Michigan Roads & Infrastructure
How do Michigan roads rank in US? Libertarian group crunches numbers (html) 11-21-2021| Detroit News | Opinion.
- The state ranked 34th nationally in highway performance and cost-effectiveness in 2021, dropping 10 spots in the libertarian think tank’s Annual Highway Report compared to the 2020 report, and landing in the bottom 10 states in several measured categories.
- Michigan was one of only four states, including New Mexico, Ohio and South Carolina, to decline in the rankings by 10 spots or more in the same time period, compared with the 2020 report, which looked at 2018 and 2019.
- Michigan ranks in the bottom 10 nationally in five of the report’s 13 metrics. The state ranks in the bottom 10 in three of the four pavement categories, traffic congestion, and structurally deficient bridges.
Reason Foundation (html).
- 26th Annual (2021) Highway Report: Ranking each state’s highway conditions and cost-effectiveness (html) (pdf) – Reason Foundation | 11-18-2021.
- Michigan Ranks 34th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness (html) (pdf) – Reason Foundation. This is a 10-spot decline from the previous report, where Michigan ranked 24th.
- 25th Annual (2020) Highway Report (html) (pdf) – Reason Foundation.