Where I came from, WNY, there are 3 interstates that are available: I90, I86 & I80 that allow a straight line from Ohio to NYC/DC.... all 3 are within 100 miles parallel...
In New York, I-90 (and I-87) form the New York Thruway and it opened in 1955. A connection to the Massachusetts Turnpike that carries I-90 west from Albany to the Massachusetts state line opened in 1959.
I-86 mostly is upgrades of New York route 17 - which has existed in some capacity since the early 1900s, was signed in 1924. Starting in the 1950s, it was upgraded to a freeway, and eventually a large amount of the highway marked as I-86 once enough of the highway had been upgraded. The final traffic signal was eliminated in 2011.
I-80 in Pennsylvania opened in stages from 1953 to 1970. The Pennsylvania Turnpike would have been a viable, but less direct route between Ohio and New York City, and it opened in the 1940s. I-80 in New Jersey was completed around the same time frame.
New Mexico is mostly empty and has a relatively small population, so unlikely to rank high in absolute statistics for anything.
This is exactly why looking at per capita statistics to account for this is more useful.
New York State had 454 cases and has 20 million people. New Mexico had 64 cases, and has 2 million people, which is actually worse, if you adjust for the population.
California ostensibly has 39 million people, probably more in reality because of illegals. It has more than 3 times the cases of New York State, but only twice the population, so the rate per person is much worse.
Where I came from, WNY, there are 3 interstates that are available: I90, I86 & I80 that allow a straight line from Ohio to NYC/DC.... all 3 are within 100 miles parallel...
In New York, I-90 (and I-87) form the New York Thruway and it opened in 1955. A connection to the Massachusetts Turnpike that carries I-90 west from Albany to the Massachusetts state line opened in 1959.
I-86 mostly is upgrades of New York route 17 - which has existed in some capacity since the early 1900s, was signed in 1924. Starting in the 1950s, it was upgraded to a freeway, and eventually a large amount of the highway marked as I-86 once enough of the highway had been upgraded. The final traffic signal was eliminated in 2011.
I-80 in Pennsylvania opened in stages from 1953 to 1970. The Pennsylvania Turnpike would have been a viable, but less direct route between Ohio and New York City, and it opened in the 1940s. I-80 in New Jersey was completed around the same time frame.
I90 (Seattle -Boston) was part of Truman upgrades. I86 (Pa-NY) was improved during the 1970's-80's?? I80 (Pa) post WW11.. not sure exactly when.
Hope this helps.
Curious: States that are low and yet next to one or more dark colored states. AL, WV, NM, AR.
New Mexico is mostly empty and has a relatively small population, so unlikely to rank high in absolute statistics for anything.
This is exactly why looking at per capita statistics to account for this is more useful.
New York State had 454 cases and has 20 million people. New Mexico had 64 cases, and has 2 million people, which is actually worse, if you adjust for the population.
California ostensibly has 39 million people, probably more in reality because of illegals. It has more than 3 times the cases of New York State, but only twice the population, so the rate per person is much worse.
I might make a map adjusting this per capita...
That doesnt include the undocumented people trafficked in for organ harvesting and human trafficking
It's also only a count of the number of cases, and definitely doesn't count incidents that no one caught.
Also, can a single case contain more than one victim?