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Bobbyroberts123 t1_iz9vwoe wrote
Our public transportation is so/so if you live in an urban area. Go further out in the counties and it is awful. Our expressways are getting somewhat better, but local roads are awful.
Allemaengel t1_iz9wg9j wrote
C-. ????
Try more like an overall D overall.
Grumpicake t1_iz9zvem wrote
Even if they’re motivated pointing out deficiencies… that means there’s still deficiencies, right? Like, they can’t just fabricate things that aren’t there.
Nukemanrunning t1_iza17ie wrote
Oh yeah, but they maybe incredibly minor.
boredoflife96 t1_iza1tfc wrote
Local roads suck because municipalities refuse to pay for them. The state didn't create that problem. Most of the state roads have gotten much better the last few years. Pittsburgh needs to bring back its trolley system if it's really going to grow, and Philadelphia needs to quit being shafted by the counties around it to secure proper funding for septa.
Grumpicake t1_iza2fh7 wrote
Sure, that’s probably bound to happen, but I would say PA deserves a low grade for infrastructure, no?
DirtyHippyBastard t1_iza2qv7 wrote
But all that money the turnpike commission brings in, and our system is worse than others that don’t charge people $100 to drive across the territory? Color me corrupt, I mean shocked.
Flimsy-Lie-1471 t1_iza4dko wrote
Is your car in perfect condition? Is that minor squeak worth fixing or is it a turn up the radio problem?
RipTide275 t1_izaabvo wrote
The amount of money lost to corruption is obscene
Grumpicake t1_izaf7pf wrote
Dude, the roads do not have MINOR problems, you have to be joking.
Flimsy-Lie-1471 t1_izagnga wrote
A lot better than they were. And remember they got so bad because of the stupid no new taxes pledge. Gas tax didn’t go up for so long that the roads fell apart.
joefred111 t1_izat5w2 wrote
Most of that money went to the State Police, which is shitty.
twolfe0 t1_izau6x4 wrote
The state is eligible for around 15 billion in road construction from the infrastructure bill, and from what I've read it's supposed to be for megaprojects to improve quality of life. With that being said, I have my doubts the state will try to fix some of these roads because a lot of them are the way they are because of NIMBYs. In Pittsburgh there are people fighting to ensure that no bypass of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel gets built, and in Philly you have something like the Blue Route(not 76) that goes from 6 lanes to 4 because environmentalist made some sort of stink and the state caved and now there's constant backups. So a lot of our roads suck because they're kept shitty to appease a small amount of people.
Odd-Neighborhood5119 t1_izav8ym wrote
The roads are what is causing all those squeaks which grow into big problems.
SurfinPirate t1_izaxy47 wrote
That C- definitely did not factor in almost being derailed when driving 45 mph and driving into a set of 2" deep buggy tracks.
RedditMemesSuck t1_izb2pbe wrote
Haha yep 🥲
Living in Greene county is like living in West Virginia+all the negatives of PA, what a deal
Wuz314159 t1_izbbnkh wrote
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Wuz314159 t1_izbbwvg wrote
Maybe they've been to Arkansas and seen that total cluster-fuck?
Wuz314159 t1_izbc3hs wrote
Horse+buggy are so heavy that they cut into asphalt? TIL
red_carpet_hero t1_izbfol9 wrote
Hopefully scored better than Texas, right?
lexispots t1_izbgqzf wrote
Those roadways are better. I’ve driven in 45 of the 48 mainland states and PA has some of the worst roadways hands down. For crying out loud a pothole swallowed a bus 😳
SmokeChaser426 t1_izbqtdf wrote
That's what happens when you have a Republicon legislation in the State. Hopefully it will improve with the change over in the majority moving to Democrat Just a thought
SmokeChaser426 t1_izbr7br wrote
I pay $ 280 to run the Turnpike in my Big truck, absolutely Brutal. PA also has some of the highest fuel taxes in the country too
DigitalHemlock t1_izc27nk wrote
So/so? Did I miss it?
VanceAstrooooooovic t1_izcdnmc wrote
So what happened to that infrastructure money that got diverted to the SP? $4.2 billion https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-diverted-funding-bridges-and-roads/ is there no accountability for that?
Super_C_Complex t1_izcgkjx wrote
But MINUS the negatives of living in west Virginia!
PienotPi OP t1_izcmn28 wrote
I’d imagine it takes some time to allocate, plan, implement & repair $4.2 worth in resources. February was basically a week ago when it comes to public infrastructure stuff. This moves slooowww
OhioJeeper t1_ize3nxf wrote
There will always be deficiencies, I think that's the point they're making. The US is weird about grading where anything less than an A is unacceptable.
I'm not really seeing it here but these threads tend to dive into people shitting on the US's infrastructure (which by most rankings is some of the best in the world) because an organization who's job it is to be critical about our infrastructure issues a report that's critical on our infrastructure.
That said this state's infrastructure does fucking blow. Like I grew up in Ohio and thought ours was bad but moving to PA was eye-opening. Thank god our state police are funded though, that's something no other state has figured out how to pay for without dipping into money that's supposed to go to road maintenance /s.
OhioJeeper t1_ize3u57 wrote
Not so much that they're that heavy relative to a vehicle but there's a smaller contact patch on the wheels.
thenewtbaron t1_izefflq wrote
I didn't know that Wolf wrote the budget. Maybe the very republican legislature should probably take responsibility for that.
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ZongMeHoff t1_izem34i wrote
Remember when Tom Wolf talked up how our gas PA gas tax was supposed to help our infrastructure and road repair but instead a huge percent of it went to the Pennsylvania state police pension fund when it was in no way shape or form to be spent any other way but then it's original intended use. Funny how Tommy just sat back and let that all happen. Oh wait that's right I guess the governor doesn't have any say in anything he just hides in his office his entire term never to be seen by the public
Additional_Storage_5 t1_izeqs0i wrote
Where do all the money go?
FaithlessnessCute204 t1_izfcvd9 wrote
1 the gas tax thing was actually Corbetts deal , he just made it start after he left . 2 for the psp issue wolf proposed alternatives to funding the psp but they get shot down by the repub house and senate, this year they paid more out of the general fund to keep them out of the gas tax funds
thenewtbaron t1_izgm7ul wrote
Hey bud, if you are against how the republican legislature writes the budget, you should probably stop voting for them.
Yes, that money was to go to that.. until republican strongholds decided they don't want to pay for police protection anymore but wanted to keep being protected by the police... and the republican legislature said, "well, no they don't have to pay for that extra service.
yeah bud.
thenewtbaron t1_izgmqkr wrote
bet you forgot about Corbett, the republican governor... and the republican legislature upped the gas tax... and then the republican legislature decided not to fund republican counties saying "fuck the police" and decided not to pay for them
yeah bud. This state has had a fully republican legislature for all of the last 30 years save for like four, and a republican congress person for all those 30 years but 4 runs... .but yeah, it has got to be the minority party's fault... can't be the people you keep voting for.
ZongMeHoff t1_izhh0gu wrote
No act that was the Democratic party. They had a whole protest behind refunding the police while at the same time promising to bail those out who decided to burn down buildings and attack the police. But I guess you forgot all about that..
thenewtbaron t1_izhzb6s wrote
Oh, you don't want to talk about the republican legislature, got it
Hell, you don't even want to talk about pennsylvania, got it.
haha, you don't want to talk about the pennsylvania budget.
You are going to have a hard time in life, little buddy.
The article is talking about the Pennsylvania infrastructure which is about pennsylvania and its budget, which requires the pennsylvania majority in the legislature to pass.
You can try to change the subject all you want but facts are facts and they don't care about your feelings, the republican pennsylvanian congress fucked up the budget and has been fucking up the budget since atleast 2000. You can try to blame any governor you want but the budget is the legislative responsiblity. Or are they all dumb fucks that can't do their job and it is the governor's job to to their jobs?
Flimsy-Lie-1471 t1_iz9qb03 wrote
Two things before everyone starts. It’s been getting better but it takes time. The second thing is these guys are motivated to point out deficiencies so they get more work.