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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

It's possible they're all fresh new potholes. The reason there's more of them is the trend from cars to SUVs.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    The first part makes sense. But I think an especially harsh winter would be more the culprit than SUVs. Not that they don't cause more damage - but the number of SUVs in a city doesnt double in a single year and cause a noticeable increase in potholes. We would expect a gradual increase in pothole development that would only be noticeable with statistical analysis over several uyears.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    You're totally right. I didn't know it was such a big jump. I assumed this was one of those cases where every administration gets to claim something is the "biggest ever" because the thing they're bragging about tends to grow steadily with population and/or inflation.

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