Amtrak performance tracking (APT) system : methodology summary

Details

• Creators:
  Bucci, Gregory ; Hyde, David ; Mauri, Ronald
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Policy
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cost accounting
  • Cost allocation
  • Expenses
  • Passenger trains
  • Methodology Amtrak performance tracking
  • Fully loaded costs
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FRA-17-06
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sep 2017
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The Volpe Center collaborated with Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to develop a cost accounting system named Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT) used by Amtrak to manage, allocate, and report its costs. APT’s initial development was detailed in a 2009 FRA Report to Congress and again in a 2016 update. This report is a summary of the APT methodology and implementation providing an introduction to new stakeholders. The report describes APT’s purpose, input data, allocation methodology, uses, and stakeholders. For a full discussion of APT, see the April 2016 Update on the Methodology for Amtrak Cost Accounting Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT).
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RR06D3/QD253
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32542/dot_32542_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.11 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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