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Transcript of Randy Wade TRB Intercity Passenger Rail Committee Tuesday January 25, 2011 Washington, DC.
Randy WadeTRB Intercity Passenger Rail
Committee Tuesday January 25, 2011
Washington, DC
NCHRP Report 657: A Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors -- $500,000
Provides a general overview of all aspects of planning, cost estimating, engineering, modeling, negotiating, and implementing shared use corridor service
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_657.pdf
NCFRP 30 Web-Based Screening Tool For Shared-Use Rail Corridors - $500,000 Feasibility screening tool
Low cost Publicly available data State and local rail program staff Eliminate from further consideration: infeasible
service proposals
NCHRP Project 08-86: Understanding Capacity Modeling for Shared-Use Passenger and Freight Rail Operations - $350,000
“How to” guidebook for state and local rail staff
RTC and similar capacity models Goal: informed participation by state and local
staff in capacity modeling
NCHRP Project 08-85: Comprehensive Economic Effects of Highway-Rail At-Grade Crossing Crashes $350,000
Multi-dimensional cost model for evaluating vehicle-train collisions. Delays to rail and highway shipments Societal costs Hazardous materials impacts Pollution impacts from delays and rerouting.
Improved decision-making
Authorized in Section 306 of PRIIA $5 million Administered by the Transportation
Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Specific research projects will be selected by an advisory board State transportation agencies; economists,
scientist, and engineers; Amtrak, the Alaska Railroad, freight railroads, transit operating agencies, railway labor organizations, and environmental organizations.
Modal energy efficiency comparisons Innovative funding Use of abandoned railroad corridors Inter-operability Risk management Environmental Justice Co-location of energy and rail facilities Model validation Data source standardization Intermodal rail connections
Freight access to HSR Intercity auto data collection Performance measures Project delivery Institutional and organizational structures First and last mile PTC benefits Intergovernmental coordination Residential and commercial density
information
Emissions analysis and modal comparisons Interline ticketing NEPA Process P3 Safety -- mixed traffic Using existing ROW Alternative energy and efficiency Quantifying public and private benefits Enhanced conventional vs. very high
speed
Intermodal schedule optimization Grade crossings shared use corridors Signaling and train control Track maintenance standards Effective project oversight Vehicle energy management Car trains Mega and regional planning FRA vs. new agency
International perspective on rail finance State federal and local MPO roles in IC rail Performance measure criteria Public involvement strategies Passenger rail equipment overview Ridership and revenue forecasting
techniques State capital share financing issues Tier 1 NEPA screening and alternatives
analysis
Financing techniques - TIFIA and RRIF Estimating operating costs Economic impact analysis Intermodal connectivity Institutional structures for intercity rail
management Station design
Randy WadePassenger Rail DirectorHNTB Corporation10 West Mifflin Street, Ste. 300Madison, WI 53703Tel: (608) 294-5022Email: [email protected]
