there are the related issues of technical capacity and local engagement in transportation planning and priority setting. The remoter the rural area, the less likely will be the availability of professional staff resources and technical capacity to work on these complex transportation issues, and the more likely that decisions that have a direct impact on rural communities will be taken at the state level, often without adequate local consultations.
National Rural Assembly 2011 - 1 views
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This would be an awesome trip!
PA Officials Issue Largest Fine Ever to Gas Driller - ProPublica - 1 views
Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality ... - 1 views
The Answer Sheet - Take this 1931 8th grade test (you will probably flunk) - 2 views
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The article is presumptuous, but the linked exam is interesting. Take a look at a piece of WV history!
How to decide where to live | Penelope Trunk - 1 views
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She's not saying anything that is not true, which makes this interesting.
Growing Up Gay and Transgendered in Appalachia - Alex Hannaford - National - The Atlantic - 1 views
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I thought this was pretty interesting and was a topic at the recent Appalachian Studies conference in KY.
Patriot Coal Receives Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Award -- ST. LOUIS,... - 1 views
http://www.ddaa-ldd.org/Default.aspx - 0 views
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ARC Local Development Districts: good info on how they're organized and a great interactive map. Might be helpful for our ARC-related work
A Transportation Bill for Rural America | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural - 0 views
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Matters are made worse by both geographic challenges and the complex system of responsibilities and funding. “Long distances between population centers, steep grades, mountain passes, more dramatic weather events and effects on road conditions, and a dispersed system with high unit costs for service delivery, operations, and maintenance” (FHWA, 2001) provide the operating context for rural transportation.
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Interesting look at rural transportation infrastructure challenges from a policy-making side. Very ARC
The New Geopolitics of Food - By Lester R. Brown | Foreign Policy - 2 views
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I think this is why Allan keeps on us about community gardens. This stuff is getting serious!
Inequality Rising in Rural and Urban America | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural - 0 views
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correlates income inequality with presence of social problems
The Rural Blog: Chestnut trees could return to U.S. if breeding project is successful - 1 views
DC Water head is working to make tap hip again - The Washington Post - 1 views
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Scott Fanello's future
Even in an era of budget cuts, these government programs won't die - The Washington Post - 1 views
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One of them, intended to clean up abandoned coal mines, sends millions every year to states that are finished cleaning up their highest-priority sites.
97th Anniversary of the Ludlow Colorado Massacre - 1 views
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Colorado Coal Country mine wars...
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