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Quintiq
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Evaluation And Assessment Impacts Public Transit Railroad Transportation Rail Transit Transportation Planning
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Corporate Publisher:
Quintiq
Abstract:
Passenger rail may have taken a back seat due to

the emergence of personal transportation and

the democratization of air travel in the last few

decades, but it is now back with a vengeance. Public transportation ridership in the United States

has increased by 34% between 1995 and 2012, bringing

passenger numbers to levels not seen since 1957.1

Over

1.65 billion passengers travelled by rail in Great Britain

between 2014 and 2015, an increase of 4.2% from the

year before.2

The demand is expected to double over

the next 30 years.3

Japan’s newest bullet train line has

ferried 9 million passengers between Tokyo and the

Hokuriku region in its first 12 months of operations —

exceeding initial expectations by 3 million passengers.

Unfortunately, existing railway systems — built

decades ago — are struggling to handle the demand

of railway passengers. These are some of the

challenges that threaten to grind the railway industry

to a screeching halt:

Limited options to expand railway infrastructure

New projects or expansions to existing projects can

end up taking far too long to get approved. Even if

approval is obtained, there’s still the matter of battling

through opposition from political interests and the

surrounding community.

Aging equipment and rolling stock

As an asset, your network is a relatively fixed structure.

With the problem of aging equipment and rolling

stock, fleet and mechanical issues are bound to

become more frequent. There will be less flexibility in

building timetables and fleet plans, and the passenger

experience will suffer as a result.

Ever more complex labor rules and regulations

Making a crew plan is a complex endeavor. Planners

are faced with the daunting task of creating an

optimal plan that must take into account mandatory

rest periods, hours of service limits, individual shift

preferences and union agreements.


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