TRB Webinar: Practices in Rural Regional Mobility: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, September 27, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 861: Best Practices in Rural Regional Mobility. The research explores the role of state transit program policies and regional planning agencies in the development of services that fall in the middle ground between intercity bus service and rural public transportation, also known as rural regional services. Transit providers in rural areas are facing increasing calls to link rural areas with services outside their immediate service area. Those who cannot access a private vehicle may need rural regional services to access medical services, employment, shopping, and connections to other modes of transportation.

This webinar presented case studies that exemplify different models for providing rural regional transit services. These case studies illustrate a variety of organizational models, markets served, and funding strategies. They also show successful models and issues in different contexts, including different state transit program policies, population characteristics, and target populations. The presenters discussed the lessons learned from these case studies in order to provide a checklist for those local transit providers, regional planners, and state transit program managers seeking to identify rural regional mobility needs and develop services in response to those needs.

This webinar is sponsored by the Transit Cooperative Research Program.

The slides are available.






Webinar Presenters

• Fred Fravel, KFH Group
• Lucinda Shannon, KFH Group

Moderated by: Sue Knapp, KFH Group

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