Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service
Title | Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service PDF eBook |
Author | David P. Simpson |
Publisher | Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN | 0309097932 |
Efforts to preserve rail corridors or restore rail service to dormant rail alignments across the United States are very uneven. A handful of states have aggressive, well-funded programs to support the preservation or reuse of rail alignments; more states have modest programs to support short line operations on a case-by-case basis, but attach no value to corridor retention per se. In 2005, California completed what is perhaps the nations most comprehensive physical plant inventory of active and abandoned rail corridors; a review driven by interest in passenger rail and nonmotorized corridor interests. A foundation has been set to more fully lever these valuable alignments in this country's most populous state. This synthesis was undertaken to document current practices with respect to rail corridor preservation. State departments of transportation (DOTs), selected metropolitan planning organizations, commuter rail agencies, short line holding companies, and Class I rail carriers were all surveyed for information. Response rates to the survey were moderate, averaging 24%, and overall supporting the notion that preservation of rail alignments is not a high-priority issue in many jurisdictions. A handful of state respondents, however, had a great deal of experience and valuable observations on rail preservation policies and could be said to have become experts on this subject through their dealings with several dozen rail corridors over the past two decades. North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania DOTs each have serious, well-established rail sections and a history of successful preservation efforts.
Protecting and Preserving Rail Corridors Against Encroachment of Incompatible Uses
Title | Protecting and Preserving Rail Corridors Against Encroachment of Incompatible Uses PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Railroads |
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Rail Corridor preservation and planning for the purpose of reducing or restricting incompatible development is an area of growing importance. This report provides an overview regarding encroachment and the elements that contribute to potentially incompatible development along rail corridors. The report reviews the legal tools that currently exist within Texas for corridor preservation and provides recommendations for new legislation, including draft legislation. The report then reviews the state of practice of corridor planning and preservation with mitigation against encroachment both in Texas and in selected other states around the country. The report pays special attention to incidents in which rail corridors are envisioned to host both freight and passenger services and the implications on land use. Finally, the report provides a review of costs associated to deal with encroachment, whether by planning, preservation, collaboration, or mitigation.
Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors
Title | Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors PDF eBook |
Author | Alan J. Bing |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 188 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Railroads |
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This Guidebook will aid states in developing public-private partnerships with private freight railroads to permit operation of passenger services over shared-use rail corridors. The Guidebook should encourage the broad acceptance of improved principles, processes, and methods to support agreements on access, allocation of operation and maintenance costs, capacity allocation, operational issues, future responsibilities for infrastructure improvements, and other fundamental issues that will affect the ultimate success of shared-use passenger and freight agreements between public and private railroad stakeholders.
Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors
Title | Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors PDF eBook |
Author | Alan J. Bing |
Publisher | Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | 181 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN | 0309154707 |
This Guidebook will aid states in developing public-private partnerships with private freight railroads to permit operation of passenger services over shared-use rail corridors. The Guidebook should encourage the broad acceptance of improved principles, processes, and methods to support agreements on access, allocation of operation and maintenance costs, capacity allocation, operational issues, future responsibilities for infrastructure improvements, and other fundamental issues that will affect the ultimate success of shared-use passenger and freight agreements between public and private railroad stakeholders.
Interim Report
Title | Interim Report PDF eBook |
Author | Wisconsin. Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Passenger Rail Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Railroads |
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Finding Ways to Encourage and Increase Private Sector Participation in Passenger Rail Service
Title | Finding Ways to Encourage and Increase Private Sector Participation in Passenger Rail Service PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014
Title | Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1068 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Administrative agencies |
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