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Parent poster was right on the money. I’ve lived in 5 US states with state income taxes ranging from zero percent to merely substantially lower—nevermind a “ci

by adwi 8y ago

Parent poster was right on the money. I’ve lived in 5 US states with state income taxes ranging from zero percent to merely substantially lower—nevermind a “city tax” that’s in addition and higher that most state taxes—and uniformally the roads and bridges are significantly better than NYS. And then there’s the billions NYC collects annually in fines [0]. Does anyone know the root cause of this? Where does all of the revenue go? [0] www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160324/civic-center/new-york-city-collects-record-19-billion-fines-fees.amp

mch82 8y ago
Traffic, structural model, materials, environment. I found a few websites that seem to have repackaged this professor's lecture notes and then found the original.[1] The most unexpected insight was that slow traffic is a big factor. NY and LA definitely have slow traffic compared to most other cities in the US. [1]: Mathew, Tom V. "Factors affecting pavement design." 3 August 2009. https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/tvm/1100_LnTse/402_lnTse/plain/plain.html https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/tvm/1100_LnTse/402_lnTse/plain/... " I also found this Virginia Tech paper that lists a number of citations that may provide additional insight, https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/56449 https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/56449
mmmBacon 8y ago
In CA about 25% goes to pensions, 35% to healthcare, and the rest is <45% give or take a few percent.
gamblor956 8y ago
Traffic usage. NYC roads are simply used by more people during more parts of the day than pretty much any other city except LA. LA's roads are messed up as a result of the large volume of trucking traffic. As a result, both the roads in NYC and LA need resurfacing more frequently than other locations, but that takes a lot of time and a lot of money, and so in many cases unless the road is really messed up it's not worth it to accelerate maintenance ahead of cycle.

by adwi 8y ago

mch82 8y ago

Traffic, structural model, materials, environment. I found a few websites that seem to have repackaged this professor's lecture notes and then found the original.[1] The most unexpected insight was that slow traffic is a big factor. NY and LA definitely have slow traffic compared to most other cities in the US. [1]: Mathew, Tom V. "Factors affecting pavement design." 3 August 2009. https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/tvm/1100_LnTse/402_lnTse/plain/plain.html https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/tvm/1100_LnTse/402_lnTse/plain/... " I also found this Virginia Tech paper that lists a number of citations that may provide additional insight, https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/56449 https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/56449

mmmBacon 8y ago

In CA about 25% goes to pensions, 35% to healthcare, and the rest is <45% give or take a few percent.

gamblor956 8y ago

Traffic usage. NYC roads are simply used by more people during more parts of the day than pretty much any other city except LA. LA's roads are messed up as a result of the large volume of trucking traffic. As a result, both the roads in NYC and LA need resurfacing more frequently than other locations, but that takes a lot of time and a lot of money, and so in many cases unless the road is really messed up it's not worth it to accelerate maintenance ahead of cycle.