With all the reports coming out of the oil patch in North Dakota regarding the truck traffic and the road situation, I would have thought North Dakota would have been dead last with regard to highway transportation.
Surprise, surprise, surprise: North Dakota's highway system was rated #1 in the most recent survey by the only folks I suppose who do such surveys! Smile.
I was just back in the Bakken and I was surprised how good the roads were. The Boston and Boston suburb roads were horrendous, with all the potholes. San Antonio's roads are hardly better. And Portland? Let's just say in certain neighborhoods the Portland roads are even worse than Boston's.
But here's the report, the 19th Annual Highway Report. North Dakota, first; Montana, second; and, Kansas, third.
New York: 46th.
California: 48th.
Paradise (Hawaii, with one of the worse economic recessions in the nation): 47th due to all the congestion. Recession? What recession?
But here's a kicker: the largest state, Alaska, at 49th, is understandable; but, Rhode Island, the nation's smallest state, probably smaller in land area than some of the counties in North Dakota is dead last.
Bridges play a big factor in the rating systems, and there aren't a whole lot of bridges when you come right down to it in North Dakota, but the taxpayer/highway mile is also a lot less, making per capita spending on highways a bigger deal for North Dakotans, so maybe it's a wash.
Speaking of road traffic in the oil patch, for my Samson readers (there's something about the Samson readers I really appreciate; perhaps it's their passion for the outback):
Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-eBs5enD4.
Lights on the Hill, Slim Dusty
Surprise, surprise, surprise: North Dakota's highway system was rated #1 in the most recent survey by the only folks I suppose who do such surveys! Smile.
I was just back in the Bakken and I was surprised how good the roads were. The Boston and Boston suburb roads were horrendous, with all the potholes. San Antonio's roads are hardly better. And Portland? Let's just say in certain neighborhoods the Portland roads are even worse than Boston's.
But here's the report, the 19th Annual Highway Report. North Dakota, first; Montana, second; and, Kansas, third.
New York: 46th.
California: 48th.
Paradise (Hawaii, with one of the worse economic recessions in the nation): 47th due to all the congestion. Recession? What recession?
But here's a kicker: the largest state, Alaska, at 49th, is understandable; but, Rhode Island, the nation's smallest state, probably smaller in land area than some of the counties in North Dakota is dead last.
Bridges play a big factor in the rating systems, and there aren't a whole lot of bridges when you come right down to it in North Dakota, but the taxpayer/highway mile is also a lot less, making per capita spending on highways a bigger deal for North Dakotans, so maybe it's a wash.
Speaking of road traffic in the oil patch, for my Samson readers (there's something about the Samson readers I really appreciate; perhaps it's their passion for the outback):
Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-eBs5enD4.
Lights on the Hill, Slim Dusty
Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtttbbYfSM.
In 1983 a rendition of
"Waltzing Matilda" by country-and-western singer Slim Dusty was the
first song broadcast by astronauts to Earth
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