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Research Reports
Filter by Keyword7 report(s) found with counties in the keywords field 1 - 7 of 7 In Wyoming, most county paved roads were built decades ago without following minimum design standards. However, the recent increase in industrial/mineral activities in the state requires developing an efficient pavement management system (PMS) for local paved roads. The new PMS which is currently being... Andrew Bratlien, Alan Dybing, Luke Holt, Tim Horner, Yasaman Kazemi, EunSu Lee, Pan Lu, Jon Mielke, Denver Tolliver, Brad Wentz, Vu Dang, Christopher DeHaan, Nimish Dharmadhikari, Chijioke Ifepe, Yong Shin Park, Fangzheng Yuan, and Zijian Zheng This report responds to the North Dakota legislature's request for a study of the transportation infrastructure needs of all county and township roads in the state. In this report, infrastructure needs are estimated using the most current production forecasts, traffic estimates, and roadway condition... Today's small-community security professionals operate in an era shaped by the ever-present specter of domestic and international terrorism, increasingly interdependent webs of interaction across public and private sectors, and rapidly advancing technological innovation. In such a complex and interconnected... In this study, the cohort-component method of population projection is used to project changes in the size of various groups at five-year intervals from 2005 to 2025 for each of North Dakota's 53 counties. The populations of interest in the study, seniors, the disabled, students age 5 to 19, and households... This study examines consolidation of road services by local governments, and explores the optimal mix of roads for rural counties. A methodology for measuring economies in the provision of local road services is presented. This methodology is unique in two ways; 1) it better accounts for relevant variables... Cooperation among jurisdictions and consolidation of programs is one method by which economies may be gained, thereby either reducing costs or upgrading quality of programs. One such consolidation which may be considered is the merger of road programs at the local level. Such a consolidation has been... The general purpose of this study is to determine the amount of local tax revenues derived from railroad branch line property, The specific objectives are: 1) to determine the degree of dependence or tax revenues that counties, school districts, cities and townships receive from railroad branch line... |
