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From page 34... ... TR N EW S 30 3 M AY –J UN E 20 16 34 Hough is Program Director and Associate Professor of Transporta tion, and Mattson is Associate Research Fellow, Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University, Fargo. Transit agencies serving the needs of peoplein rural areas throughout the United Statesare challenged by low population densities and long travel distances. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... TR N EW S 303 M AY–JUN E 2016 35 and people in low-income households, who lack access to an automobile and require transportation alternatives. Members of the relatively few rural households that lack access to an automobile make almost one-third fewer trips per day than members of households that own a single vehicle. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... TR N EW S 30 3 M AY –J UN E 20 16 36 expensive than providing government assistance to people who lack access to jobs. Providing other types of trips also has benefits, although these are often qualitative and difficult to measure -- for example, the quality-of-life benefits from social trips. Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... TR N EW S 303 M AY–JUN E 2016 37 Minot City Transit noted the difficulty "for a municipality to compete with oil field and private companies' wages...to hire and retain drivers." The Dickinson Public Transit director commented that the agency needs more office and transit staff, but "to hire and maintain qualified staff, we need more money for salary and benefits." Staffing issues are not limited to areas with an active oil industry. Rural transit agencies also must compete with trucking firms that offer higher wages. Read the entire page →

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... TR N EW S 30 3 M AY –J UN E 20 16 34 Hough is Program Director and Associate Professor of Transporta tion, and Mattson is Associate Research Fellow, Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University, Fargo. Transit agencies serving the needs of peoplein rural areas throughout the United Statesare challenged by low population densities and long travel distances.

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... TR N EW S 303 M AY–JUN E 2016 35 and people in low-income households, who lack access to an automobile and require transportation alternatives. Members of the relatively few rural households that lack access to an automobile make almost one-third fewer trips per day than members of households that own a single vehicle.

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... TR N EW S 30 3 M AY –J UN E 20 16 36 expensive than providing government assistance to people who lack access to jobs. Providing other types of trips also has benefits, although these are often qualitative and difficult to measure -- for example, the quality-of-life benefits from social trips.

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... TR N EW S 303 M AY–JUN E 2016 37 Minot City Transit noted the difficulty "for a municipality to compete with oil field and private companies' wages...to hire and retain drivers." The Dickinson Public Transit director commented that the agency needs more office and transit staff, but "to hire and maintain qualified staff, we need more money for salary and benefits." Staffing issues are not limited to areas with an active oil industry. Rural transit agencies also must compete with trucking firms that offer higher wages.

Read the entire page →

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