Interview data from transit researchers and planning practitioners living and working in Appalachian counties was collected by Emily Hutchinson. The interviews, conducted in a conversational format, explored systemic barriers to mobility, the causal relationship with the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), and ideas for addressing transit deficits. The dataset was last updated on October 20, 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyze systemic barriers to rural mobility based on qualitative interview transcripts.
- Study the perceived causal relationship between highway infrastructure and transit deficits based on practitioner insights.
- Identify community-based solutions for mobility justice based on ideas raised by interlocutors.
- Evaluate transportation planning paradigms based on historical and current evidence discussed in interviews.
Strengths
- Data includes perspectives from multiple roles, including city planners, transit planners, MPO planners, directors, and researchers.
- Interview methodology was adaptive, with questions added ad hoc for clarification and to explore relevant findings.
- The work draws on both historical evidence from literature and current qualitative data from professionals.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and professional bias inherent to the interview sample from Appalachian counties.
Provenance
- Source
- QDR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Qualitative interviews conducted with transit professionals.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-20 20:00:43; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Appalachian counties in the United States.