ALLOCATING FAIR SHARE COSTS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY: A HOME-GROWN APPROACH

Smaller communities, like their larger cousins, must modify their transportation networks to suit changes in demand. However, unlike larger communities, smaller communities may lack the ability to pay for these improvements, either through developer contributions or through an effective capital projects budget. With the availability of capital projects grants decreasing over time, small, rural communities are becoming even less able to perform necessary system improvements to keep pace with increasing demand. This presentation discusses the constraints facing small, rural communities and how two cities and a county worked together with the assistance of local citizens, integrating land use planning, transportation planning and a geographic information system; and using a simple model to begin to allocate "fair share".

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.21949/1403808
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12906
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference proceedings available only on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300
• Authors:
  • Grimes, W F
• Conference:
  • Sixth National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities
  • Location: Spokane Washington, United States
  • Date: 1998-9-16 to 1998-9-18
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COMMUNITIES, SEPTEMBER 16-18, 1998, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Communities; Cost allocation; Geographic information systems; Improvements; Land use planning; Public participation; Rural areas; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778498
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 29 1999 12:00AM