Reminder that it's not just paying for infrastructure; it's the amount of force applied due to trucks and other heavy vehicles. Americans generally have heavier vehicles, which results in more potholes compared to places with more compact cars.
My city very much pays for pothole repair but the number of trucks and full size SUVs/vans are pretty high so we've got potholes o' plenty. It mostly just means every other day this major street I live on seems to have a crew doing a repair.
Infrastructure is communist. We each need to just have SUVs large enough to roll over the rivers and forests so we can stop building all those commie roads.
There's a pickup truck in my neighborhood sporting a gigantic custom bumper sticker / sign railing against socialism and communism. The owner drives his truck, on public roads, to the municipal community center, which is where I've seen it parked.
It's a good thing that guy doesn't have any capacity for self-reflection, I guess, because he'd probably die of embarrassment.
Daily reminder that if a road is designed to last 15 years, by definition that means you need to replace 1/15th of your entire road network each year. If you can't replace that much you fall behind... And things break and stay broken.
It also takes longer to replace the roads you can work on because they're more damaged than you planned for when you built them and planned out the lifecycle, meaning you end up even further behind.
Also the economic benefit of a road mostly happens when it's brand new, or upgraded to carry heavier traffic it couldn't before. That's an actually return on investment. Replacing anxexisting road to it's old state is replacing a broken window in broken window theory. It doesn't cause lasting increases in economic activity.
All of this is to say, fuck cars. I hate them. I hate how much we spend on infrastructure that rots and gets invoiced by rent seeking construction companies and municipal and provincial/state governments being complicit in rent seeking with these companies.
I wish we had more trains and less sprawl. It would cost a lot less and would actually be sustainable. Oh well... The hard way it is...
14 Comments
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 34 pts · 82d
VLC is evergreen/everlasting.
dan1101@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 82d
Sponsored by VLC
taiyang@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 82d
Reminder that it's not just paying for infrastructure; it's the amount of force applied due to trucks and other heavy vehicles. Americans generally have heavier vehicles, which results in more potholes compared to places with more compact cars.
My city very much pays for pothole repair but the number of trucks and full size SUVs/vans are pretty high so we've got potholes o' plenty. It mostly just means every other day this major street I live on seems to have a crew doing a repair.
GoTeamBoobies@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 82d
Ride bikes, plant trees
That'll help reduce asphalt repair schedules, convincing cities to do that is surprisingly much harder to do
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 82d
Have you tried living in a state that actually funds its infrastructure? You'd be surprised...
antbricks@lemmy.today · 23 pts · 82d
Infrastructure is communist. We each need to just have SUVs large enough to roll over the rivers and forests so we can stop building all those commie roads.
WesternInfidels@feddit.online · 4 pts · 82d
There's a pickup truck in my neighborhood sporting a gigantic custom bumper sticker / sign railing against socialism and communism. The owner drives his truck, on public roads, to the municipal community center, which is where I've seen it parked.
It's a good thing that guy doesn't have any capacity for self-reflection, I guess, because he'd probably die of embarrassment.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 82d
It looks like someone dropped a very heavy cone.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 82d
You need to pay more taxes
testaccount789@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 82d
We need fewer roads.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 82d
That's gonna cost you
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 82d
They're evergreen near me. Been a Permanent fixture on the same roads for the last 4 years
iocase@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 82d
Daily reminder that if a road is designed to last 15 years, by definition that means you need to replace 1/15th of your entire road network each year. If you can't replace that much you fall behind... And things break and stay broken.
It also takes longer to replace the roads you can work on because they're more damaged than you planned for when you built them and planned out the lifecycle, meaning you end up even further behind.
Also the economic benefit of a road mostly happens when it's brand new, or upgraded to carry heavier traffic it couldn't before. That's an actually return on investment. Replacing anxexisting road to it's old state is replacing a broken window in broken window theory. It doesn't cause lasting increases in economic activity.
All of this is to say, fuck cars. I hate them. I hate how much we spend on infrastructure that rots and gets invoiced by rent seeking construction companies and municipal and provincial/state governments being complicit in rent seeking with these companies.
I wish we had more trains and less sprawl. It would cost a lot less and would actually be sustainable. Oh well... The hard way it is...
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 82d
Montréal vibe
TheFresh16@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 82d