RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN VIRGINIA

Travel in most rural areas is now confined to one mode: the private automobile. Those who cannot own or operate cars either do not travel or must arrange, sometimes paying high prices, for others to take them where they need to go. Public transportation should be made available to those in rural areas. This paper analyzes the rural transportation problem in Virginia and suggests how public transit systems can be developed and operated in rural areas of the state. A number of projects are reviewed that are in operation or are proposed for rural areas in other states. The study concludes that, although scattered, sufficient resources are available in Virginia for the planning and development of rural public transportation systems.

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• Authors:
  • Mix, Charles V S
  • Dickey, John W
• Conference:
  • 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1974-1-21 to 1974-1-25
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 56-65
• Monograph Title: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ISSUES
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 519
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Public transit; Rural areas; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Virginia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095589
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309023645
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 522
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 2 1981 12:00AM