Regional Rural Transportation Planning and the Role of the Rural Planning Organizations

Details

• Creators:
  Sriraj, P. S. ; Metaxatos, Paul ; Buffoni, Pietro ; Larson, Brian
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Illinois at Chicago. Urban Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Illinois Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Regional transportation
  • Rural transportation
  • Planning
  • Surveys
  • Best practices
  • Needs assessment
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Illinois at Chicago. Urban Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this research is to identify Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) in the State of Illinois and current practices in rural transportation planning. The research will inform IDOT on the functioning of these organizations, their sources of funding and identify gaps and redundancies in the state. The objective of this research is twofold: First, it investigated current practices in Illinois, with an in-depth analysis of roles, activities, funding, and coordination mechanisms between RPOs and IDOT within the state. It focused on methods used to facilitate RPO inclusion in the planning process, especially for areas without representation, and methods to foster the rural programs development process. Second, the research explored existing coordination methods and rural planning organization practices in other states, to propose recommendations from case studies where rural planning process has been consistently incorporated into transportation planning at the DOT level. For this second aspect the study included a survey with rural planning managers from state DOTs.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/73723/dot_73723_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.81 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d50cb272c70b46ec630e3c48cb6d9c3c51636653fd9eaeebb2d25c597259729