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Appalachia, 1970
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Consumer Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment
Download full textNew York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1988
Inadequate public transportation in rural areas has long been a major impediment for rural residents' access to health care, jobs, and community activities and services. Particularly disadvantaged in transportation are the rural poor, elderly, and youth. This report highlights the benefits to be gained by passage of the Commission on Rural…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislation, Rural Areas
Sadler, Ronald A.; Ching, C. T. K. – 1975
In order to investigate the interaction of cost, quality, and efficiency in the provision of educational services in rural Nevada, synthetic cost functions were developed using a linear programming transportation model to identify optimal school district organization. Optimal school district organization was defined for specific levels of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum, Distance
Stommes, Eileen S. – Rural Sociologist, 1990
Describes current changes in rural transportation services. Describes general thrust of innovative efforts to provide rural passenger transportation despite declining resources. Describes public-private transportation cooperation, human-service agency coordination, linking state and local bus services, mixed passenger-package functions, community…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Bus Transportation, Community Coordination, Community Development
Stommes, Eileen S. – 1985
The need for passenger transportation is widely recognized by rural communities. Shrinking federal funding has led many communities and human service agencies to experiment with innovative approaches to provide transportation services. One such approach is the use of cooperative organizations to provide needed services. A study conducted by the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Bus Transportation, Community Control, Community Services
Stommes, Eileen S.; Byrne, Robert J. – 1984
A study of two rural New York counties--Cortland and Otsego--was undertaken to identify innovative ways to provide public passenger transportation services in rural areas by using transportation cooperatives. Information about current transportation services was obtained from staff members of the human service agencies and county government…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Bus Transportation, Community Services, Cooperatives
Fox, Florence C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The reorganization of the curriculum and the necessary assembling of proper materials of instruction attendant thereto are probably receiving more of the attention of educational leaders at the present moment than any other school problem. The Bureau of Education is endeavoring to be of assistance to those attempting a solution of this important…
Descriptors: Educational History, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum
