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How bad are roads in United States; details may surprise you

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[h=1]Fact checking Shivraj Singh Chouhan: How bad are roads in United States; details may surprise you[/h][h=2]Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is at the centre of a row after saying the roads in his state is far better than those in the US.[/h]Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is at the centre of a row after saying the roads in his state is far better than those in the US. Last week, while addressing a business round-table organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington, Chouhan had said, “When I got down at the Washington airport and travelled on the road, I felt the roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than the United States… I am saying this not just for the sake of saying.”
Chouhan’s statement not only invited criticism from the opposition in India but also took the social media by storm, as Twitterati flooded the microblogging site with memes making fun of Chouhan’s statement. However, the MP Chief Minister has refused to take back his statement. Instead, on Sunday in Bhopal, Chouhan cited a report cited to claim that 92 per cent of the roads in Washington are in “poor” shape.
“I want to give you an example. If you go to the city through the super corridor from the Indore airport, you will find world class roads. This was in my mind when I was speaking in the US,” he said.


“I had read a report that 92 per cent of the roads in Washington are in poor shape,” he said, adding, “I went there for branding of Madhya Pradesh and not to highlight the poor condition of roads in some localities, but the Congress sees politics in everything,” he said.
Chouhan had reportedly quoted a report by TRIP, a national transportation research group. Following are some of the findings about the roads in the US highlighted by TRIP in its earlier reports
State of rural roads in the US
In a report titled ‘Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland’ TRIP had published some little known facts about the state of rural roads in the world’s biggest economy. The report was published on the TRIP website in June this year.

It said, “Sixty-six cities of 50,000 or more in the U.S. do not have direct access to the Interstate Highway System.”
The report further said, “Rural transportation accessibility and connectivity is critical to transportation-dependent business sectors including the growing energy production sector, advanced manufacturing and tourism. Many jobs located in urban areas also depend on economic input from rural communities.”
According to the report, poor state or rural roads continue even as the US population had nearly doubled from 165 million to 323 million since the Interstate Highway System was designated in 1956. It further said, “The abandonment of more than 100,000 miles of rail lines in recent decades, mostly in rural areas, has reduced access in many rural communities and increased reliance on trucking for freight movement.”
It also quoted a report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), saying “connectivity is particularly poor in rural portions of Western states because of the significant distance between Interstate highway routes and the lack of adequate rail service.”
Public transportation in rural America: “Only 60 percent of rural counties nationwide have public transportation available and 28 percent of those have very limited service.”

About fatalities on rural roads in the United States, TRIP said, “non-Interstate roads have a traffic fatality rate that is approximately two-and-a-half times higher than all other roads. In 2015, non-Interstate rural roads had a traffic fatality rate of 2.18 deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles of travel, compared to a fatality rate on all other roads of 0.83 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles of travel. (Link of the report: http://www.tripnet.org/docs/Rural_Roads_TRIP_Report_2017.pdf)
Status roads at the national level in the US
At the national level also the condition of roads is not as shiny as it may appear to the outside world, according to Twitter.
“Forty-four percent of America’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition. Driving on roads in need of repair costs U.S. motorists $120 billion a year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs – $553 per motorist,” it said, adding, nine percent of America’s bridges are structurally deficient.
According to the report, 43 percent of America’s major urban Interstates experience congestion during peak hours, costing American motorists around $121 billion a year in wasted time and fuel costs.
Not only this, “motor vehicle crashes in which roadway design was likely a contributing factor cost U.S. motorists $93.6 billion per year in medical costs, lost productivity, travel delays workplace costs, insurance costs and legal cost, TRIP said. (Link of the report: http://www.tripnet.org/docs/Fact_Sheet_National.pdf)


http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...nited-states-details-may-surprise-you/912133/




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It is not right to compare the streets of Washington, DC, USA with MP, India.

Is the USA road paved with Gold, absolutely not?
 


Fact checking Shivraj Singh Chouhan: How bad are roads in United States; details may surprise you

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is at the centre of a row after saying the roads in his state is far better than those in the US.






The facts about USA roads may be accurate.
 
According to this link, New Jersey spends $2 million a mile that is 8 times above average. That means, in the US, average road construction cost is $250,000 per mile. That's $156,250 per kilometer.
In INR, that's Rs. 1.03 crore per kilometer.

According to this link, the cost of building national highways in India is 8-9 crore per kilometer. Without land acquisition, it is 4-5 crore per km


Essentially, this means, cost of constructing a highway in India is 5 times that in the USA. This is despite cheaper labour. At the outset, it may seem that the cost of raw materials could be a reason. But not so. The two important needs to construct a road are the jalli stones and coal tar.

Price of coal per ton in India (Aug 2015) : Rs. 3000 per ton
Price of coal per ton in USA (Feb 2015) : $45 per ton (Rs. 2971 per ton)

ETA: The article in the link above is for 2010. Here is a more recent article. According to this, an 8000 km project is worth 1 lakh crore. That makes the cost of road construction at present day value = Rs. 12.5 crore per kilometer. Since the project "was awarded", I am assuming this does not include land acquisition costs. But even then, the cost is so XXXXX

high.
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/3t59cr/india_vs_usa_cost_of_highway_construction/
 
[video]https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/news/wait-what-madhya-pradesh-roads-better-than-us-says-shivraj-chouhan-470684[/video]
 
Crash: India’s Roads Are The Deadliest In The World

More than thirty people died when an overloaded passenger bus plunged into a deep gorge in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, underscoring India’s unfortunate role as having the world’s deadliest roads.

More than 110,000 people died in Indian road crash every year – a tragedy sparked by reckless driving and poor roads, among other ills.

The World Bank estimates that the actual carnage on India’s roads is closer to 200,000 (or about 550 deaths every day), if one includes pedestrians and cyclists who are hit by passing vehicles. This figure would indicate that India alone accounts for 15 percent of global road fatalities, although it only has 1 percent of all motor vehicles on the planet.

These figures also do not include the hundreds of thousands --- perhaps millions – of Indians who are seriously injured by these frequent mishaps.


“Many of these deaths are preventable by improved road design and management,” the Bank said.

“As India’s rapid economic growth enables more people to own cars and scooters, the death toll on the country’s roads will rise unless efficient measures are implemented. India has now overtaken China to top the world in road fatalities and continues to pull steadily ahead.”

Roads unsuited for high-density traffic, political corruption that leads to unqualified people receiving drivers licenses, a disregard for auto safety rules and speed limits are all contributing factors to the rising death toll on India’s highways and byways.


World Bank Country Director Roberto Zagha commented: “No other country has ever had such a high number of vulnerable road users. Given the scale of this unique challenge, India cannot afford to emulate the slow path to safer roads taken by the high-income countries; rapid and innovative action is needed.”


Unless safety measures are instituted across India, the carnage on its roads will continue unabated. Consider that the number of cars in India has skyrocketed from just 5 million three decades ago to more than 75 million today.


Indian road safety expert G. Gururaj wrote in a study: ''Generally, poor people are involved more often in road crashes, while their access to quality health care is limited,'' adding that most victims are men between the ages of 15 and 44 years who come from the ''poorer sections of society'.”


The Savelifefoundation estimates that road accidents are now the leading cause of death for Indians in the 15-40 age group and that these deaths shave off 2.5 percent of India’s annual GDP.


http://www.ibtimes.com/crash-indias-roads-are-deadliest-world-742413
 

§ Annual Global Road Crash Statistics
§ Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
§ An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
§ More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.
§ Road traffic crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally.
§ Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5-14.
§ Each year nearly 400,000 people under 25 die on the world's roads, on average over 1,000 a day.
§ Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world's vehicles.
§ Road crashes cost USD $518 billion globally, costing individual countries from 1-2% of their annual GDP.
§ Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries USD $65 billion annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmental assistance.
§ Unless action is taken, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.



Annual United States Road Crash Statistics
§ Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year
§ An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled
§ Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year
§ Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20
§ Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person
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Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad


http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics


Don't think road accidents are any scale to judge the state of roads in any country. There are multiple factors, like vehicular population, driving expertise, Literacy rate and lack of knoledge of traffaic rules of drivers ( or may be purposeful ignorance of rules) could be another adverse factor as far India is concerned.
 
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