On May 16, 2024, NADO and RPO America held a virtual peer exchange focused on rural transportation planning programs with three presentations and small group discussion.
In March 2016, the NADO Research Foundation held a focus group, during which participants developed a framework that emphasizes doing economic development and transportation planning differently:
Economic development in transportation involves deliberate interventions to produce tangible benefits that are specific to the context, are sustained over time, and make a place more resilient.
In 2011, the East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) completed the Comprehensive Regional Development Strategy, a joint planning document that serves as both the region’s Long-Range Transportation Plan and
This article is a section in the 2014 NADO Research Foundation report Moving toward Performance-based Transportation Planning in Rural and Small Metropolitan Regions. The Iowa DOT had embarked on its
The documents below were provided by regional transportation planning organizations from across the country to provide guidance for orienting new and existing members of other regional transportation planning organizations. 2014
Stuart Anderson of the Iowa Department of Transportation, delivered this presentation to the 2008 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference, sponsored by NADO. Anderson’s presentation describes the expansion of ethanol
When ISTEA became law in 1991, regional transportation became a focal point. In response, the Iowa Transportation Commission designated regional transit-planning regions where local officials were given ownership over the
With support from the Federal Highway Administration, the NADO Research Foundation held a special symposium session during the 2010 – 2013 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conferences. Each year, the
This case study initially appeared in the NADO Research Foundation 2012 report Aligning Strategies to Maximize Impact: Case Studies on Transportation and Economic Development and was also a presentation given
A study by RPO America and the NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development examines dramatic increases in wind farm installation in the U.S. in recent years.
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