An aging, shrinking rural population has significant impacts on the transportation system. It’s becoming harder for local governments to maintain local road networks, and the demand on transit services is increasing. In order to continue to serve residents, access to airports and transit opportunities are key concerns along with finding ways to fund transportation projects that spur economic development. Rural/Micro group members
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The Rural and Micropolitan Issues Topical Working Group (TWG) reviewed many cross-cutting issues, but the main goal of this group was to generate and evaluate solutions. They were asked to:
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Identify any other rural and micropolitan transportation issues that might have been missed in Phase 1.
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Evaluate possible solutions to these issues (i.e., identify benefits and concerns about the solutions).
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Generate other possible solutions to transportation issues.
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While this group doesn’t have to prioritize solutions in the first two meetings, they may work to develop a sense of which solutions seem most likely to be cost effective.
The input from Meetings 1 and 2 helped to inform the investment scenarios the consultants develop. The additional issues and possible solutions were also forwarded to the Policy and Technical Committees for review.
