Low Population County Capacity Building

Rural communities require substantial transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, rail, transit, air, etc.) to connect their economic activities to larger urban markets; however, the low population density of rural areas limits the available tax revenues to maintain these networks in a state of good repair. Federal and state policies exist to fill this funding gap since “farm-to-market” networks are essential to the health of the larger economy. Unfortunately, rural communities struggle to participate in these very support programs designed to help them. The objective of this research is to systematically identify the barriers to participation in Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) transportation funding programs by jurisdictions with low populations and to propose solutions to make transportation infrastructure maintenance assistance more accessible.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $67334
• Contract Numbers:

  KSU-23-5

  RE-0862-01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754
• Performing Organizations:

  Kansas State University Transportation Center

  Kansas State University
  Department of Civil Engineering
  Manhattan, KS  United States  66506
• Principal Investigators:

  Fitzsimmons, Eric

  Newmark, Gregory

• Start Date: 20220901
• Expected Completion Date: 20231201
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Government funding; Grant aid; Local government; Maintenance; Rural development
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01860654
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Kansas Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: KSU-23-5, RE-0862-01
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 6 2022 2:57PM