.info/2016/01/nasa-or-potholes/) - It isn't necessary to choose between space exploration and fixing the roads, bridges and tunnels. For now, the bumps in the road cost drivers the most.
- [El Niño Winter of 2016 Creating Potholes Everywhere](https://www.pothole.info/2016/01/el-nino-winter-of-2016-creating-potholes-everywhere/) - The phenomenon is altering weather patterns across the U.S. – placing new burdens on highway maintenance crews and budgets in dozens of states.
- [Bikers and Potholes: Injuries and costly litigation](https://www.pothole.info/2015/11/bikers-and-potholes-injuries-and-costly-litigation/) - Cyclists just want to ride, but they can’t if injured by broken pavement. Cities, states and railroad companies often pay out large settlements with victims.
- [How The Hamilton Project Proposes Fixing U.S. Infrastructure Funding](https://www.pothole.info/2015/10/how-the-hamilton-project-proposes-fixing-u-s-infrastructure-funding/) - Road maintenance is not just about raising the gas tax – it’s that but by other means as well. There’s more than one way to fill a pothole.
- [Pothole Pylons Warn Drivers on Quebec’s James Bay Road](https://www.pothole.info/2015/08/pothole-pylons-warn-drivers-on-quebecs-james-bay-road/) - Maintenance costs for a road connecting small communities in the Hudson Bay region were cut in 2015 – and the predictable increase in potholes arrived on cue.
- [Panama’s Tweeting Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2015/08/panamas-tweeting-potholes/) - We’ve always heard the squeaky wheel gets the grease. In Panama City, Panama it’s the tweeting potholes that get fixed. The city by the big canal is growing by leaps and bounds, with newly built high-rise condominiums, office towers, banks and hotels changing the skyline. But the streets haven’t kept up with the buildings –
- [Pothole Danger is Real, Far Worse Than Flat Tires](https://www.pothole.info/2015/07/pothole-danger-is-real-far-worse-than-flat-tires/) - Potholes are more than annoying or costly: they can kill. Some of it has to do with the nature of traffic but sometimes human nature adds to the danger.
- [Oregon’s OReGO Miles-Driven Tracker Test Underway](https://www.pothole.info/2015/07/oregons-orego-miles-driven-tracker-test-underway/) - Oregon is testing a vehicle-miles-driven system that could replace the gas tax as a fairer means, in an era of dropping fuel consumption, to fund road repairs.
- [Fix Existing Roads vs. Build New: All Positions Considered](https://www.pothole.info/2015/06/fix-existing-roads-vs-build-new-all-positions-considered/) - With lower rates of driving, public policies on building new highways need to
- [California rectifies recession-neglected road repairs](https://www.pothole.info/2015/04/california-rectifies-recession-neglected-road-repairs/) - Road repairs in Sacramento and California suffered in the recession. Now some important repairs are bing made.
- [Pothole Primer: How to avoid and recognize car damage](https://www.pothole.info/2015/03/pothole-primer-how-to-avoid-and-recognize-car-damage/) - Potholes cost money and lives. Here are tips to prevent damage from potholes as well as ways to check for damage already done.
- [UK’s Mr. Pothole a Vivid Campaigner](https://www.pothole.info/2015/03/uks-mr-pothole-a-vivid-campaigner/) - A character named Mr. Pothole helps bring attention to bad pavement in the UK. In the US, websites and phone apps do the trick in 2015.
- [Will Michigan Voters Decide to Pay More for Infrastructure?](https://www.pothole.info/2015/03/will-michigan-voters-decide-to-pay-more-for-infrastructure/) - Proposal 1 (May 5, 2015 vote) will change the Michigan gas tax from a sales tax to cents per gallon. Advocates believe the referendum is viable with voters.
- [“Infrastructure – if anything exciting happens, we’ve done it wrong.”](https://www.pothole.info/2015/03/infrastructure-if-anything-exciting-happens-weve-done-it-wrong/) - The HBO comedian illustrates how we maddeningly fail to fix roads, bridges, etc. because it's not a sexy public policy. Oliver has a movie concept to change it.
- [Newest Pothole Repair Technologies at Work in 2015](https://www.pothole.info/2015/02/newest-pothole-repair-technologies-at-work-in-2015/) - With the highly anticipated arrival of Spring 2015 almost upon us, most of the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains will welcome warmer temperatures, grass instead of snow, and streets filled with potholes. Well, perhaps the potholes will not be welcome. But as sure as the sun will shine, there will be many, many potholes
- [Boston Digs Out – To Find Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2015/02/boston-digs-out-to-find-potholes/) - With an accumulation of almost eight feet of snow so far in the winter of 2014-2015, the City of Boston is still trying to figure out how to make streets and public transportation systems operable. But the brutal, heavy-precipitation winter of 2015 in Massachusetts and much of the rest of New England will have an
- [A Gas Tax Isn’t the Only Way to Fund Infrastructure](https://www.pothole.info/2015/01/a-gas-tax-isnt-the-only-way-to-fund-infrastructure/) - The semi-annual discussions on America’s infrastructure spending – including how to fix potholes, as well as bridges, tunnels, ports and public transportation – should be studied in economics classes everywhere. It has everything: supply and demand, the multiplier effect of government spending, the tradeoff of taxation against consumption, international trade/fossil fuel pricing and, of course,
- [Why Are Most Wintertime Pothole “Repairs” Temporary?](https://www.pothole.info/2015/01/why-are-most-wintertime-pothole-repairs-temporary/) - With freeze-thaw conditions prevalent across much of the country, American motorists may wonder why potholes often linger until spring. The reasons are a combination of physics and economics. First, it helps to understand the consequences. In winter and early spring, drivers everywhere are plagued with blown tires, cracked wheel rims and alignment issues that happen
- [California Pavement: Drought, Flood Threats and Green Solutions](https://www.pothole.info/2015/01/california-pavement-drought-flood-threats-and-green-solutions/) - The heavy rains on the West Coast in mid-December 2014 presented a mixed bag for the millions of people who live and work there. On one hand, the ample precipitation may signal the end of a devastating three-year drought. But the damage incurred by flooding and mudslides – with incidences of pavement ripped up by
- [Do Commuter Tax Benefits and Low Gas Taxes Create More Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2014/12/do-commuter-tax-benefits-and-low-gas-taxes-create-more-potholes/) - It’s more than just a pun to say that federal policies toward transportation, road maintenance and conservation are moving targets. As we head into 2015, there are many variables regarding parking subsidies and gas taxes that are at odds with each other. At the top of the news is the price of gas, dipping below
- [Less Driving = Stop Building New Roads?](https://www.pothole.info/2014/12/less-driving-stop-building-new-roads/) - A national research organization argues that automotive trends – vehicle miles traveled per capita, car ownership rates and drivers licenses – are in recession, and that plans to build new highways should be scrapped. Instead, researchers recommend repairing the roads we have, fill the potholes and support alternative means of transportation. Are they right? The
- [Freeze-Thaw Cycles: Expansions and Contractions Cause Potholes ](https://www.pothole.info/2014/12/freeze-thaw-cycles-expansions-and-contractions-cause-potholes/) - It might seem that the extremes of weather – the “polar vortex” freeze in the U.S. and Canada during the winter of 2014, or the triple-digit temp heat waves in the American southwest regions in recent summers – might cause the most damage to asphalt and pavement. But in fact it is the oscillations above
- [Millennials Buying Fewer Cars – But That Doesn’t Mean Abandon the Roads](https://www.pothole.info/2014/08/millennials-buying-fewer-cars-but-that-doesnt-mean-abandon-the-roads/) - A 2014 survey by the WISPIRG Foundation – Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group – found that shifting attitudes about transportation and car ownership are having an effect on where the Millennial generation chooses to live and work. In effect, the study shows younger adults want transportation options beyond cars and highways – and that Wisconsin
- [Montreal’s “Roadsworth” Art Will Last as Long as the City’s Pavement](https://www.pothole.info/2014/08/montreals-roadsworth-art-will-last-as-long-as-the-citys-pavement/) - For anyone visiting Montreal, it is difficult to miss the artwork of Roadsworth, a.k.a. Peter Gibson. That’s because the artist’s canvas is largely asphalt and his “gallery” is the streets and parking areas of the city. When Gibson first because painting from stencils, which he designs, it was in support of bicycling, somewhat mimicking the
- [Buy Broken Asphalt? The Pothole Store Has Some to Sell](https://www.pothole.info/2014/08/buy-broken-asphalt-the-pothole-store-has-some-to-sell/) - Once upon a time there was the Pet Rock. Today, we have crumbled asphalt, the detritus of pavement gone awry, turned into “pothole-pourri” ­– packaged and sold online through a pothole-theme retailer. In case that sounds like an entrepreneurial effort to turn something unpleasant into something a little more fun – and perhaps profitable –
- [Missouri Voters Solidly Reject Road Repair Referendum](https://www.pothole.info/2014/08/missouri-voters-solidly-reject-road-repair-referendum/) - Advocates for road repair and other infrastructure funding in Missouri were handed a solid defeat at the polls on August 5, 2014 with the rejection of a voter referendum that proposed to raise the state sales tax, which would provide funds earmarked for highway construction projects. Voted down by a 59-41 percent margin, the tax
- [Obama Sounds Alarm on Infrastructure Funding](https://www.pothole.info/2014/07/obama-sounds-alarm-on-infrastructure-funding/) - Highway Trust Fund Running on Empty Repairs to highways, bridges and transit cost more than the gas tax takes in – and the HTF is set to run dry around August 1, 2014. The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is running out of money this summer. For the states tasked with infrastructure upkeep this will mean
- [2010-2011 Winter Weather Predictions for New England: Last Year’s Potholes Get Fixed – Or Get Bigger (Part 1 of 2)](https://www.pothole.info/2010/10/2010-2011-winter-weather-predictions-for-new-england-last-years-potholes-get-fixed-or-get-bigger/) - We are not sure why there are competing farmers in the world of Almanacs, and why neither of them had the good sense to set up their own cable weather channel. Instead of Jim Cantore standing in sideways wind and talking about storm surges during every hurricane, we might have gotten someone losing their John
- [2010-2011 WINTER WEATHER PREDICTIONS FOR NEW ENGLAND: Yankee Ingenuity Fixes Little Potholes Now to Prevent Much Bigger Potholes Later (Part 2 of 2)](https://www.pothole.info/2010/10/new-england-winter-weather-predictions-2010-2010-yankee-ingenuity-fixes-little-potholes-now-to-prevent-much-bigger-potholes-later/) - The weather predictions for the first part of the winter of 2010-2011 are coming in. Without question, in New England there will be snow, cold, rain, rain-snow mixes interspersed with fair and warmer days. In Massachusetts, there will be less snow than in Maine – mostly because Maine is bigger and further north. But suffice
- [A Musical Tribute to the Potholes of Connecticut](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/a-musical-tribute-to-the-potholes-of-connecticut/) - The producers of the Colin McEnroe, specifically Patrick Skahill and a group he assembles featuring Captain John Holt and Chion Wolf, peppered the program that aired on March 7, 2011, “Potholes Are Unbearable,” with a couple of songs that pay a rhythm and bluesy tribute to that ubiquitous scourge of streets everywhere. This first is
- [An End to the Utility-Cut Bump? Micro Trenching Emerges as Kind to Pavement, Motorists](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/an-end-to-the-utility-cut-bump-micro-trenching-emerges-as-kind-to-pavement-motorists/) - The New York City Department of Transportation and motorists on Staten Island, New York experienced last fall what has become a common problem in an increasingly wired world: A utility cut was made to a recently repaved stretch of road. The cut was filled with temporary-patch asphalt, but it was deteriorating rapidly just weeks later
- [An Introduction: The Life of a Pothole](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/an-introduction-the-life-of-a-pothole/) - As motorists, the pothole is one of the most notorious foes we encounter. Fabricated from nothing and created by no one, the elusive pothole manifests itself with a certain subtlety wherever it pleases and wreaks havoc indiscriminately on those unfortunate enough to cross its path. Like a lion stalking in tall grass, the pothole waits,
- [Asphalt Repair — Fixing the roads is possible, economically beneficial](https://www.pothole.info/2010/06/asphalt-repair-fixing-the-roads-is-possible-economically-beneficial/) - Anyone who ever leaves home knows the problems with roads, highways, parking lots and driveways. Most aging pavement in America, due to use, time and neglect, is in dire need of asphalt repair. But highway maintenance is so lagging that many people assume it is a losing battle. That assumption is wrong. Fixing any kind
- [Car Insurance Tracking Devices: Setting Rates According to How You Drive](https://www.pothole.info/2011/01/car-insurance-tracking-devices-setting-rates-according-to-how-you-drive/) - Car insurance rates are typically set according to drivers’ ages, occupations, credit scores, home ownership and levels of education, in addition to moving traffic violations and accident records. It has never been practical to observe how exactly a driver would, say, handle an open stretch of road at 3 a.m. Or for that matter, how
- [Carmakers to Potholes: Bring It On](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/carmakers-to-potholes-bring-it-on/) - There are two ways to attack the pothole problem. One is to fix the potholes. The other is to drive a car that is tougher than any chuckhole that comes its way. With current technology and resources, neither is 100% possible. Potholes are inevitable, even if there are smarter and better ways to build and
- [Bicycling and Potholes: Hazards and Solutions](https://www.pothole.info/2011/08/bicycling-and-potholes-hazards-and-solutions/) - When champion triathlete Linda Neary was on the road to victory at the 2003 Publix Family Fitness Weekend Coca-Cola Classic Triathlon Series in Nassau, Bahamas, she stopped during the run to check up on her closest competitor, Lotte Branigan of Vero Beach. Why? Branigan had fallen from tripping in a pothole on the course. “I
- [Can Warm Winter Snowplow Savings Fix Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/can-warm-winter-snowplow-savings-fix-potholes/) - CAN WARM WINTER SNOWPLOW SAVINGS FIX POTHOLES?
- [Can One Chicago Pothole Miracle Be Repeated?](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/can-one-chicago-pothole-miracle-be-repeated/) - The election of Rahm Emanuel to the mayor’s office in Chicago without a runoff – he garnered 55 percent of the vote in the February election, enough to save voters and the city the hassle and expense of a runoff election – is regarded as a minor miracle in this most political of cities. And
- [Can Warm Winter Snowplow Savings Fix Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2012/03/miralo/) - The mild winter of 2011-2012 is proving to be a windfall for state, city and county transportation departments. With less snow and ice to remove, that’s less plowing and salt spreading than in previous winters. Fewer days of plowing means less gas consumption and work crew overtime, and less salt to purchase as well. To
- [Economic Dependence On Good Roads](https://www.pothole.info/2010/01/economic-dependence-on-good-roads/) - Pavement Preservation a Smart Road to Better Economies A highway network is a lot like the human cardiovascular system. Good pavement and minimal construction zones keep a local economy moving, healthy and growing, but potholes and slow-moving construction projects are like plaque – they render regional commerce sclerotic. This stands to reason. If a state or
- [Chicago Potholes 2009: An aftermath of damage, money and fried chicken](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/chicago-potholes-2009-an-aftermath-of-damage-money-and-fried-chicken/) - Chicagoans like to gripe and complain about winter weather and its close companion, potholes. But being hardy Midwesterners, we are able to take the bad with the good. We always find the upside. Two consecutive seasons, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, broke a decades-long string of relatively mild winters, with cumulative snowfalls at levels not seen since
- [Damages From Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/damages-from-potholes/) - We all know how aggravating it can be to navigate over a pothole; the shocking jolt that spills your coffee on the way to work or evokes shrill screams from children in the back seat. If these were the most severe consequences, potholes would be relatively minimal road annoyances, perhaps more on par with an
- [Deceased hubcaps found across the Northeast!](https://www.pothole.info/2010/03/deceased-hubcaps-found-across-the-northeast/) - Staten Island "The "pothole blitz" is set to kick off soon to get an immediate jump on Island roads that that are already flattening tires and dislodging hubcaps at an alarming rate." Anthony DePrimo/Staten Island Advance Jack Graziano picks up a tire hub cap laying on the side of Amboy Road in Pleasant Plains, where
- [Future Transportation Funding: Road Repair vs. Special Roads for Bicyclists](https://www.pothole.info/2010/03/future-transportation-funding-road-repair-vs-special-roads-for-bicyclists/) - Are these two interests in conflict? America’s 196 million motorists want smooth pavement and dependably flowing traffic. About 20.9 million people actively bike, about five percent of whom (1 million) use their bicycles to commute to work. Yet, as scarce federal transportation dollars are divvied up, some call for a full 10 percent to be
- [Eisenhower Interstate Highway System Map](https://www.pothole.info/2010/04/eisenhower-interstate-highway-system-map/) - Download the Eisenhower Interstate System map The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation. As of 2006, the system has a total length of 46,876 miles making it both the largest highway system in the world and the largest public works
- [First Cold, then Snow, then Potholes – The Cycle of the Seasons Begins Anew for 2011 in Philly, Baltimore and Washington D.C.](https://www.pothole.info/2010/12/first-cold-then-snow-then-potholes-the-cycle-of-the-seasons-begins-anew-for-2011-in-philly-baltimore-and-washington-d-c/) - The storms that hit the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington D.C. area in mid-February 2010 were largely predicted by the Farmers’ Almanac, months before they happened. Editor Sandi Duncan acknowledges their predictions were a bit off – they didn’t expect it would land as far south as it did, which was attributed to a stronger-than-expected El Nino effect – but
- [Citizen Pothole Reporting Via Phone Apps Take Off, But Can Street Maintenance Departments Keep Up?](https://www.pothole.info/2010/12/citizen-pothole-reporting-via-phone-apps-take-off-but-can-street-maintenance-departments-keep-up/) - The most modern of innovations, smartphone apps, are rapidly becoming a means to fix one of humankind’s oldest problems: potholes. And why not? Regardless of whether you were a fan of Isaac Asimov or the television show “Bewitched,” the futuristic/magical ability to point at a problem and fix it instantly (well, almost) is instinctively appealing.
- [Colin McEnroe Show: Potholes Are Unbearable](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/listen-to-our-wnpr-interview-here/) - As you may already know, our Senior Reporter, Russ Klettke, appeared on the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. The show aired live on Monday, March 7th, at 1 PM EST. If you missed the show, listen here.
- [Europeans Test Neon Asphalt Layer As Pothole Alert](https://www.pothole.info/2011/07/europeans-test-neon-asphalt-layer-as-pothole-alert/) - One sign the pothole problem in Europe is increasing is when researchers come up with new and novel ways of managing them. In this case, it involves brightly colored asphalt. In Europe, potholes are no less a problem than in the U.S. Roads built there before and after World War II are reaching the latter
- [Driving Tips to Avoid Potholes – And Rising Tire Prices](https://www.pothole.info/2011/10/driving-tips-to-avoid-potholes-and-rising-tire-prices/) - In case you didn’t like potholes in the winter of 2010-2011, there is a reason you’ll dislike potholes even more in the winter of 2011-2012. Here’s why: Potholes destroy tires, and the price of tires is rising sharply due to a supply shortage of natural rubber (yes, it still comes from trees, mostly in southeast
- [Corrugated Street: The Problem with Railroad Track Level Crossings](https://www.pothole.info/2011/11/corrugated-street-the-problem-with-railroad-track-level-crossings/) - In cities, counties and rural areas where roads have recently received a nice, smooth resurfacing of clean asphalt, one problem for motorists still remains. It’s rough railroad crossings, the jarring experience of passing over the damaging, uneven surfaces immediately surrounding railway lines. Whether that crossing is at-grade or slightly elevated, it appears to be a
- [Complex Federal Approaches to Infrastructure Outlined in HuffPost Article](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/complex-federal-approaches-to-infrastructure-outlined-in-huffpost-article/) - The economics and politics of infrastructure investment by the public sector – perhaps in partnership with the private sector in public-private partnerships (PPPs) – are outlined in detail in this article by Huffington Post reporter Matt Sledge. Sledge’s article looks at developed and developing countries such as China, Japan and the Russian Federation, which help illustrate
- [Cities Turn Spring 2013 Pothole Repair into a Special Event](https://www.pothole.info/2013/04/cities-turn-spring-2013-pothole-repair-into-a-special-event-2/) - Citizen reporting becoming a seasonal rite Owing perhaps to a certain mentality that says “fix it now,” several American cities are approaching pothole repair in the spring of 2013 as a special event. Maybe it’s just another version of spring cleaning. Or, perhaps it is due to the fact that the mild winter of
- [Edmonton, Alberta Potholes Cost $12 Million Extra in 2013](https://www.pothole.info/2013/04/edmonton-alberta-potholes-cost-12-million-extra-in-2013/) - Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) is the most northerly city in the Americas with a metropolitan population of more than one million people. So perhaps the fact that it has 600,000 potholes waiting to be fixed in the spring of 2013 should be no surprise. But the City of Edmonton Roadway Maintenance Director, Bob Dunford, told the
- [Even Down South: 2014 Potholes Plague Portions of the Southeast](https://www.pothole.info/2014/04/even-down-south-2014-potholes-plague-portions-of-the-southeast/) - The American South was hit harder in the winter of 2014 than is typical. While the upper Midwest shivered under sub-zero temperatures, the same cold air masses dipped further south to collide with warmer Gulf air, leading to snowfall in every state including parts of Florida. In some respects, that can be even nastier to
- [Fox News Memphis Features Pothole.info On Air](https://www.pothole.info/2014/05/fox-news-memphis-features-pothole-info-on-air/) - The Spring 2014 pothole epidemic is being felt in the mid-South, including Memphis, Tennessee where station WHBQ-TV/Fox 13 brought on Pothole.info reporter Russ Klettke to provide a national perspective on what Memphesians are experiencing – the worst pothole season in recent memory. As seen in the clip, aired May 1, 2014, anchorDarrell Greene takes a
- [Early Summer Heat Wave Buckling Pavement](https://www.pothole.info/2012/07/early-summer-heat-wave-buckling-pavement/) - The Weather Channel predicted above-average warmth for the Southwest, Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast back in April (of 2012). The fact that highway pavement is buckling in all those places from heat – already in June – is proving that forecast to be on the money. That’s because scorching summertime temperatures in the 90s and 100s
- [History proves that money and might require roads – and potholes can ruin everything](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/history-proves-that-money-and-might-require-roads-and-potholes-can-ruin-everything/) - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told The New York Times Magazine reporter Deborah Solomon, “America is one big pothole” in its June 14, 2009 issue dedicated to the country’s infrastructure. From an historical perspective, he might as well have said America’s military and economic strength is crumbling. Since ancient times, the existence and quality
- [Laugh so you don’t cry: The Pothole Funnies](https://www.pothole.info/2009/07/laugh-so-you-dont-cry-the-pothole-funnies/) - Yes, it’s hard to laugh when you’re faced with a car repair bill of $400 caused by a surprise pothole. Some people even suffer physical injuries from hitting a street crater, so of course no one is making light of that. But potholes are inevitable. Laugh we must. Think back to your own last pothole
- [Hate the pothole. Love the filler.](https://www.pothole.info/2009/06/hate-the-pothole-love-the-filler/) - Spend 20 minutes watching TV news and you’d think the biggest transportation problem today is the auto industry. Bailouts, bankruptcies and acquisitions by foreign companies command the lion’s share of media attention – enough so that we forget about another very expensive transportation problem affecting virtually every driver in the country. That problem is potholes. We
- [Highway Funding Affects You, Your Clients](https://www.pothole.info/2010/07/highway-funding-affects-you-your-clients/) - Chamber members’ clients rely on more than a safe roadway to travel from home to a business for the service or product they seek. They also rely on household income to make their purchases. In light of current legislation, not only do transportation funding woes jeopardize your customers’ safe travel, newly introduced woes jeopardize customers’
- [How Do Potholes Form?](https://www.pothole.info/2010/07/how-do-potholes-form/) - Some potholes are just little cracks. And some could swallow an Escalade. Which is kind of the point: potholes grow bigger the longer they are left unfixed. They are almost alive.
- [Geico Emergency Road Care Commercial](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/geico-emergency-road-care-commercial/) - In 2009, GEICO began a series of commercials featuring talking inanimate objects doing damage to cars. So far, they have used a talking tree limb falling on a windshield and breaking it. The tree limb makes fun of the car right before a smaller limb falls on the hood. The next one is a talking
- [Landlord Worried About Broken Sidewalks, Finds Permanent Fix With Cold Mix](https://www.pothole.info/2010/10/landlord-worried-about-broken-sidewalks-finds-permanent-fix-with-cold-mix/) - Few words send chills up the spine of landlords like “premises liability.” This is an area of personal injury law that enables an injured party – renters, guests of renters, even delivery people – to sue the owner of the property for failure to provide a safe environment. Every day, there are 25,000 slip, trip and
- [How Road Salt Leads to Rough Pavement (Sometimes)](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/how-road-salt-leads-to-rough-pavement-sometimes/) - That pothole your car hit sometime in the past week: can you blame it on salt used this past winter? If you live in Los Angeles, where potholes-per-mile are among the highest in the nation, the answer clearly is no. Los Angeles does not use salt. Never has, and probably never will. When the roads
- [Increase the Gas Tax – Or Monitor Vehicle Miles Traveled?](https://www.pothole.info/2011/06/increase-the-gas-tax-or-monitor-vehicle-miles-traveled/) - In the past month, for the second time in the two-and-a-half-year-old Obama Administration, discussion of a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) scheme to supplement or replace the gas tax floated up – and then disappeared rather quickly. As reported in Transportation Weekly in early May, about $300 million would be allocated in the Transportation Opportunities Act
- [Heat Wave 2011 Explodes and Buckles Pavement](https://www.pothole.info/2011/07/heat-wave-2011-explodes-and-buckles-pavement/) - For U.S. motorists in any parts of the million-square-mile area under the heat dome of 2011 – with temperatures in the 90s and 100s (Fahrenheit), and heat indices 20 and 30 points higher in some places – there’s more to worry about than engine coolant and functioning air conditioners. Add exploding potholes to the list.
- [Los Angeles’ Operation Pothole – A Business Development Strategy](https://www.pothole.info/2011/08/los-angeles-operation-pothole-a-business-development-strategy/) - On July 16 and 17 (2011), much of the country was riveted on “Carmageddon,” an orchestrated shutdown of ten miles of I-405 (the San Diego Freeway) between I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) and US-101 (Ventura Freeway). Caltrans, the California state highways department in charge of the highway and repairs, conducted this major project over the two-day
- [Hot, Cold and Recycled: Different Asphalts for Different Conditions](https://www.pothole.info/2012/01/hot-cold-and-recycled-different-asphalts-for-different-conditions/) - America has spent more than one trillion dollars building its infrastructure of streets, roads, highways and superhighways. Because that building program began decades ago – for cars and bicycles 100 years ago, and in earnest since the 1950s – much of that investment today is crumbling. Potholes are everywhere – but so too is the
- [How has the “Polar Vortex” affected your roads?](https://www.pothole.info/2014/01/how-has-the-polar-vortex-affected-your-roads/) - It might seem that the extremes of weather – the “polar vortex” freeze in the U.S. and Canada during the winter of 2014, or the triple-digit temp heat waves in the American southwest regions in recent summers – might cause the most damage to asphalt and pavement. But in fact it is the oscillations above
- [Hurricane Sandy’s Effects on Atlantic Seaboard Roads, Pavement Widespread](https://www.pothole.info/2012/11/hurricane-sandys-effects-on-atlantic-seaboard-roads-pavement-widespread/) - Hurricane Sandy’s massively damaged the infrastructure in NY, NJ, NC, CT and RI. Rapid repair of roads, bridges, water and sewer systems will reduce net costs. The images from Hurricane Sandy’s wrath in northeastern U.S. states include many of streets inundated with water as well as beachfront highways completely destroyed by storm surges. The
- [LaHood Takes Parting Shots at Infrastructure Funding ](https://www.pothole.info/2013/02/lahood-takes-parting-shots-at-infrastructure-funding/) - It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the realm of infrastructure. Or, at least insofar as talking about infrastructure. It began with outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the former Republican congressman from Illinois serving in the Obama administration since 2009. In a February 6 interview with Diane Rehm, the syndicated National Public Radio
- [In Like a Lion: March Snow Cover "Blanket" and Fresh Snowfalls Means Potholes Through Spring](https://www.pothole.info/2014/03/in-like-a-lion-march-snowfalls-means-potholes-through-spring/) - What does it mean that snow accumulations – between at least two and 24 inches – are still found in early March 2014 in 44 of the 48? What about the thick blanket of snow that has been present for months now in a lot of the Northeast and Midwest, contiguous American states? Potholes are on
- [Keep on Truckin’? Roads Pay the Price](https://www.pothole.info/2012/03/keep-on-truckin-roads-pay-the-price/) - Population growth includes more hauling by truck. And it’s ripping our roads apart. America now has 308 million people, up from 200 million in 1968 and 150 million in 1950 – which was about the time we started building most of our roads. This growth is about more than just people driving around in cars.
- [Hot, Cold and Recycled: Different Asphalts for Different Conditions](https://www.pothole.info/2012/03/hot-cold-and-recycled-different-asphalts-for-different-conditions-2/) - America has spent more than one trillion dollars building its infrastructure of streets, roads, highways and superhighways. Because that building program began decades ago – for cars and bicycles 100 years ago, and in earnest since the 1950s – much of that investment today is crumbling. Potholes are everywhere – but so too is the
- [More potholes, less money – but smarter fixes for crumbling roads](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/more-potholes-less-money-but-smarter-fixes-for-crumbling-roads/) - Streets and highways are falling apart while local and state governments struggle with other budget crises. Yet our economy is dependent on ground transport of people and goods. The solution? Start with smarter potholes. Spectacular events with roads and highway infrastructure have a way of getting our attention. For example, the deadly collapse of the
- [NCPP - National Center for Pavement Preservation](https://www.pothole.info/2009/06/ncpp-national-center-for-pavement-preservation/) - There are nearly 3.95 million miles of public roads in the United States , valued at more than $1.75 trillion. The NCPP will provide a valuable resource to help educate others about the benefits of pavement preservation. It can enhance pavement preservation knowledge through research and assist owner agencies to establish effective programs. These programs
- [Massachusetts Pothole Gets a Facebook Page](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/massachusetts-pothole-gets-a-facebook-page/) - It was only a matter of time: A pothole in Brockton, Massachusetts has its own Facebook page. What’s more, it has fans: More than 500 as of March 15 (we thought it appropriate to visit it on the Ides of March). Under “Basic Information,” the pothole with the Facebook identity of “Alger Street” describes itself
- [New England Potholes: How They Fix Them With Uncertain Funding](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/new-england-potholes-how-they-fix-them-with-uncertain-funding/) - Massachusetts Gov. Duval Patrick in Mass is proposing a major funding increase to fix streets and bridges – including and especially the potholes – in the aftermath of the winter of 2010-2011. Patrick is asking the state legislature to increase the pothole budget from $155 million to $210 million. Meanwhile, a citizens group joined with
- [Maryland Gov. O’Malley Wants $800 MM for Infrastructure](https://www.pothole.info/2011/06/maryland-gov-omalley-wants-800-mm-for-infrastructure/) - Linking the quality of roads, bridges and rail to his state’s global competitiveness, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has told business leaders that the state needs to find a way to raise $800 million addition dollars to invest in infrastructure. The Democratic governor’s remarks were made in early May before the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. His
- [Minnesota Test Nukes Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2011/08/minnesota-test-nukes-potholes/) - Temperature extremes have a way of driving innovation. The Inuit, centuries before there were Ray Bans, would strap bone, tusks or bark to their faces, with a thin slit cut to allow their eyes to peer out. This would protect them from snow blindness, a real malady when a landscape of clean white snow and
- [NYC Mystery: Not a Pothole, a “Street Defect”](https://www.pothole.info/2011/10/nyc-mystery-not-a-pothole-a-street-defect/) - In a city like New York there is a subterranean world. Pet alligators once flushed down toilets are rumored to roam the sewers – an apocryphal tale – and the drinking water system is said to leak like a sieve (true, as it turns out). There is evidence of secret tunnels in Queens connecting what once
- [October Snowstorm an Early Warning – About Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2011/11/october-snowstorm-an-early-warning-about-potholes/) - The record level of snowfall along the eastern corridor at the end of October 2011 caused enough damage on its own. Millions of homes and businesses went without electrical power as a result of downed power lines. As fall turns into winter, we’re reminded that where nature intersects with civilization, man-made things have a tendency
- [Milder Winter, Fewer Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2012/01/milder-winter-fewer-potholes/) - The reworking of the U.S. weather maps in early January reflects what most of the northern tier of the United States has quietly been happy about: This winter hasn’t turned out to be nearly as bad as expected. That might result in smoother driving next summer, from less damage to streets and highways, and more
- [OKC Potholes: A Dozen Crews at Work All Year](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/okc-potholes-a-dozen-crews-at-work-all-year/) - Oklahoma is just south enough to be outside the Snow Belt – i.e., it may snow, but not at the epic levels seen in Minneapolis and Chicago – however, that doesn’t mean places like Oklahoma City don’t get their share of potholes. The amount of rain, traffic and freeze-thaw cycles in the region still causes plenty
- [New Transportation Secretary Emphasizes Safety, Efficiency and Future-Focus](https://www.pothole.info/2013/07/new-transportation-secretary-emphasizes-safety-efficiency-and-future-focus/) - In a rare 100-0 vote in the U.S. Senate, new Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx was confirmed in June 2013. The now-former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina told BetterRoads.com that his top priorities are overall transportation safety, improving efficiency and performance of existing transportation systems and building a system that answers future needs and requirements.
- [North Carolina Pothole Season Follows Budget-Busting Winter](https://www.pothole.info/2014/04/north-carolina-pothole-season-follows-budget-busting-winter/) - The story of spring potholes in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2014 might be told in terms of road salt tonnage. Because what was used this winter beat the previous three years combined – by a multiple of eight. As Chris McGee, transportation field services manager for the city, told the Raleigh News Observer in March
- [NYC’s The Daily Pothole a Tally of Repair](https://www.pothole.info/2012/04/nycs-the-daily-pothole-a-tally-of-repair/) - Only in New York, kids… only in New York. That is closing line on New York Post columnist Cindy Adams’ usual run down of the weird and famous of the Big Apple. But we might say the same of the NYC Department of Transportation’s clever method for communicating the relentless enterprise of pothole repair. The
- [Pavement Preservation: A Proactive Approach to Road Repairs](https://www.pothole.info/2010/01/pavement-preservation-a-proactive-approach-to-road-repairs/) - Introduction: If it's not broken, don't fix it. It's a popular cliche that, in the current economic climate especially, holds significant bearing on how people spend their money. In an attempt to stretch dollars already spent, there is a tendency to postpone maintenance until the last possible moment. For example, a car driving down the
- [Pay now or Really pay later](https://www.pothole.info/2009/08/pay-now-or-really-pay-later/) - Debunking 3 of the most common excuses to not address a pothole problem Introduction: We've all seen them, we all hate them, and we all know the damage they can do. Still, potholes all too often are left unattended, leaving commuters vulnerable to serious damages, and in turn, serious repair costs. Below are three of
- [Pavement Condition Index](https://www.pothole.info/2009/08/pavement-condition-index/) - The Pavement Condition Index is a numerical index between 0 and 100 and is used to indicate the condition of a roadway. It is widely used in transportation civil engineering. It is a statistical measure and requires manual survey of the pavement. The Pavement Condition Index (PCI), developed by the United States Army Corps of
- [Parking Lots Potholes are Valuable – to Attorneys and Plaintiffs](https://www.pothole.info/2011/08/parking-lots-potholes-are-valuable-to-attorneys-and-plaintiffs/) - Reports in July 2011 that a community college student has filed a $375,000 lawsuit against her school in Eugene, Oregon should not surprise too many people. The student tripped in a 6-inch-by-1-inch pothole next to where she parked, leading to $14,000 in medical costs. Perhaps what was most newsworthy about the case is the student
- [Pols and U.S. Chamber of Commerce on 2012 Infrastructure Funding](https://www.pothole.info/2012/01/pols-and-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-on-2012-infrastructure-funding/) - As the presidential primaries advance, potholes and infrastructure are finally becoming part of the discussion. Transportation Nation (TransportationNation.org) reports that a $325,000 television advertising campaign in favor of reinvestment in infrastructure may have pushed the issue into the campaign – and that at least one candidate is responding in the affirmative. The group sponsoring the
- [Pavement Preservation:](https://www.pothole.info/2012/03/pavement-preservation/) - Introduction: If it's not broken, don't fix it. It's a popular cliche that, in the current economic climate especially, holds significant bearing on how people spend their money. In an attempt to stretch dollars already spent, there is a tendency to postpone maintenance until the last possible moment. For example, a car driving down the
- [Pavement Maintenance Lagging, Many Roads Returning to Gravel](https://www.pothole.info/2012/04/pavement-maintenance-lagging-many-roads-returning-to-gravel/) - For many farmers and residents of rural areas in the U.S., it’s like a step back into time. Due to inadequate road repair funds, several states and counties across America are converting once-paved roads back to gravel. According to conditions reported in The Wall Street Journal in 2010, the price of petroleum has a lot
- [Save The Road, Save Some Money](https://www.pothole.info/2009/01/save-the-road-save-some-money/) - 1. A general overview of pavement preservation and the role of Superpave/newer technologies in accomplishing that in a cost-effective (over time) manner. ========================================================= Save the Road, Save Some Money A crisis of road deterioration is challenging federal, state and local budgets. Better road preservation methods are being devised, fortunately, offering improved highway maintenance economics. It’s
- [Route 66 - A Path for the 21st Century](https://www.pothole.info/2009/01/route-66-a-path-for-the-21st-century/) - Route 66, the first cross-country (actually, Chicago to Los Angeles) motor route and which sped America’s migration west, embodies a kind of cool that spans generations. A two-lane ribbon of asphalt, concrete and an occasional pothole that stretched for more than 2400 miles, Route 66 is a road from the past that shows us everything
- [Pothole Plotters](https://www.pothole.info/2010/02/pothole-plotters/) - Visit two websites allowing drivers to pin-point potholes in their area. Pothole City Visit Pothole City Mark the Potholes Visit Mark the Potholes - Boston.com
- [San Francisco Road Repairs May Get Boost Through Proposition AA Votes on November 2](https://www.pothole.info/2010/10/san-francisco-road-repairs-may-get-boost-through-proposition-aa-votes-on-november-2/) - In a year characterized by voters who resist government growth and increased taxes, seven of nine San Francisco Bay-area counties are proposing auto registration fee hikes in a voter referendum. Wherever Proposition AA passes – if it passes – drivers in those counties will pay an additional $10 per year. An additional $18 vehicle registration
- [Pothole repairs confound Illinois cities, counties](https://www.pothole.info/2011/01/pothole-repairs-confound-illinois-cities-counties/) - Chicago’s most trusted meteorologist, Tom Skilling, dares to guide the 8 million people in the greater Chicago metro area through some of the country’s most harsh and unpredictable weather. From his perch as chief weathercaster on WGN-TV and the Chicago Tribune, he is the point of first consult every morning for those who plan to
- [Pothole Cratered Highways, Coast to Coast Potholes and Beyond](https://www.pothole.info/2011/01/pothole-cratered-highways-coast-to-coast-potholes-and-beyond/) - In the business of potholes, when the weather is coldest is actually when things really heat up. We are talking heated emotions over damages to vehicles from potholes. And heated pressure on road crews and politicians. Sometimes, a hot asphalt mix is used to repair the potholes found in highways to fix them. But in
- [Potholes 2014: Brunt of the Polar Vortices in Northeast US](https://www.pothole.info/2014/04/potholes-winter-2014-polar-vortex-polar-vortices-potholes-northeast-us-potholes-new-england-spring-potholes-pavement-heave/) - Reports from cities, counties and state departments of transportation in the northeastern United States – all significantly affected by the harsh conditions of the winter of 2013-2014 – tell us at least two things. One, that potholes now seen after the departure of the last ice and snow in mid-April are abundant. Two, that the
- [Seattle Grapples with Pothole Paloozza 2011](https://www.pothole.info/2011/02/seattle-grapples-with-pothole-paloozza-2011/) - In a city known more for grunge bands, coffee, rain and Nordstrom’s, there emerges a new phenomenon that has the citizenry buzzing. Yup, it’s potholes. All that rain – and this winter, a good dose of snow as well – has to go somewhere. Where there are cracks in the pavement, that includes in and
- [Pothole.info to appear on WNPR, Hartford, CT](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/pothole-info-to-appear-on-wnpr-hartford-ct/) - Our Senior Reporter, Russ Klettke, will be appearing on the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. The show will air live on Monday, March 7th, at 1 PM EST. The topic will of course be potholes, and several other relevant guests will join the discussion. CPTV / WNPR Web Site: http://www.cpbn.org/ Listen Live:
- [Potholes Were – And Still Are – Shovel Ready](https://www.pothole.info/2011/05/potholes-are-apolitical/) - President Obama wants to blame Republicans, but a major opportunity to repair infrastructure was missed in 2009 President Obama threw the lowly pothole into the lofty debates on the future of our country on April 18 when he suggested that Republican-led budget cuts will further the crumbling of infrastructure, leading to “potholes everywhere.” Really? Mr.
- [Potholes: How They Happen, How We Try to Fix Them](https://www.pothole.info/2011/05/potholes-how-they-happen-how-we-try-to-fix-them/) - A pothole by definition is a problem. No one intends for a pothole to form and exist – they are not here by intent. Unfortunately, the technology does not yet exist to build impenetrable pavement because all roads are subject to inevitable atrophy. The best we can hope is to minimize pothole formation for as
- [Pothole Warning Graphic a Sign of the Times?](https://www.pothole.info/2011/08/pothole-warning-graphic-a-sign-of-the-times/) - Some pictures are worth a thousands words. This one might save you a thousand bucks. Technically speaking we’re talking about a graphic, not a picture per sé. It is a black silhouette (on an orange field) of a car is tipped into a crevice of broken pavement in such a way that the words “look
- [Salem, Ohio Pothole Once Famous, Now Fixed](https://www.pothole.info/2011/10/596/) - The way money is allocated in most cash-strapped cities, counties and townships across America, it often seems like a matter of splitting hairs. But the Butcher Road Pothole of 2011 in Columbiana County, Ohio really came down to splitting a road. All in the name of fiscal responsibility. A brouhaha erupted in the summer, when
- [Potholes Hurt Business, But San Francisco Votes to Fight Back](https://www.pothole.info/2012/01/potholes-hurt-business-but-san-francisco-votes-to-fight-back/) - The voters of San Francisco understand a basic fact about potholes. By a two-to-one margin in a November 2011 referendum, they approved a $250 million bond measure to fix their streets. It was a bold move in recessionary times, and the vote might provide a case study from which the rest of the country might
- [Read the stories of deceased hubcaps.](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/hubcap-toe-tags/) - Read the stories of deceased hubcaps. Hubcap Feature
- [Potholes As Art – in Russia and the U.S.](https://www.pothole.info/2013/03/potholes-as-art-in-russia-and-the-u-s/) - In the U.S. and elsewhere, the way to get public officials’ attention to municipal woes such as potholes, broken streetlamps and playgrounds in disrepair is quite modern: phone apps such as SeeClickFix (nationwide),Street Bump (Boston), San Diego 311send the complaint directly to the government agency in charge. Almost everywhere as well, the standard 3-1-1 phoneline
- [Pothole History a Good Reference Point in New Jersey](https://www.pothole.info/2014/03/pothole-history-a-good-reference-point-in-new-jersey/) - Where do serious pothole reporters turn to for historical pothole information? Pothole.info, of course! But seriously, Jessica Masulli Reyes cited our site in her article, “Ka-thump! It’s pothole time,” published in the New Jersey Herald (NJHerald.com) on March 21, 2014. She largely references our own deep-dive research into the history of potholes, which stretches back
- [Potholes, April 2014: Polar Vortex Damage in the American Heartland](https://www.pothole.info/2014/04/potholes-april-2014-polar-vortex-damage-in-the-american-heartland/) - To the surprise of no one, the brutal winter conditions in certain parts of the United States have led to a pothole epidemic in Spring 2014. The successive waves of sub-zero temperatures – including the Polar Vortices of January and February – have certainly done a number on the nation’s highways, roads, streets and alleys.
- [The 2010 Pothole Review](https://www.pothole.info/2010/10/the-2010-pothole-review/) - Potholes are in the news, twelve months out of the year – which defies the popular perception that potholes are simply the result of winter freeze-thaw cycles. In some cases, the newsworthy potholes of summer are holdovers from six months prior, but even winter-free tropical regions get chuckholes from moisture, solar heat and traffic wear
- [Yes, YOU Can Fix a Potholed Driveway](https://www.pothole.info/2013/06/yes-you-can-fix-a-potholed-driveway/) - Fixing potholes in an asphalt or concrete driveway might seem hard, but it’s not. Even better, it does not require exotic equipment. For this post, we take a break from the ongoing pothole battle in the streets to discuss a problem that is completely under your control, the potholes in your driveway. A
- [Urban Alleys: New Roles for Old Paths](https://www.pothole.info/2012/05/urban-alleys-new-roles-for-old-paths/) - The concept of what an alley is varies from place to place. But alleys everywhere are in a state of flux, changing and responding to how people live and businesses operate. Some of these changes are pretty exciting – and have a lot to do with how they are paved, and if the potholes are
- [Would Heavier Trucks Cause More Potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2012/03/would-heavier-trucks-cause-more-potholes/) - With an untold number of potholes on American highways, roads and streets, there are concerns that a pending piece of federal legislation might add to the count. The bill is H.R. 763, the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, which would allow an increase in single-vehicle truck weights from the current limit of 80,000 pounds to
- [Virginia Potholes](https://www.pothole.info/2009/05/virginia-potholes/) - Quaker State motor oil recently began a marketing campaign asking consumers “Who has the world’s worst commute?” Forgiving their willful ignorance to include Cambodian motorbikes and Parisian pedi-cabbers, Americans have apparently come forward with some horrific feats of daily strife. Twenty-seven miles in two hours another with forty in three. Ridiculous mileage – years spent
- [Why Can't They Make Better Roads?](https://www.pothole.info/2010/01/why-cant-they-make-better-roads/) - The problem is all the old streets and highways. But thanks to the SHRP program, better fixes are here. Man first went to the moon 40 years ago, and today Space Shuttle flights are commonplace. Scientists are beginning to grow spare body parts from stem cells, and the computing power packed into our cell phones
- [Seven things you should know about gas taxes in 2010](https://www.pothole.info/2010/05/seven-things-you-should-know-about-gas-taxes-in-2010/) - American highway construction and repair is dependent on the Highway Trust Fund, which is largely generated through taxes on auto and truck fuel consumption. The tax has risen significantly in the past 30 years, but fuel taxes imposed by the Federal government date back to the Depression era. This is a primer on how the
- [Who is on board with passenger rail in Florida?](https://www.pothole.info/2010/04/who-is-on-board-with-passenger-rail-in-florida/) - Proposed commuter rail projects in Florida – SunRail (SR), linking Jacksonville with Orlando, and the Florida High Speed Rail (FHSR), which would connect Tampa with Miami via Orlando – offer a future vision of green travel in the Sunshine State. But several questions need to be answered before billions of dollars are spent to build either
- [Young people driving less now – but what about in 5 to 10 years?](https://www.pothole.info/2010/06/young-people-driving-less-now-but-what-about-in-5-to-10-years/) - Advertising Age magazine reports (May 31, 2010) statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation that show an overall decrease in driving by Americans under the age of 30. For example, in 1978 no less than 92 percent of 19-year-olds had a driver’s license; by 2008, that number slipped to 77 percent. The magazine also reports
- [Why do they call them potholes?](https://www.pothole.info/2010/09/251/) - We call them “potholes.” And when we hit a particularly deep, jarring one, we may refer to them as %@!*ing potholes. These abrupt breaks in pavement come in all shapes and sizes, cause thousands of dollars of damage to cars, trucks and buses, and they’re a growing fiscal problem for local, state and national budgets.
- [Winter 2011 May Bring Average Conditions – And Extraordinary Potholes – to the NYC Tri-State Region](https://www.pothole.info/2010/12/winter-2011-may-bring-average-conditions-and-extraordinary-potholes-to-the-nyc-tri-state-region/) - The La Nina weather pattern is in force in the Pacific Ocean off Chile, and that means less snow in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut tri-state region. At least, that’s what the National Weather Service is predicting – a forecast that more or less concurs with the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which makes its predictions based on sunspots,
- [Will it fly?: Pennsylvania’s Rendell Proposes $1 Billion in taxes to fix roads](https://www.pothole.info/2010/08/will-it-fly-pennsylvanias-rendell-proposes-1-billion-in-taxes-to-fix-roads/) - With 10,000 miles of the state’s roads in poor condition, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell thinks it should raise a billion dollars in new revenue from taxes on drivers and oil companies. In an interesting twist, he wants to legally bar oil companies from passing along their increased costs to consumers. For the lame-duck (term limited)
- [SeeClickFix: More Potholes Fixed, Money Saved](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/seeclickfix-more-potholes-fixed-money-saved/) - With any business start-up, there is the lingering question of “if you build it, will they come?” And even if they do, will it mean anything? But that is not the worry with developers, investors or users of SeeClickFix, the phone app enabling citizen engagement in pothole abatement. Citizens are coming, local governments are responding
- [Will Iron Ore Byproducts be the Next Pothole Repair Material?](https://www.pothole.info/2011/03/will-iron-ore-byproducts-be-the-next-pothole-repair-material/) - Pothole.info continues to be the go-to source of information on potholes and how they affect our lives. According to television news reporter Mark Albert on KSAX-TV in Minneapolis, “The website Pothole.info says, ‘drivers will spend $330 each year repairing your car from these hazards.’” That was the bad news. But there may be better news
- [Show us your potholes on the Pothole.info Facebook page](https://www.pothole.info/2011/04/show-us-your-potholes-on-the-pothole-info-facebook-page/) - They’re everywhere and they never seem to completely go away. They make us mad, damage our cars and often are cause for rerouting. “They” are potholes. So it’s time that there be a full accounting of potholes everywhere. If you live in a northern climate, you know that winter and spring bring a whole new crop. If you live in a warmer, southern climate, there are plenty of potholes there all year round. Rather than just ride over and past them, take a photo and post it here on the Pothole.info Facebook page – and be sure to let us know where it is and how it affects you.
- [Winter 2011-2012 in the Central U.S. – and the Potholes to Come](https://www.pothole.info/2011/12/winter-2011-2012-in-the-central-u-s-and-the-potholes-to-come/) - As winter settles in, it is anyone’s guess as to whether the weather will meet expectations. But as sure as there will be cold, snow, sleet and eventually, a thaw, there is one prediction that is a safe bet: there will be potholes. A severe period of cold and snow is predicted for the upper
- [Volunteers Fix Potholes in Escondido](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/volunteers-fix-potholes-in-escondido/) - From time to time, news will surface that someone got so fed up with a particular pothole that he or she filled and fixed it them self. George Weir of Escondido has been doing that for three years, but on a much grander scale. The owner of Escondido Asphalt, Inc. (and several other businesses in
- [WINTER 2011 – EXTRAORDINARY POTHOLES](https://www.pothole.info/2012/02/winter-2011-extraordinary-potholes/) - The La Nina weather pattern is in force in the Pacific Ocean off Chile, and that means less snow in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut tri-state region. At least, that’s what the National Weather Service is predicting – a forecast that more or less concurs with the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which makes its predictions based on sunspots,

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