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Future customer demands, service availability, and industry investment decisions will shape the modal marketing decisions of the grain marketing sector. The Delphi survey technique is used to engage a cross-section of grain industry experts in sharing opinions regarding future trends for service, investment...

This report describes a study jointly conducted by the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Department of Transportation to better understand how selecting an Mr value influences the thickness of an asphalt overlay pavement. The objectives of this study were to: 1) investigate the importance of several...

A research study was conducted to investigate the potential application of Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems (IVHS) technologies for reducing accidents on rural roads. After studying existing technologies, their present application to transportation, and approaches to identifying predominant accident...

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...

The primary purpose of this study is to develop a research agenda which provides solutions to the problems experienced by rural transit operations in the Mountain-Plains Region. In order to achieve this, the specific objectives of this study are to: (1) examine factors that make rural transit unique...

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effects of freeze-thaw conditioning and overloading on the resilient modulus (Mr) of subgrade soils susceptible to frost penetration. The Mr values of conditioned samples were compared to unconditioned samples. All Mr values were determined in...

The purpose of this paper is to identify transportation issues and research needs from a geographical and institutional perspective. The four areas of emphasis as suggested by the title are as follows: 1) The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, its creation, governance, purpose and a comparison...

Deals with issues regarding the importance of transportation in the Upper Midwest.

The purpose of this paper is to speculate as to the nature of the future transportation of wheat to the PNW from North Dakota and Montana.

The objective of the Grain Transportation Forum was to measure the future challenge to America's grain handling and transportation system and to bring together at a particular place and time innovators in the grain handling and transportation industry to explain how this challenge will be met and the...

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