Public Transportation in Rural Areas & Tribal Communities
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released their Public Transportation in Rural Areas & Tribal Communities guide for service improvements, to make travel easier for residents, and explore innovative solutions.
This guide addresses the diverse public transportation needs found in rural and tribal communities, which tend to face unique challenges like ensuring transit services, operations, funding strategies, and organizational structures align with local conditions and community needs.
Such transit agencies use varying programs and practices for overseeing, funding, and managing their services based on their specific circumstances. This guide features nine detailed case studies that showcase successful services and strategies implemented to improve public transportation access and effectiveness in rural and tribal communities across the country.
Who is NCHRP?
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program conducts research in problem areas that affect highway planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance in the United States.
Administered under the Transportation Research Board (TRB), NCHRP is a collaborative effort between the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the National Academy of Sciences.
Who is TCRP?
The Transit Cooperative Research Program serves as one of the principal means by which the public transportation industry can develop innovative near-term solutions to meet demands placed on it.
The TCRP has an established reputation for providing useful reports and other tools to help public transportation practitioners solve problems and inform decision makers.
