Measuring the Benefits of Intercity Passenger Rail: A Study

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LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 3-1: Heartland Flyer Route ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Figure 3-2: Heartland Flyer Timetable Schedule ------------------------------------------------------ 46 Figure 3-3: Typical Heartland Flyer Consist ----------------------------------------------------------- 56 Figure 3-4: Typical P42DC Locomotive Used on Heartland Flyer --------------------------------- 57 Figure 3-5: Typical NPCU Used on Heartland Flyer ------------------------------------------------- 57 Figure 3-6: Coach Cars Used on Heartland Flyer ----------------------------------------------------- 59 Figure 3-7: Heartland Flyer Monthly Ridership Variation against Average, FFY 2000-2009 -- 64 Figure 3-8: Heartland Flyer Daily Ridership Variation, CY 2008 ---------------------------------- 65 Figure 3-9: Heartland Flyer On-Time Performance and Delay Minutes --------------------------- 69 Figure 5-1: Residential Zip Codes of Heartland Flyer Passengers, April 2009 ------------------ 110 Figure 5-2: Residential Zip Codes of Heartland Flyer Passengers, July 2009 -------------------- 111 Figure A-1: Oklahoma City Amtrak Station ----------------------------------------------------------- 143 Figure A-2: Norman Amtrak Station -------------------------------------------------------------------- 143 Figure A-3: Purcell Amtrak Station --------------------------------------------------------------------- 144 Figure A-4: Pauls Valley Amtrak Station -------------------------------------------------------------- 144 Figure A-5: Ardmore Amtrak Station ------------------------------------------------------------------- 145 Figure A-6: Gainesville Amtrak Station ---------------------------------------------------------------- 145 Figure A-7: Fort Worth Amtrak Station ---------------------------------------------------------------- 146 Figure A-8: Big Canyon of the Washita River along Heartland Flyer Route --------------------- 146 LIST OF TABLES Page Table 2-1: Amtrak System Ridership by Component, FFY 2009 ------------------------------------ 11 Table 2-2: State-Supported Routes in Amtrak System ------------------------------------------------ 14 Table 2-3: Selected Findings: State-Supported Rail Corridors On-Board Surveys --------------- 23 Table 2-4: Elements Included in On-Board Passenger Surveys -------------------------------------- 36 Table 2-5: Demographic Questions Included in On-Board Passenger Surveys -------------------- 37 Table 2-6: Trip Purpose Response Choices Provided in On-Board Passenger Surveys ---------- 38 Table 2-7: Alternative Mode Response Choices Provided in On-Board Passenger Surveys ---- 39 Table 3-1: Air Travel in Oklahoma City-Fort Worth Corridor, 2008 ------------------------------- 49 Table 3-2: Heartland Flyer Stations: Details ----------------------------------------------------------- 55 Table 3-3: Heartland Flyer Ridership and Revenue, FFY 1999-2009 ------------------------------ 63 Table 3-4: Heartland Flyer Station Boardings and Alightings, FFY 2007-2009 ------------------ 66 Table 3-5: Five Largest Heartland Flyer City Pairs by Ridership, FFY 2009 --------------------- 67 Table 3-6: Heartland Flyer CSI Scores, FFY 2004-2009 --------------------------------------------- 67 Table 4-1: Data Collection Details: April 2009 --------------------------------------------------------- 78 Table 4-2: Data Collection Details: July 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------- 78 viii
Table 4-3: Participation Rates for Past On-Board Passenger Surveys ------------------------------ 80 Table 4-4: Treatment of “Other” Responses in Data Set ---------------------------------------------- 82 Table 4-5: Treatment of Multiple Responses in Data Set --------------------------------------------- 84 Table 4-6: Comparison of Per-Item Percent Response Rate, Raw and Final Data Sets ---------- 88 Table 5-1: Comparison of Survey Sample Size to CY 2008 Passenger Activity (Percent) ----- 93 Table 5-2: Passenger Boarding and Alighting Station, Percent of All Trips ----------------------- 94 Table 5-3: Passenger Travel Mode To/From Rail Station, Percent of All Trips ------------------- 95 Table 5-4: Passenger Travel Mode To/From Rail Station, Percent by Train Number ------------ 96 Table 5-5: Passenger Travel Mode To/From Rail Station, Percent by Station (April 2009) ---- 98 Table 5-6: Passenger Travel Mode To/From Rail Station, Percent by Station (July 2009) ----- 98 Table 5-7: Passenger Travel Time To/From Rail Station, Percent of All Trips-------------------- 99 Table 5-8: Passenger Travel Distance To/From Rail Station, Percent of All Trips -------------- 100 Table 5-9: Passenger Trip Purpose, Percent of All Trips --------------------------------------------- 101 Table 5-10: Passenger Trip Purpose, Percent by Day Type------------------------------------------ 101 Table 5-11: Passenger Alternative Travel Mode, Percent of All Trips ----------------------------- 102 Table 5-12: Passenger Trip Frequency, Percent of All Trips ---------------------------------------- 103 Table 5-13: Day Trips on Heartland Flyer, Percent of All Trips ----------------------------------- 104 Table 5-14: Passenger Duration of Trip Away from Home, Percent of All Trips ---------------- 104 Table 5-15: Passenger Duration of Trip Away from Home, Percent by State of Residence ---- 105 Table 5-16: Reasons for Choosing Heartland Flyer for Trip, Percent of All Trips -------------- 106 Table 5-17: Passenger Spending on Trip, Percent of All Trips -------------------------------------- 107 Table 5-18: Passenger State of Residence, Percent of All Trips ------------------------------------ 108 Table 5-19: Passenger State of Residence, Percent by Train Number ----------------------------- 109 Table 5-20: Number of Adults in Party, Percent of All Trips --------------------------------------- 111 Table 5-21: Number of Children in Party, Percent of All Trips ------------------------------------- 112 Table 5-22: Passenger Gender, Percent of All Trips -------------------------------------------------- 113 Table 5-23: Passenger Age Group, Percent of All Trips --------------------------------------------- 113 Table 5-24: Passenger Employment Status, Percent of All Trips ----------------------------------- 114 Table 5-25: Passenger Household Vehicles, Percent of All Trips ---------------------------------- 114 Table 5-26: Passenger Household Income, Percent of All Trips ------------------------------------ 115 Table 5-27: Estimate of Diverted and Induced Person-Trips on Heartland Flyer, FFY 2009 -- 116 Table 5-28: Passenger Alternatives by Selected Measures, April 2009 (Percent) --------------- 119 Table 5-29: Passenger Alternatives by Selected Measures, July 2009 (Percent) ---------------- 120 Table 5-30: Alternative Travel Mode, Percent by Urban or Rural Residence -------------------- 121 Table 5-31: Spending and Sales Tax Revenue for Heartland Flyer Stations, FFY 2009-------- 123 Table 5-32: Heartland Flyer Passenger Spending by Trip Type, FFY 2009 ---------------------- 125 Table 5-33: Summary of Median Travel and Passenger Characteristics, All Trips -------------- 126 ix
Page 1: 1. Report No. SWUTC/10/169116-1 2.
Page 5: ABSTRACT In recent years, the polic
Page 11 and 12: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION In i
Page 13 and 14: ail service along intercity corrido
Page 15 and 16: planning faces a variety of challen
Page 17 and 18: of travel (in the absence of rail s
Page 19 and 20: participate in the study. Throughou
Page 21 and 22: such as medical appointments or fun
Page 23 and 24: Heartland Flyer annually. Induced t
Page 25 and 26: Heartland Flyer identified in this
Page 27: DISCLAIMER The contents of this rep
Page 31 and 32: CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION In its Dece
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Page 35: • An overview of intercity passen
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Page 40 and 41: In April 2009, the Federal Railroad
Page 42 and 43: conditions across the United States
Page 44 and 45: Table 2-2: State-Supported Routes i
Page 46 and 47: Oklahoma and Texas support service
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Page 50 and 51: Discussion of State-Supported Rail
Page 52 and 53: • The 1993 Illinois Passenger Rai
Page 54 and 55: INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL PLANNING T
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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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Comparing the total column in Table
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Tables 5-5 and 5-6 display another
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Heartland Flyer Market Area Researc
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Table 5-9: Passenger Trip Purpose,
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PASSENGER CHARACTERISTICS Passenger
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is entirely possible that a passeng
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In both April and July, the two mos
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Table 5-19: Passenger State of Resi
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Figure 5-2: Residential Zip Codes o
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Gender Table 5-22 reports passenger
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Household Income Table 5-26 reports
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In FFY 2009, the Heartland Flyer ra
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Table 5-28: Passenger Alternatives
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Urban and Rural Mobility Another co
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passenger was approximately $120 in
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if the service did not exist (appro
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This study measured the mobility im
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questions on the passenger’s boar
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made is related to the similarity b
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valuable insight on the design of f
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REFERENCES 1. National Surface Tran
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35. Corey, Canapary & Galanis Resea
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74. Able Consulting. Tier 1 Environ
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Figure A-3: Purcell Amtrak Station
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Figure A-7: Fort Worth Amtrak Stati
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