Low Volume Roads
The low-volume roads research program is designed to make a positive contribution to rural transportation through user-based research. There are four general focus areas of research:
- Designing and maintaining an efficient low-volume seasonal surface transportation system
- Financing an extensive network of low-volume roads, highways, and bridges that provide for cost effective movement of people and goods
- Enhancing rural and non-metropolitan transportation safety
- Understanding design considerations unique to the region that take into account soils, materials, topography, and climate, and emphasize its rural nature.
For more information about this program, please e-mail jill.hough@ndsu.edu.
Rural Transit
The overall objective of the rural transit program is to promote the efficient and effective movement of people in non-metropolitan regions. There are four general focus areas in which research is conducted:
- Planning and operating viable transit systems in a sparsely populated region
- Transportation of economically disadvantaged and aging rural residents
- Using Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies for rural public transit
- Promoting connectivity between small towns and urban centers and the region's metropolitan centers
For more information about this program, please e-mail jill.hough@ndsu.edu.
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