How fast is a fast train? comparing attitudes and preferences for improved passenger rail service among urban areas in the south central high-speed rail corridor.

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• Creators:
  Sperry, Benjamin R. ; Morgan, Curtis Alan
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.) ; Texas
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  High Speed Ground Transportation High Speed Rail Passenger Trains
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/11/161003-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  "High-speed passenger rail is seen by many in the U.S. transportation policy and planning communities as
  
  an ideal solution for fast, safe, and resource-efficient mobility in high-demand intercity corridors between
  
  100 and 500 miles in total endpoint-to-endpoint length. As the nation moves forward with a significant
  
  investment to improve its intercity passenger rail system, a number of planning and policy barriers still
  
  exist, making it difficult to fully realize the anticipated benefits of high-speed passenger rail. Using data
  
  from an Internet-based survey of residents in three communities in Central Texas—Waco, Temple, and
  
  Hillsboro—this research project examined the potential impacts of new intercity passenger rail service on
  
  small- or medium-sized communities located in the intermediate area between two larger urban areas that
  
  form the endpoints of a federally designated intercity high-speed rail corridor. Responses from more
  
  than 1,000 surveyed residents found that residents’ attitudes toward new intercity passenger rail service
  
  are generally favorable and that trains could be used instead of automobiles for some intercity trips. The
  
  project’s findings provide a foundation for later investment-grade ridership studies in the corridor and
  
  have potential applications in planning for intercity passenger rail and transportation policy development."
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  10727
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
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