Potential development of an intercity passenger transit system in Texas : report on tasks 1-5.

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• Alternative Title:
  Project title: Potential development of an intercity passenger transit system in Texas
• Creators:
  Morgan, Curtis A. ; Sperry, Benjamin R. ; Warner, Jeffery E. ; Protopapas, Annie A. ; Borowiec, Jeffrey D. ; Higgins, Laura L. ; Carlson, Todd B.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intercity travel
  • Bus lines
  • Intercity bus lines
  • Bus routes
  • Routes
  • Railroads
  • Bus transit
  • Public transit
  • Rail transit Bus lines--Texas--Planning
  • Railroads--Texas--Passenger traffic--Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-09/0-5930-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2007-Mar. 2009.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the results of Tasks 1 through 5 of TxDOT Research Project 0-5930: Potential ; Development of an Intercity Passenger Transit System in Texas. Rather than focus on any regional ; commuter or light rail systems within or radiating from individual urban areas, this project aims to determine ; which longer intercity and interregional corridors are most likely to need additional intercity travel capacity ; in the coming decades. Using these tools, the state of Texas could determine in which corridors to most ; appropriately invest its resources to connect different regions of the state to create an interregional, statewide ; transit system. The underlying analysis is based upon several factors related to: ; • current and future population and demographic projections along 18 intercity corridors in the state; ; • projected future demand based upon forecasts by the Texas State Demographer and other state ; agencies; and ; • current network capacity and routes for intercity highway, bus, air, and rail travel. ; The concept plan produced in Task 5 will be further explored in the remaining months of the project to ; determine potential costs and benefits of implementing the concept plan or individual components.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-5930
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16983/dot_16983_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.54 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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