# Transportation - Appalachian Regional Commission

- Network Appalachia: Freight, Trade, and Economic Development This research report, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Network Appalachia multimodal transportation advisory group, provides an assessment of the freight network in Appalachia and the global context that surrounds it. This report is an update of the 2010 Network Appalachia:&#160;Access to Global Opportunity report and maps freight network infrastructure in the Region, profiles key [&#8230;]The post Network Appalachia: Freight, Trade, and Economic Development appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Trends and Impacts of Local Access Road Investment in Appalachia: An Evaluation Report of ARC’s Local Access Road Program This report presents a study to evaluate trends and impacts of investments in the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Local Access Road (LAR) Program using available project data and surveys conducted in this study covering the projects completed from 2001 through 2020. Information about 135 federally funded LAR projects was obtained from various data sources and classified [&#8230;]The post Trends and Impacts of Local Access Road Investment in Appalachia: An Evaluation Report of ARC&#8217;s Local Access Road Program appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Traffic Safety in Appalachia This research report, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, seeks to define the traffic safety culture in Appalachia and discusses the causes of the common safety problems in the Region. Drivers in Appalachia must contend with environmental concerns, including expansive rural regions, mountainous and curved terrain, and dense forests exposed to extreme weather elements, as [&#8230;]The post Traffic Safety in Appalachia appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Public Transportation in Appalachia – Inventory and Assessment This research report, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, documents the extent to which existing transit services are adequately creating or enhancing access for disadvantaged populations in Appalachia, particularly those in rural Appalachia. The report also documents current best transportation practices across the Region and explores how transportation intersects with issues of economic development, human [&#8230;]The post Public Transportation in Appalachia &#8211; Inventory and Assessment appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Access in Appalachia This study, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, analyzes how transportation options, and lack thereof, can impact economic development and access to services across the Region. The report understands transportation accessibility as the ability of people and businesses to access desired and needed activities, services, and goods within existing transportation options. This includes business access [&#8230;]The post Access in Appalachia appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- An Economic Analysis of the Appalachian Coal Industry Ecosystem This January 2018 series of five ARC-commissioned reports explores some of the current and potential impacts of Appalachia’s declining coal production on elements of the coal ecosystem.The post An Economic Analysis of the Appalachian Coal Industry Ecosystem appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Economic Analysis of Completing the Appalachian Development Highway System: Technical Report This report is the second volume of a study that analyzed the effect of ADHS development on economic growth in Appalachia, and the future economic benefits and costs of completing the system.The post Economic Analysis of Completing the Appalachian Development Highway System: Technical Report appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Access vs. Isolation: Preserving Appalachia’s Rail Connectivity in the 21st Century This report examines the effect of reductions in coal production on Appalachia’s current and future rail freight transportation network and highlights opportunities to help ensure rail connectivity to markets essential to Appalachia’s economic success.The post Access vs. Isolation: Preserving Appalachia&#8217;s Rail Connectivity in the 21st Century appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Appalachian Development Highway System Economic Analysis Study: Synthesis of Findings to Date This report reviews and summarizes the findings of previously published studies on the impacts of the Appalachian Development Highway System on economic growth and transportation connectivity in Appalachia.The post Appalachian Development Highway System Economic Analysis Study: Synthesis of Findings to Date appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Trade, Freight and Economic Development in Appalachia This 2012 research report, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission presents information related to goods movement, trade, freight volumes and the economic impact of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), a 3,090-mile interstate highway system composed of 31 individual corridors.&#160; The ADHS was designed to stimulate socioeconomic development throughout the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by [&#8230;]The post Trade, Freight and Economic Development in Appalachia appeared first on Appalachian Regional Commission.