Dodging potholes is a way of life in Honolulu, and a new study reaffirms that we have some of the worst roads in the country.

According to the recently released findings, Honolulu has the 13th worst roads in the nation, beating out metro areas, such as Boston and Sacramento.

TRIP is the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that came up with the ranking. The transportation research group performed the study by rating streets in big cities throughout the U.S.

It’s data shows that 43 percent of Honolulu’s roads are in “poor” condition, which costs drivers here an estimated $598 a year in additional vehicle operating costs.

The worst roads in the country, however, belong to California.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego are the top four urban areas when ranking the percentage of poor quality streets.

For instance, TRIP rated 64 percent of LA’s roads as being in the poor category, enough to give it the top spot on the list.

The annual $832 cost to LA drivers, too, was high enough to give it another No. 1 ranking.

Honolulu, on the other hand, is only 19th when it comes to the annual cost to drivers.

TRIP’s report is entitled “Bumpy Roads Ahead: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother.”

The report also gave Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell a chance to plug his ambitious road repaving program.

In TRIP’s press release about its findings, Caldwell said that Oahu’s poor road conditions are the result of “years of neglect.” But the mayor also said that he plans to repave every single road on the island that’s in unsatisfactory condition within the next five years.

He even said the city is ahead of schedule on its road repaving efforts this year and that he doesn’t plan to stop “until every city-owned road is fixed.”

Pretty heft claims. We’ll have to see what the TRIP report says next year.

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—Nick Grube