Rural Transportation

The transportation briefing room offers a compilation of ERS research on the impact of transportation on rural economic development. It highlights changes taking place within rural transportation, focusing on physical infrastructure including highways, rail, waterways, and airports. It also examines the effect of deregulation on transportation services involving personal mobility, trucking, airlines and rail freight.

Released Friday, August 9, 2002

See http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Transport/.