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Reports and publications by the NADO Research Foundation that help you stay up to date and in the know
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Ethanol Production Impacts Transportation System
The NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development has released this news issue brief which examines the regional and local transportation impacts of the ethanol fuels industry. Released July 2007, 6 pages Click here to view Ethanol ...
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Regional Alliance Pulls Toyota to Tupelo: PUL Alliance Efforts Attract New Jobs
The NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development has released a new special report examining the multi-county alliance and transportation infrastructure that made the Northeast Mississippi region attractive to Toyota, which announced plans to build an automotive...
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Southeast Tennessee Transportation: Positioning the Chattanooga Region in the Global Economy
This report explores the Chattanooga region’s multi-modal transportation system and its role in retaining the region’s economic competitiveness in the global marketplace. It describes the economic significance that both current and proposed transportation corridors play in moving goods and people...
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Short Line Railroads: Saving an Endangered Species of Freight Transport
...This report highlights the action of the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board and the SEDA-Council of Governments to form rail authorities and save short rail lines that would have otherwise been abandoned. These lines continue to be
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Arrowhead Region: A Portfolio of Transportation Assets
This report showcases the role of the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission in supporting the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council (the MPO for the metro area), in partnership with the Northwest Regional Planning Commission in Wisconsin, and the Northeast Minnesota Area Transportation...
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Rural Local Officials Consultation Assessment Guide
This guide is intended to provide rural local elected and appointed officials, along with their regional planning organizations, with a framework for appraising the effectiveness, timeliness and results of their involvement and input into the statewide transportation planning and decision-making...
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Metropolitan and Rural Transportation Planning: Case Studies and Checklists for Regional Collaboration
...This report provides case studies and checklists of possible actions that metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), rural transportation planning organizations (RPOs), state departments of transportation (DOTs), local government entities, and other planning partners may take to enhance their partnership efforts. January
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Role of Transportation Planning in the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Process: A Nationwide Scan
This research report identifies the extent and methods used by economic development districts to incorporate transportation plans, projects, stakeholders, and issues into the regions’ comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) documents. The research team also identified and described promising practices and...
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2009 National Scan: Rural Transportation Planning Organizations
This report provides an overview of characteristics of rural planning organizations (RPOs) and similar organizations, based on a scan emailed to regional organizations in April and May 2009. Released June 2009, 8 pages Click here to view the 2009 National ...
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Four Corners Rural Transportation Forum: Summary of a Conference
In May 2010, a small group of regional transportation planning practitioners convened in Park City, Utah for two days of facilitated discussion and presentations. Participants shared information about best practices and emerging issues in their regions on a variety of...