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... NCHRP LRD 87 3 ENCAMPMENTS OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN TRANSPORTATION RIGHTS-OF-WAY: LAWS AND STATE DOT PRACTICES Edgar Kraus, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, San Antonio, TX, and Brianne Glover, Jacqueline Kuzio, and Beverly Storey, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, TX SUMMARY Unhoused populations continue to be a nationwide problem throughout the United States. It is not unusual for individuals experiencing homelessness to establish refuge and shelter in encampments that encroach within, around, under, or upon transportation rights-of-way, including highway/ freeway interchanges, overpasses, bridges, and tunnels.
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... 4 NCHRP LRD 87 rights-of-way. Seven states have statutes that specifically reference camping or encampments on public land and rights-ofway.

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