Fighting wildfires is expensive. Firefighters must be paid and equipment must be purchased and transported to fires. Operations and maintenance cost money.
According to a WSU researcher, the incentives to lower those costs are out of balance, and the researchers are working to understand the sources of the incentive problems.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the USDA and the U.S. Department of Transportation develop a comprehensive study of rural transportation issues. The study will be done with the USDA’s Transportation Services Division. “They felt we had the skills and background and […]
It’s a Fact Washington ranks third in the nation for acreage of storage onions, with 16,000 to 18,000 acres at an annual farm gate value of greater than $60 million. In addition, onion seed crops in the state provide as much as 20 percent of the world’s supply. On Solid Ground is a weekly, electronic […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Economists and engineers at Washington State University, the University of Washington and North Dakota State University are forming a regional freight transportation center to study issues that transcend state borders, thanks to $500,000 just received from the Federal Highway Administration. “As we look to combining the expertise at three different universities, I […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Rural residents value public transit and would be willing to pay more to keep it, a new study at Washington State University shows. “That includes non-users as well as users,” said Ken Casavant, transportation economist and one of the authors of the study. “People who don’t use it may want the option […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Despite recent improvements, the condition of rural roads and bridges across the state continues to deteriorate, according to the findings of a recent survey of county engineers. “Even though counties have been able to make some improvements during the past five years, we’re really concerned about a potential collapse of the rural […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — With construction on Interstate 5 in the Seattle area next month (July), employers can expect increased tardiness and even absenteeism. But they can alleviate some of the problem by taking a cue from businesses and government agencies that responded to the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Southern California. There, freeway damage caused massive […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Results of a six-year Washington State University study of transportation issues facing Washington and a discussion of legislative direction for transportation funding will be the focus of the Eastern Washington Intermodal Transportation Study Forum, Wednesday, May 13, in the Wallenstein Theater at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. Invited speakers include […]
Pullman, Wash. The North American Free Trade Agreement is exacting a hidden toll on Washington’s highways, a new transportation study has found. Increased truck traffic attributed to NAFTA trade may cut the useful lives of main north-south truck routes by 30 percent or more and there is no way for the state to recover a […]