Measuring the Benefits of Intercity Passenger Rail: A Study

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Figure A-7: Fort Worth Amtrak Station Figure A-8: Big Canyon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Washita River along Heartland Flyer Route 146
APPENDIX B: ON-BOARD SURVEY FORM 147
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1. Report No. SWUTC/10/169116-1 2.
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ABSTRACT In recent years, the polic
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LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 3-1: He
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION In i
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ail service along intercity corrido
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planning faces a variety of challen
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of travel (in the absence of rail s
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participate in the study. Throughou
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such as medical appointments or fun
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Heartland Flyer annually. Induced t
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Heartland Flyer identified in this
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DISCLAIMER The contents of this rep
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION In its Dece
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to Fort Worth intercity corridor wa
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• An overview of intercity passen
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passenger deficit for the year 1969
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In April 2009, the Federal Railroad
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conditions across the United States
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Table 2-2: State-Supported Routes i
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Oklahoma and Texas support service
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conducted by the Southeastern Wisco
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Discussion of State-Supported Rail
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• The 1993 Illinois Passenger Rai
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INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL PLANNING T
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Data Needs for Intercity Passenger
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supported routes. The following par
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• Third, the total non-business r
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demand model varies, Horowitz and F
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Survey Design Literature Deploying
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Table 2-4: Elements Included in On-
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question. This pattern is consisten
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a particular corridor. For example,
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CHAPTER 3: DESCRIPTION OF HEARTLAND
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• After passing through Davis, th
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minutes early. A later section of t
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corridor. Table 3-1 shows a snapsho
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enefits resulting from the route’
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state of Oklahoma (71). This action
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served by the route are Pauls Valle
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Figure 3-4: Typical P42DC Locomotiv
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during non-peak times when the usua
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effect during this research study w
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HEARTLAND FLYER SERVICE DATA The fo
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Examining the 10-year monthly avera
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surprisingly, is Oklahoma City-Fort
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Figure 3-9: Heartland Flyer On-Time
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CHAPTER 4: DATA COLLECTION The main
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amenities that could increase rail
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pool be increased to 3,000. The IRB
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Summary of Data Collection Tables 4
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Ineligible Passengers Several group
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QUALITY CONTROL After completing th
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For the access mode to station ques
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One question on the survey asked th
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trip). However, researchers determi
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eporting how far passengers were fr
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CHAPTER 5: DATA ANALYSIS This chapt
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survey item by the total number of
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Page 127 and 128: Tables 5-5 and 5-6 display another
Page 129 and 130: Heartland Flyer Market Area Researc
Page 131 and 132: Table 5-9: Passenger Trip Purpose,
Page 133 and 134: PASSENGER CHARACTERISTICS Passenger
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Page 137 and 138: In both April and July, the two mos
Page 139 and 140: Table 5-19: Passenger State of Resi
Page 141 and 142: Figure 5-2: Residential Zip Codes o
Page 143 and 144: Gender Table 5-22 reports passenger
Page 145 and 146: Household Income Table 5-26 reports
Page 147 and 148: In FFY 2009, the Heartland Flyer ra
Page 149 and 150: Table 5-28: Passenger Alternatives
Page 151 and 152: Urban and Rural Mobility Another co
Page 153 and 154: passenger was approximately $120 in
Page 155 and 156: if the service did not exist (appro
Page 157: This study measured the mobility im
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Page 167 and 168: REFERENCES 1. National Surface Tran
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