

No other automaker is receiving what California is giving Tesla











Source: The Los Angeles Times

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By Spuke on 5/7/2013 12:25:46 PM , Rating: 2
Well ALL of SoCal roads are crap. Ever been to AZ, they've probably repaved their entire freeway system 6 times in the 15 years I've lived in CA. I can't remember the last time I saw a freshly paved road in CA. Seems like we aren't "getting our fair share" down here.

By lelias2k on 5/7/2013 12:43:51 PM , Rating: 2
Careful when using absolutes. I've lived in San Diego for 11 years (2001-12) and have seen an enormous amount of work done to the roads. Most of it was expansion, but there was a lot of repaving done too.

Also, it is hard comparing a state with almost 40 million people in it to one with less than 7 million. You have almost six times more people living in California in an area less than 50% bigger. So that creates a whole new set of challenges.

Could things be better? They always can! But they are not as bad as you're making they sound. I lived in Georgia before and travelled throughout the US and the world, and I still love California.

By Spuke on 5/7/2013 1:20:36 PM , Rating: 2
So that creates a whole new set of challenges.
Excuses, excuses. Since we have 6 times more people, we should have 6 times more money to fix these damn roads with especially with the revenues the state is pulling in. Seriously, where are these freshly paved roads? I haven't been to SF for 10 years so you got me there but I visit SD at least once a year and the roads are crap there too. Temecula crap, LA crap, Palm Springs crap, Bakersfield crap, Santa Clarita crap, The Valley crap. All crap. AZ just finished up a major expansion to the 17. God it's like driving on a pillow. Not the pissed off, recently clipped, bull ride that CA's sucky roads are.

By yomamafor1 on 5/8/2013 10:59:37 AM , Rating: 2
First of all, 6 times more people = 6 times more money is just bad math. It depends on income distribution, % of tax, % of employment, and number of tax breaks.

Secondly, fresh paved roads? How about 680 South from Dublin to Fremont? How about 880 from Fremont to San Jose? How about 101 from San Jose to San Francisco?

Just because you don't see it, doesn't meant it doesn't exist.




By BRB29 on 5/8/2013 11:24:04 AM , Rating: 2
It's not excuses. The cost of repaving high traffic roads is exponentially greater. They have to make a temporary road if possible to do a reroute and expand a lane or two. That's the problem with higher pop density. They also have to deal with much more complexity of telecommunications lines and whatever is buried. They have to work mostly at night.

In a low pop density area. They can just shut down the road and wouldn't cause any problem.

