40 Percent Of New Jersey Roads In 'Poor' Condition

As Congress works to pass a highway bill by a Friday deadline, states are watching closely. The national transportation research group TRIP recently found that 28 percent of roads across all states are in "poor" condition.

But in a handful of places, the picture is even worse. In New Jersey, 40 percent of roads are in poor condition, according to the report.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd looks at why with Nick Vitillo, senior research engineer of the pavement resource program at the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation at Rutgers in New Jersey.