The University of Iowa Driving Safety and Research Institute recently completed a research project to help rural America. The project hopes to combat challenges facing rural communities across Iowa and the nation.
It is a freezing day in January 2024. 18-year-old Hannah Gross cannot leave her farm because fresh snow consumes the gravel roads that are too dangerous to travel on, and no one can get to her family’s farm.
Every time it snows, Gross and her family have to wait out the storm on their farm in Amana, Iowa, until her grandpa can come with the tractor to plow. For the Gross family and many other families around the state, accessible roads are a luxury.