EditorialMembers of the Vallejo Pothole Vigilantes fill buckets with asphalt to repair a pothole on a road in Vallejo, Calif., April 14, 2023. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Vallejo Pothole Vigilantes fill buckets with asphalt to repair a pothole on a road in Vallejo, Calif., April 14, 2023. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Vallejo Pothole Vigilantes fill buckets with asphalt to repair a pothole on a road in Vallejo, Calif., April 14, 2023. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialA municipal worker repairs damage to an asphalt road in Staryi Saltiv, Ukraine, in the Kharkiv region, Oct. 17, 2022. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
EditorialA man walks past a Russian rocket embedded in the asphalt on a nearly-deserted street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)