Articles by: Carrie Kissel
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FTA Extends Online Dialogue on Asset Management
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has extended its online dialogue until January 18 to gather input about new requirements in Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21-st Century (MAP-21). Stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments regarding how FTA should define...
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Transportation Project Prioritization and Performance-based Planning Efforts in Rural and Small Metropolitan Regions
In September 2011, the NADO Research Foundation released the new report Transportation Project Prioritization and Performance-based Planning Efforts in Rural and Small Metropolitan Regions... (PDF). This report provides an overview of the state of the practice in non-metro regional transportation
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Inland Ports: Linking Freight and Regional Economic Development
This report highlights examples where intermodal facilities connecting rail and truck streamline freight movement and position their regions for economic impact.
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Connecting the DOTs
This report is an entertaining yet highly informative guidebook for creative problem solving, building stronger state and local partnerships, and understanding the unique opportunities that transportation and economic development projects bring to regions and communities.
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Growing Rural Innovation-Based Economies: Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network
This report is presented in two parts, a case study overview and a detailed description of steps performed & visualizations created to better understand regional economic development.
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2011 National Rural Transportation Conference
On August 24 – 26, 2011, the National Rural Transportation Conference occurred in Washington, DC. The conference provided peer training and networking on a variety of multi-modal rural and small metropolitan transportation planning topics, as well as timely federal program...
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A Peer Learning Forum of the NADO Research Foundation: Innovative Approaches to Disaster Recovery and Economic Resilience
This report... (PDF), released in July 2011, covers the discussions during a two-day forum held in June 2011 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Participants from Mississippi, North Carolina, Iowa, Texas, South Dakota, Florida, and Wisconsin shared their situations and offered examples
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Resilient Regions: Integrating Economic Development Strategies, Sustainability Principles and Hazard Mitigation Planning
This new report released in July 2011 provides an in-depth look at the roles that regional planning and development organizations are taking to help local and regional economies re-build after natural disasters. The Resilient Regions... (PDF) report focuses on efforts
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Exploring the Role of Regional Transportation Projects as Rural Economy Drivers
(http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/RegTransit NULL.pdf)The NADO Research Foundation has just released a new report on regional transit, developed through its Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development in July 2011. With case studies in Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont, this report explores...


