Improving Public Transportation in Rural Areas and Tribal Communities

NCHRP Research Report 1144/TCRP Research Report 251: Public Transportation in Rural Areas and Tribal Communities: Guide for Service Improvements provides a guide to help public transit agencies in rural and tribal communities initiate new or enhance existing public transportation services to improve mobility and accessibility, enhance performance, and consider appropriate innovations. The guide will help transit providers determine the service designs and modes that are most appropriate within their community and support implementation of those services. This guide will be of immediate use to public transportation providers and stakeholders that plan and provide public transportation services in rural areas and tribal communities throughout the United States.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4958
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Joint project with TCRP B-49.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $750,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 08-147

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  State Departments of Transportation (participating member states of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO))

  American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Managing Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Performing Organizations:

  KFH Group, Inc.

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• Principal Investigators:

  Knapp, Sue

• Start Date: 20210827
• Expected Completion Date: 20241031
• Actual Completion Date: 20241031

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Mobility; Rural transit; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Tribal government
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01978512
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 08-147
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 2 2026 7:27PM