See How San Ramon's Roads Stacked Up To The Rest Of The Bay Area

SAN RAMON, CA — San Ramon fared well in a recently released report that analyzes the quality of Bay Area roads.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which oversees transportation planning and more for the nine-county Bay Area, releases a report on pavement conditions of regional roads each year. Last month it released its latest report, which assigns communities a score on a scale of one to 100, based on a three-year average of data collected from 2017 to 2019. From there, communities are placed in categories ranging from "excellent" to "poor."

San Ramon, Livermore and Pleasanton ranked toward the top of the "good" category with scores of 78, 79 and 79, respectively. San Ramon's 2019 score has barely changed from its scores of 79 in 2018 and 80 in 2017, while the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton also received similar scores in the past few years.

While no cities ranked "excellent," Dublin again topped the "very good" category with a score of 85, while Palo Alto and Cupertino followed with scores of 84. Danville also placed in the "very good" category with a score of 80, up from 75 in 2017 and 2018.

Who's got the worst roads in the Bay Area? Petaluma once again came in dead last with a score of 45. Pacifica trailed with a score of 46, and Napa and Sonoma followed with scores of 47 and 49, respectively.

Overall, San Francisco roads were the best with a score of 74 in the "good" category. Contra Costa roads were placed into the same category with a ranking of 70.

“The good news is that the SB 1 gas tax money that cities and counties began receiving a couple years ago has helped prevent sliding backward," said MTC Chair Scott Haggerty in a news release. "But the bad news is that forward progress is slow and there’s still a long, steep climb to get where we want to be.”

Read the full report here.