Submitted by PuzzleheadedTest1919 t3_xtymrx in RhodeIsland
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JimmyHavok t1_iqt7oef wrote
My hometown has an app you can use to report potholes. It isn't an instant response like this, but it does get action.
Quick_Fennel_3244 t1_iqt8w03 wrote
We don't have software strong enough to absorb that type of damage in RI.
william1Bastard t1_iqtccab wrote
I have a pothole currently, that I actually think will be repaired. It was caused by gas line work. I've been vocal
elgatogrande87 t1_iqtr314 wrote
If we got this we would lose our official state title: Rhode Island, The Paper Mache Road State
Autumn_in_Ganymede t1_iqty8xv wrote
that's it, I'm moving to tokyo
lagoongassoon t1_iqtzcxw wrote
I would never sign up to repair roads in rhody the way y'all drive
iandavid t1_iqu4fyp wrote
Well-maintained infrastructure costs money. Unfortunately we just lost a good chunk of our road maintenance budget in the truck tolling lawsuit. And folks in here were more worried about their own cars getting tolled—which isn’t likely to happen—than they were about the fact that RhodeWorks program now has an uncertain future. Shows where our priorities lie.
PedroMeatball t1_iqu5b7c wrote
No one wants to pay for the potholes we have to get fixed in the distant future (because the socialism!). No way we'd pay someone to find more and rush to fix them.
ginjaninja4567 t1_iqu9kp0 wrote
we have whatever the opposite of this is 😂
eightbitbrain t1_iqvdy8b wrote
You're confusing us with a collectivist society that has high standards and intense pride in the quality of the work they do. Keep dreaming.
BOKEH_BALLS t1_iqvgg5g wrote
If we fixed roads this fast, road crews would be out of the job.
dishwashersafe t1_iqvgwi4 wrote
Gas in Tokyo is also an $1/gal more expensive than here and income tax is an extra ~10%. You get what you pay for.
Tell RIers you're going to raise the tax rate and gas prices, and people will lose their shit.
dishwashersafe t1_iqvhjr1 wrote
WTF? I didn't know about that lawsuit! Truck tolling was the smartest thing this state has done, and the opposition to it boggles my mind.
I haven't studies the lawsuit yet, but I can't wrap my head around how it could be unconstitutional.
EDIT: Ok it seems like it's discriminatory because local heavy vehicles are exempt, but not out of state ones. I still don't get it. The Newport bridge toll rate depends on residency. And even if that is deemed discriminatory, the obvious answer would be to start charging local trucks, not do away with the whole program, no?
JasonDJ t1_iqw1wfm wrote
Well if you pay someone to fix potholes, they will make the potholes for free.
That’s why public roads should be fully owned and maintained by the state. Unfortunately they only do the former.
Accurate-Historian-7 t1_iqw9tm2 wrote
They would never make it out of providence let alone the entire state.
Accurate-Historian-7 t1_iqw9vj1 wrote
rhodysailor t1_iqwetsf wrote
The Japanese have always been ahead of us in so many ways
PuzzleheadedTest1919 OP t1_iriam2i wrote
I’m all for more bike paths, but not a the expense at roads.
eternalkangaroo t1_iqss87f wrote
Allens Ave would cause a system overload