The 2008 Rural Local Officials Consultation Assessment Guide (view the PDF guideor accompanying presentation as a PowerPoint fileor PDF) is intended to provide rural local elected and appointed officials, along with their regional planning organizations, with a framework for appraising the effectiveness, timeliness and results of their involvement and input into the statewide transportation planning and decision-making processes within their respective states. Although certain aspects of the planning process have changed since MAP-21 was passed in 2012, this guide remains a useful resource for localities or regions seeking to work more closely with their state DOTs on statewide planning and project identification.

This report was produced by the NADO Research Foundation under a cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration.