Where the rubber meets the road: Bay Area streets improving

The quality of pavement on Bay Area roads held steady in 2018, with a minor improvement to the regional average attributed to projects funded by the recent hike to the state’s fuel tax, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

There are 43,500 “lane miles” of local streets and roads, which achieved an average pavement condition index of 68 out of 100. In 2017 and 2016, the regional average was 67, according to the MTC, which is the transportation planning and financing agency for the nine-county Bay Area.