Transportation Publications
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National Symposium for Rural Transportation Planning Organizations and Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Assessing the Structure and Benefits of Collaboration
This proceedings report documents a special event on the relationships among regional planning organizations, state and local government agencies, and stakeholder groups. This symposium was held as a joint session during the 2010 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference and...
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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...
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New Report on Rural Transportation, Economic Development and Quality of Life
The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) has released a new policy brief, Rethinking Federal Investments in Rural Transportation: Rural Considerations Regarding Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act (http://www NULL.rupri NULL.org/Forms/RUPRI_Transportation_April2011 NULL.pdf) (PDF), which shows that America’s rural areas, small towns,...
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Fed Highway Admin Releases Livability Report
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released a new report that provides an overview of the current state of the practice relative to the implementation of livability principles within the context of the Federal-aid highway program. This research paper, The...
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Natural Gas Drilling
(http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/naturalgas NULL.pdf)Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale: Economic Opportunities and Infrastructure Challenges. This issue brief examines the natural gas drilling boom in the U.S. and associated economic opportunities and infrastructure challenges, including strains on local transportation networks...
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RPO and MPO Symposium Findings
National Symposium for Rural Transportation Planning Organizations and Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Assessing the Structure and Benefits of Collaboration....
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Integrating Land Use, Transportation and Economic Development in Pennsylvania
...Pennsylvania initiated a statewide effort to integrate land use, transportation and economic development at the regional level through a process known as LUTED, under which the state’s regional planning and development organizations developed regional visions and strategies to identify projects
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Four Corners Rural Transportation Forum: Summary of a Peer Learning Exchange
(http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/4corners10 NULL.pdf)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...
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Tackling Regional Air Quality Issues: A Breath of Fresh Air for North Carolina Residents
...In this report, the NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Regional Development and Environmental Stewardship explores how numerous regional development organizations in North Carolina have been forward-thinking and pro-active in their efforts to protect the nation’s air quality. Released February 2008,
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Getting Started in Regional Energy and Fuels Planning: Sharing the Land-of-Sky Experience
This report examines how the Land-of-Sky Regional Council in Asheville, North Carolina worked with its local governments and other partners to design a framework for a regional clean energy and alternative fuels planning and business development project. The report was...