Rural Roads and Bridges: Management Issues Facing Local Highway Officials

Details

• Creators:
  Walzer, Norman ; Deller, Steven C.
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs ; University of Wisconsin--Madison. Dept. of Agricultural Economics
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Agricultural Marketing Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridges Financing Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) Local Government Local Roads Management Management Practices Rural Areas Rural Highways Training
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
• 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 jurisdictions 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.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ad962f45209981cc024a1562755f4b20bb13e52337a0fae6da7766a9b8efa37118ee1c3b0a9ac850d1a7c3c18a63384e872d5486af75e928a605ca4331dbf0e2
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14964/dot_14964_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 181.18 KB ]