Measuring the Benefits of Intercity Passenger Rail: A Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of Figures --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- viii List of Tables ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- viii Executive Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xi Disclaimer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ xxvii Acknowledgements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xxix Chapter 1: Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Research Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Report Organization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Chapter 2: Literature Review ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Overview of Intercity Passenger Rail in the United States ----------------------------------------- 7 Focus on State-Supported Corridors ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Intercity Passenger Rail Planning -------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Survey Design ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Chapter 3: Description of Heartland Flyer Route--------------------------------------------------- 43 General Overview of Heartland Flyer Service ----------------------------------------------------- 43 Chronology of Passenger Rail Service in Corridor ------------------------------------------------ 49 Heartland Flyer Operating Details ------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Heartland Flyer Service Data ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63 Chapter 4: Data Collection ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71 Survey Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 Data Collection ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 Quality Control ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 Discussion and Lessons Learned --------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 Chapter 5: Data Analysis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 Statistical Considerations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 Travel Characteristics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 Passenger Characteristics ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 103 Mobility Impacts --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115 Economic Impacts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 122 Summary of Analysis Findings ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 Chapter 6: Conclusions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 129 Summary of Findings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 129 Potential Applications --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 131 Future Research ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 134 References -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 137 Appendix A: Project Photos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 143 Appendix B: On-Board Survey Form ---------------------------------------------------------------- 147 Appendix C: IRB Documentation --------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 vii
Page 1: 1. Report No. SWUTC/10/169116-1 2.
Page 5: ABSTRACT In recent years, the polic
Page 9: Table 4-3: Participation Rates for
Page 12 and 13: short- to medium-distance intercity
Page 14 and 15: administrative unit of the DOT, res
Page 16 and 17: Survey Design The on-board passenge
Page 18 and 19: million. Ridership during months wh
Page 20 and 21: esponse provided to a survey questi
Page 22 and 23: median number of household vehicles
Page 24 and 25: Oklahoma (47 percent). Researchers
Page 26 and 27: 3. U.S. Department of Transportatio
Page 29: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors recogni
Page 32 and 33: and timely above and beyond the ori
Page 34 and 35: ound of data collection, which took
Page 37 and 38: CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW This c
Page 39 and 40: Amtrak: The History and Politics of
Page 41 and 42: to New Haven; Washington, D.C., to
Page 43 and 44: took place almost immediately after
Page 45 and 46: The details provided in Table 2-2 d
Page 47 and 48: February 1995 report entitled Learn
Page 49 and 50: Washington The states of Washington
Page 51 and 52: problematic. This is likely to occu
Page 53 and 54: family or friends or for vacation/r
Page 55 and 56: service in the corridors where it i
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esidents in the communities served
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models used in this application wer
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travelers likely differ from those
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Discussion At the present time, a v
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obtaining more information and also
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others extended the question to ide
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No single trip purpose was provided
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provides the most clarity for the s
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Figure 3-1: Heartland Flyer Route 4
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Timetable Schedule Figure 3-2 shows
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two sections—I-35W (toward Fort W
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the two lines met in Purcell in Apr
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Oklahoma City-Fort Worth corridor t
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Oklahoma City and Tulsa are include
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evidence of use during the Amtrak L
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On the Heartland Flyer, the NPCU fa
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that the right passengers depart th
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on-time (as defined in the incentiv
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Also reported in Table 3-3 is the a
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across Thursday, Friday, and Saturd
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the average scores for its peer gro
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• Other Delays, 1,892 (8.1 percen
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questions also reduce respondent bu
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Stakeholders also provided guidance
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Once the train had departed the ori
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Table 4-1: Data Collection Details:
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the passenger is “captive” on t
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Survey Item Table 4-4: Treatment of
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Survey Item Table 4-5: Treatment of
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northbound train, suggesting that m
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error cleaning used in this study a
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During the data collection process,
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sampling technique. A more efficien
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analysis, as the sample appears to
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travel mode from the alighting stat
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Table 5-5: Passenger Travel Mode To
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Table 5-8: Passenger Travel Distanc
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Passenger Alternative Travel Mode O
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Travel Duration Researchers evaluat
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was approximately three times the p
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items but rather estimated based up
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Figure 5-1: Residential Zip Codes o
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Party Size Tables 5-20 and 5-21 rep
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epresented approximately 4 percent
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Diverted and Induced Trips In this
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Influences on Diverted and Induced
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Table 5-29: Passenger Alternatives
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ECONOMIC IMPACTS The economic impac
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communities along the route ranged
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sales tax and do not include hotel
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CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS This chapter
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Heartland Flyer most closely resemb
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passenger rail routes, particularly
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Future research can also focus on i
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19. Economic Development Research G
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53. Robertson, H.D., J.E. Hummer, a
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APPENDIX A: PROJECT PHOTOS Figure A
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Figure A-5: Ardmore Amtrak Station
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APPENDIX B: ON-BOARD SURVEY FORM 14
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APPENDIX C: IRB DOCUMENTATION 149
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