Urban-rural classification
Subtitle: identifying a system suitable for transit
By: David Ripplinger, Natalie Beck, Jill Hough.
Contributors: Easterday, Natalie.; Hough, Jill A.; Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute.; United States. Federal Transit Administration.
Series: UGPTI department publication -- no. 207; UGPTI publication -- no. 207.
Publisher: North Dakota State University, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Fargo, N.D.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Population geography -- United States -- Methodology; Human geography -- United States -- Methodology; Local transit -- Research -- United States
Description: "In this paper existing urban-rural classifications are evaluated to determine their ability to appropriately delineate differences among geographic areas as they relate to personal mobility need and transportation service availability with emphasis placed on the definitional boundary between urban, small urban, and rural areas. In the absence of a suitable existing classification system, a new system is constructed, applied, and evaluated"--Executive summary.
Notes: "September 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).

Research sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation.