Pavement conditions are just “fair” on the Bay Area’s roadways, according to an annual report card from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 

The report released Thursday quantifies conditions on the region’s 44,000 miles of local streets and roads and shows that a typical Bay Area thoroughfare showed “serious wear” in 2022 and probably needs to be repaired soon. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.