Looks like the city is spending more on pothole repair then bike infrastructure. Latest from Gothamist.
Extra Pothole Filling Costs More Than NYC Bike Lane Budget
By John Del Signore on Feb 17, 2011
For drivers, bad potholes are typically more costly than they are dangerous, but for cyclists they can be deadly. And after our extreme winter—which is most definitely over, no doubt about that, right, eh?—many cyclists are returning to the streets to find their commutes pockmarked with new landmines. Thankfully, the DOT is taking the war on potholes seriously, and spending a pretty penny to get the pavement pretty again. Streetsblog crunched the numbers, and you may be surprised to see how much the city is spending compared to, say, bike lanes.
Read the article here.
And check out the latest pothole tumblr.
Here in our country, our road is also packed with pot holes. Not only bikers are affected by it but motorcyclists as well. Even though, Motorcycles are pretty much heavier than bikes, with its speed, most of them end up crashing.
Ugh: potholes. It’s that time of the year when temperatures fluctuate so much from daylight hours to nighttime hours and these little critters rear their ugly head, doing damage to bicycles everywhere. Everything from bent bike rims to wacked out wheel alignments are the bane of any traveler.
I found a blog that offers several tips on how to handle them and what you need to look for when you’re the unfortunate victim of one.
What country is that?
Our country is Philippines
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