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Title	Rural roads and bridges : management issues facing local highway officials
Record ID	12199
Personal Name Creator	Walzer, Norman; Deller, Steven C.
Corporate Creator	Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (Western Illinois University); Department of Agricultural Economics (University of Wisconsin)
Corporate Contributor	Agricultural Marketing Service (U. S. Department of Agriculture)
Publication Date	19960900
Abstract	The report documents management practices used by, and issues facing, local transportation administrators. Data are drawn from a national survey of county and town highway officials, in Fall 1994 and Spring 1995, which provided usable information from 609 counties and 1961 towns. Five specific issues are discussed: training opportunities and needs; cooperative arrangements among local jurisdications and the working relationships with State departments of transportation; impact of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) on local road management; recent research suggesting a shift in how local road officials view intergovernmental aid in management decisions, and a discussion of policy changes that could improve local resource management in road and bridge management.
TRT Terms	Rural highways ; Bridges ; Rural areas ; Training ; Financing ; Local government ; Management
General Subjects	Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA); Local roads; Management practices
Classification	NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Bridges and Structures; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Construction and Maintenance; NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Funding; AGR - INFRASTRUCTURE - Rural Roads
Geographical Coverage	United States
TRIS Online Accession No	00737817
Resource type	Tech Report
URL	http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12100/12199/IIRA_Other_190.pdf
Format	PDF
Language:	English
Database	NTL Digital Repository

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