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Originally Posted by Wharn
Canadian cities in general have far fewer freeways (as a tradeoff, our downtowns are usually not too shitty).
Condition-wise, I would actually say Ontario wins out. Some of the Interstates are pretty pooly maintained, especially I-75 through Michigan.
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In addition, our transit systems are generally better compared to US cities of similar populations.
I'd say that generally Canadian Highways (especially Ontario's 400-Series) are better maintained than our U.S. counterparts. This is due to the fact that we have less of them, and thus the ones we do have need to be in good shape.
Take for example Highway 401. It's pretty much the only connecting link in southern Ontario and thus it has to be well maintained (heck, there's always multiple construction projects taking place on the route at any given time).
-In the U.S., you'd probably see two or three routes running roughly parallel to one-another in a similar geographical location, thus use is spread out. This means that lower volumes don't warrant as good road maintenance and the road budget is stretched out having to maintain three roads instead of one.
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