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Transportation Alternatives in Rural Communities: A Feasibility Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Lynn L. Reinschmiedt  and
Steven W. Murray
Lynn L. Reinschmiedt
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Community Development, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
Steven W. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Community Development, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
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Transportation is a vital element in our daily lives. Access to jobs, shopping, and other services depends upon some form of transportation. The principal means of transportation in the United States continues to be the automobile. Census figures show that in 1975, 84.7 percent of all workers in this country and 84.5 percent of the workers in non-metropolitan areas used the automobile to get to work (U.S. Bureau of the Census).

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , December 1981 , pp. 99 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1981

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