In 1998 the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.
S. Department of Transportation (DOT) signed an agreement to create
the Rural Transportation Task Force. The task force was charged not
only with addressing long-term agricultural transportation and rural
passenger and freight mobility challenges but also with coordinating
activities aimed at addressing those issues.
The task force's Data and Information Exchange Committee
created this website in direct support of this mission. This website
provides a medium for information sharing activities that
help address rural and agricultural transportation
issues that support and enhance rural economic development, rural
life, and rural mobility;
ensure the efficient movement of agricultural
products on our nation's highways, rail systems, waterways, and air in
national and global trade and
maintain the global competitiveness of American
agriculture.
Links are provided to information and data produced by USDA and
DOT units as well as other federal and state agencies, and academic
institutions. Included are websites, reports (or abstracts),
statistical reports and data resources, bibliographic databases, and
directories.
Memorandum of Understanding
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