Many rural roads and bridges are in poor shape, a new report says, and fixing them will cost $180 billion. The report from TRIP, a national transportation research non-profit, found that nearly a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Virtually all current poverty policy debates center on the urban poor. But rural labor markets have higher unemployment and less earnings growth than urban labor markets ...

Other states with 30% or more of major rural roads in poor condition are Hawaii, Michigan and Kansas, the new TRIP report says. That percentage is 20% or more in 10 other states.

Connecticut had the highest percentage of rural roads in poor condition, 35%, followed by Rhode Island and West Virginia, each at 33% and Hawaii and Michigan, each at 32%.

The findings are…not great. Half of America’s rural non-highway roads are rated as being in a condition from poor to fair; 13 percent ranked as “poor.” Roads with that designation have substantial ...

Rural roads can be deadly, ... two-way roads with poor alignment, cross-section, and roadside design, are clearly -- and by far -- the most dangerous highways." ...

A report finds that traffic crashes and fatalities on rural roads are disproportionately high, occurring at a rate nearly three times higher than all other roads. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers.

Maine's rural roads and bridges are in need of major improvement, according to a new report from TRIP, a research group in Washington, D.C. Maine ranked 14th in the country for the worst rural ...

TWIN FALLS — Idaho’s rural road conditions lag behind most of the nation. A full 31 percent of Idaho’s rural roads were rated in poor condition by a study recently ...

A new report finds that 21% of Iowa's rural bridges are rated poor or structurally deficient. Nationwide, $198 billion is needed for rural road and bridge repairs.

The transportation research group TRIP found 19 percent of Virginia rural roads are in poor condition, ranking 17th in the nation. It's a problem the Commonwealth is already working to fix.