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Rural public transportation : fifth national conference proceedings.

Title
Rural public transportation : fifth national conference proceedings.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1981.

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Additional Authors
  • McLaughlin, Mary.
  • National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Rural Public Transportation.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Sociotechnical Systems.
  • National Conference on Rural Public Transportation (5th : 1981 : Arcata, Calif.)
Description
vi, 102 pages : illustrations, charts, maps; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Transportation research record, 0361-1981 ; 831
Uniform Title
Transportation research record ; 831.
Subject
  • Rural transit > Congresses
  • Rural transit
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • Reports presented at the 5th National Conference on Rural Public Transportation, held Aug. 18-20, 1981, at Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Part 1, Past, present, and future issues. Rise and fall of rural public transportation / Jon E. Burkhardt -- Rural public transportation : an Alaskan perspective / Lloyd Robinson.
  • Part 2, Finance management. Billing and accounting by use of a computerized data reporting system : the Iowa experience / Franklin E. Sherkow -- Use of unrestricted federal funds of the Section 18 program / Donald N. Tudor.
  • Part 3, Planning. Planning rural systems : how and why should you start? / William C. Underwood -- Organizational planning for contracted rural public transit services / Robert A. Roblin -- Planning for transit development in an era of fiscal scarcity / David J. Forkenbrock -- Replanning existing rural public transportation systems / Jon E. Burkhardt.
  • Part 4, Vehicles. Lightweight accessible buses : selection, maintenance, and general care / James D. Brogan, Francis X. McKelvey -- Procurement of small transit vehicles / Marc Cutler.
  • Part 5, International activities. Integration of public and school transportation : Hohenlohe, Germany, case study (Abridgment) / Peter A. Fausch -- Swiss postal passenger service (Abridgment) / David L. Genton, G. Rathey -- Surface rural public transportation in Canada / Brian E. Sullivan, S.L. Suen -- Rural passenger transportation in the Netherlands / Alex Eckmann.
  • Part 6, Training and technical assistance. Information and training modules for planning, implementing, and operating specialized transportation services / Joseph S. Revis -- FHWA training course on managing rural and small urban public transportation programs / Jon E. Burkhardt -- University-sponsored technical assistance strategy (Abridgment) / Robert P. Schmitt, David J. Cyra.
  • Part 7. Innovations. Can the postal bus play a role in providing rural transportation? / Daniel Fleishman, Imogene Burns -- Section 13c labor protection : a review of its effectiveness and impacts (Abridgment) / Joseph W. Harrison, Long H. Pham -- Using a state management plan option for Section 18 (Abridgment) / David E. Smith.
ISBN
  • 030903308X
  • 9780309033084
LCCN
82006368
OCLC
  • ocm08388651
  • 8388651
  • SCSB-9125069
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library