California's infrastructure is no longer adequate

Our roads are crowded all the time. All the truck traffic from the south of Europe to North pass through Switzerland, because we have better roads and for them it is cheaper. Today is a holiday in the northern country at the border with Italy there is a waiting line of cars that is 9 miles long.

Our main motorways in the UK can be horrendous in rush hour, otherwise they mainly seem adequate.

Not to bad most of the time. If there is accident on the motorway our village roads get blocked right up.

Many places have this problem, but ya, California has to be one of the worse places, especially with traffic. Not to make this political, but that is where these issues go all the time. While politicians are a major part of the problem. There is really two simple reasons why infrastructure in this country is failing. People's overall mindset. Everyone has to have a car and why waste money on mass transit. Another solution to help would be allow more people to work from home and make a living wage. That would cut down on traffic.The other reason is there is just to many darn people. The world really needs to focus on how over populated we are getting. We can't keep up with our own implemented system. By the time you train someone to do a job so they can fix things. It is outdated and they need to be retrained because we have some new set of codes to go by. Then, when they do get that one problem fixed 10 more pretty significant problems arise that we have never had to deal with before. I think we need to hit the pause button and rethink how ancient our economy and overall system is.

yeah, dallas is like that too, our area, at worst you might have an hour if you go home DURING rush hour, you are better off, well waiting and leaving later, you will beat yourself home. I think MORE public transit needs created, busses and trains, Japan has a wonderful system, so much that while you may go an hour to get to work, you ride trains and such to get there, not many have cars

I live near Boston and traffic there is always awful. The Big Dig didn't help much and it cost a fortune.

Some of our national roads are still too narrow and cant accomodate the increasing number of cars and other forms of vehicles in our city. Our traffic situations are getting heavier everyday especially now that road widening projects and repairs are being undertaken while its still summer season.

y'all've jest too many folks squished'n yer neck'f the woods :) i'm fortunate not to've such, though goin' into town kinda makes one wish they'd stayed't home. there's no transit systems here, nary a cab to call 'n our roads? laughable 'xcept fer main street which'n they've been smart 'nough to leave cobblestone.

Transit systems? What transit system?? If I need to go very far I need to have a decent car or walk down some busy roads that do not leave room for such venturing. Greyhound here twice a day- morning and like 2 a.m. Amtrac train is north of us about 15 miles and I think it runs around midnight or so. Fun times here.

Fortunately I live in a rinky-dink town (3,000). There is no bus or taxi system but it's not needed here. Now when I used to work in Irving, Tx, It took me 2 hours 1 way to get to work. Not that the traffic was bad but it was 125 miles to get there. 2 hours up, 2 hours back and a 10 hour work shift. They are considering a speed train from Houston to Dallas. Maybe that's what you guys need there @TheHorse .

The roads are good, but I wouldn't say the transit system is great, but it is adequate.

It never ceases to amaze me how much traffic there is when I leave for my early morning writing session.

I can bet my country's traffic experience and the transportation secretary once said...traffic is not fatal. Like what??? We have the worst. Even with railways. Tsk

Colorado Springs has a massive pothole problem. I mean, it's really bad. Glad I don't own a car, the alignment would need regular work.

by the middle of the afternoon free ways here slow down too. if there is a accident then it really stops.

I think they have to rebuild the whole infrastructure in the state. For one thing, they have to build up water treatment plants to ensure an adequate supply of drinking water in case of serious droughts. They have to look into the public transportation system. Over here, we get grumpy if the public buses come at more than 15 minutes interval. That is unacceptable during peak hour.

The roads are awful.This time of the year.We have so many pothole to avoid.Right now they are not doing anything.Till the weather warmed up.In the meantime.Drivers suffer

Route 17 from San Francisco towards Santa Cruz can be busy enough, even at 1am, never mind during the peak work rush hours. Too many cars, not enough mass transit infrastructure.

It is fine up north where my main home is, but can be brutal going in to NYC, unless you know when and when not to drive in. We have great trains, but seldom use them. In FL, the highways are 5 and 6 lanes, and usually busy during rush hour traffic. Neither are as bad as the traffic in Southern California! We never had a problem driving in San Fran or to San Jose. Driver luck, I'm guessing.

Oh, I thought these only happen in our country - third world country- and not in your country that belongs to the first world country.