Bay Area Pavement Report Card Finds Few Changes, Larkspur Tops List

CBS Bay Area

November 1, 2024

An annual report card on the Bay Area's local roads and streets released Thursday found no change overall in regional pavement conditions across the past several years, though some cities saw marked improvements.

The report from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission—the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county Bay Area—rated the region's pavement condition index score in 2023 as 67 out of 100 points, calculated as a three-year moving average. It's the ninth straight year the region's roads have registered an average score of 67.

The highest one-year score in the report was Larkspur in Marin County at 89, and its three-year average score of 83 was tied with Orinda and Palo Alto for the highest in the region. The MTC noted that Larkspur's rating as recently as 2017 was below 50, but its voters approved sales tax measures to rehabilitate the city's 65 miles of streets.

Click here for the full story via CBS San Francisco

CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.