LOCAL RURAL ROADS: A POLICY ANALYSIS

The local rural road system is in a state of national deterioration while at the same time traffic demands are shifting. A traffic simulation model is used with data collected through personal interviewing to investigate several policy options for the rural road system. Policies include abandonment, conversion of low-volume roads to low-maintenance, returning some roads to private ownership, and reconstructing bridges. Results suggest that optimal restructuring of the system will include multiple investment and disinvestment policies and will vary by state and locations within states.

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• Authors:
  • Hamlett, C A
  • Brennan, S
  • Baumel, C P
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-8
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Deterioration; Investments; Low volume roads; Policy analysis; Rural areas; Traffic simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disinvestments
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490248
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM