Access, Equity, and Safety in Rural Road Development: Historical Evidence from the Dalton Highway, 1974-2024

Authors

• Philip Wight
• Nathan Belz

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Description

This study investigates the historical example of the construction of the Dalton Highway—the most significant new road built in Alaska since 1971—to analyze how historical changes in access (both new infrastructures and access policies) and equity (who decides, who benefits, who is seen as a stakeholder) have impacted safety, broadly defined, in rural, isolated, tribal, and indigenous (RITI) communities throughout Northern Alaska.

Publication Date

11-17-2024

Keywords

Ground transportation, private trucking, pipeline transportation, bus travel, automobile travel, rural travel, environmental impacts, public opinion, cultural resources, equity, social change, wilderness areas, cold weather construction, Dalton Highway

Recommended Citation

Wight, Philip and Belz, Nathan, "Access, Equity, and Safety in Rural Road Development: Historical Evidence from the Dalton Highway, 1974-2024" (2024). CSET Project Reports . 51.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_cset_project_reports/51

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/15637