WHY INFORMATION MATTERS: WEST VIRGINIA: A RURAL POINT OF VIEW

The Appalachian Regional Highway System is the only highway system ever created by the U.S. government with the sole purpose of stimulating economic development. And there is ample evidence that highway investment has stimulated economic development in this rural region of West Virginia. There remain, however, many questions specific to rural areas that need to be addressed. This conference presentation asks these questions. For example, are the transportation, social, political, economic, and investment criteria for mountainous and rural regions comparable to the criteria for urban regions?

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• Authors:
  • Bonasso, S
• Conference:
  • Information Requirements for Transportation Economic Analysis
  • Location: Irvine, California
  • Date: 1999-8-19 to 1999-8-21
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 32
• Monograph Title: INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Economic analysis; Investments; Rural areas; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Appalachia; West Virginia
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796905
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309071240
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 4 2000 12:00AM