We propose a multi-hop reliable broadcasting (M-HRB) scheme suitable for a wide range of vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) applications in urban setting. Multi-hop reliability is performed using local state information. Basically, a street is divided into multiple cells to form grid-like zones. We apply a proactive local state processing scheme exploiting features of periodic beacons to estimate wireless link quality of the neighbours. With availability of local state information, adequate numbers of forwarders are selected to achieve desired reliability in each hop for a multi-hop broadcast. Furthermore, M-HRB saves bandwidth consumption by enabling cooperation among forwarders. Simulation results show the superior performance of M-HRB in city environment in terms of reliability and bandwidth consumption. M-HRB also satisfies transmission latency requirements for time-sensitive vehicular applications.