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45 Transp. L.J. 95 (2018)
Regulatory and Private Approaches to Addressing Impacts to Transportation Infrastructure from Oil and Gas Operations in Rural Communities: Using the Law to Build a Policy Toolkit for Local Planners

handle is hein.journals/tportl45 and id is 113 raw text is: Article Regulatory and Private Approaches to Addressing Impacts to Transportation Infrastructure from Oil and Gas Operations in Rural Communities: Using the Law to Build a Policy Toolkit for Local Planners Leah A. Dundon and Mark Abkowitz The role of local transportation and community planners across the country can vary, but they are often - especially in rural communities - unpaid, volunteer or elected positions with little in the way of support staff, technologically advanced equipment, or other resources. With re- spect to the transportation system, these local planners are generally re- sponsible for the maintenance and upkeep of local and rural roads, with varying degrees of financial support from the state to do so. While fed- eral and state highways are generally built to accommodate heavy truck traffic, local and rural roads are more often designed for agricultural, farm to market types of loads and, as recent experience has shown, have been unable to withstand the intense heavy truck traffic that mod- ern oil and gas development necessitates. For example, one study esti- mated 3,700 - 4,200 truckloads needed per year for cattle shipments, which is close to the number of truck trips occurring over a matter of 95