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Passenger & Freight Rail = Less Energy & More Choices
“All Aboard! Getting America Back on Rail”Webinar
September 21, 2011
Deron LovaasFederal Transportation Policy Director
Natural Resources Defense Council
• Rail Systems
– Class 1 Freight RR - Short line RR– Commuter Rail - Amtrak Intercity Pass.
Rail
- High Speed Rail
Why OneRail?– Elevate the visibility of rail
as a key part of the nation’s transportation system
– Integrate rail into national, state, and regional transportation policies, programs, and plans
– Bring all rail interests together to speak with one voice
Members
• American Public Transportation Assn • Natural Resources Defense Council
• Amtrak • Railway Supply Institute
• American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association
• Sheet Metal Workers International Association
• Association of American Railroads • States for Passenger Rail Coalition
• Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen • Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
• National Association of Railroad Passengers
• Transportation CommunicationsInternational Union
• National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association
• United Transportation Union
Associate Supporters (to date)
• AECOM• Alstom• HNTB
• GE Transportation• Parsons• Parsons Brinckerhoff• SYSTRA
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• Rail Trends– Amtrak - 36% growth in ridership since 2000– Freight rail
• Class 1 – 13% growth in ton miles since 2000• Short Line – 12.1 M carloads shipped per year
– Commuter – Ridership growth 13% since 2000
• U.S. Population Trends– Projected growth + 130 million by 2050– Majority live in metros, more of the same projected
• Energy + Rail– Intercity rail is about 16 percent more energy-efficient
than air travel on a per-passenger basis (and this can improve based on load factor and fleet renewal)
– Over 31 percent more efficient than cars (again, load factor and fleet renewal can widen the gap)
– Freight rail about 50% more energy efficient than trucks.
• Moving more freight and people by rail would– Protect against volatile energy prices and– Keep our economy competitive in world markets.[1]
[1] Data source: Transportation Energy Data Book, Ed. 29, Oak Ridge Laboratory for the US Department of Energy
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• Expand support for freight and passenger rail– Greater emphasis on benefit/cost across modes– Integrate freight and passenger rail into state and
metro transportation plans– Provide stable and reliable funding for intercity
passenger rail– Provide a variety of financing tools to states– Increase flexibility of state transportation funds to
support rail– Focus development patterns to support rail
Expanding Passenger and Freight Rail =
Smart Energy Strategy
Thank you
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