[xvedejas]

I'd like to see California consider reducing the total mileage of roads and focus on having a smaller amount of higher quality paved surfaces. My neighborhood street does not need to be 60ft wide, and our freeways do not need more lanes.

[s1artibartfast]

Oregon manages about 40% the road miles of California with 10% the population and 70% of the tax revenue per capita.

[xvedejas]

I imagine that all states would have more trouble managing more roads than they currently do, and less trouble managing fewer roads than they currently do.

[s1artibartfast]

I dont follow? Are you invoking some diseconomies of scale. California has about twice the roads but more than 5X the budget.

[xvedejas]

My prior post is choosing not to compare the two at all. In isolation, it is easier for California to handle fewer roads than it currently does.

[brewdad]

Start with the fire department. They are the ones demanding 60 ft wide residential streets so that their trucks can turn around without having to drive a few blocks out of the way.