Passenger Rail Surveys in Florida
presented to MTF Transit Committee
presented by: Mary Ross, P.E., and Myung Sung | Gannett Fleming, Inc.
November 9, 2009 Passenger Rail Services in Florida – People Mover and Streetcar
People Movers (Public & Private) • Jacksonville Skyway • Miami Metromover
• Orlando International Airport www.jtaonthemove.com • Tampa International Airport • Disney Monorail
Streetcars www.orlandoairports.net • Tampa TECO Streetcar
www.disneyworld.diney.go.com
www.bombardier.com 1 www.gohart.org Passenger Rail Services in Florida - AMTRAK
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation
www.amtrak.com 2 Passenger Rail Services in Florida – Commuter Rail
Tri-Rail • 3 Counties: Palm Beach, Broward & Miami-Dade • 72 Miles • 18 Stations • 50 trains per day • 4:00 AM – 11:30 PM • 1 hour 45 minutes travel time • Headway: 20-30 minutes • 2 to 3 car trains • Daily ridership ~ 11,500
3 Passenger Rail Services in Florida – Heavy Rail
Metrorail • Miami-Dade County • 22 Miles • 22 Stations • 182 trains per day • 5:00 AM – 1:00 AM • 47 minute travel time • Headway: 7.5 minutes / 15 minutes • 4 to 6 car trains • Daily ridership ~ 60,000
4 Rail Station Maps Tri-Rail System Metrorail System
5 Purpose of Tri-Rail Survey Supplement 2007 Tri-Rail Survey
Double tracking
Rising gas prices
Update and validate SERPM
FTA New Starts
6 Purpose of Metrorail Survey
Supplement modeling and transit planning efforts in Miami-Dade County and the South Florida Region
Update and validate SERPM
FTA New Starts
7 Tri-Rail Survey Methodology
October 22, 2008
Survey Staff • Station Supervisors • Train Captains • Surveyors / Counters
Surveys distributed on train • 4:00 AM – 2:45 PM • 30 trains of 50 trains per day • Surveyors began at each end (Mangonia Park & MIA)
8 Tri-Rail Survey Methodology
Surveys collected / Interviews conducted on trains
Door Counts • 4:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Tri-Rail Station Auxiliary Rider Survey • Overnight parking • Mode of access • Auto-egress • Number of alighting passengers • School trips • Short trips 9 Metrorail Survey Methodology
April 28, 2009
Survey Staff • Station Supervisors • Platform Facilitators • In-Train Facilitators • Surveyors
Surveys distributed at origin stations • 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM • Surveyors located at station entrance
10 Metrorail Survey Methodology
Survey collection at destination station
Passenger Counts • Turnstiles
Directional Split by Station • Prior to survey date • Door counts • 3rd car of the first three NB and SB trains • 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
11 Daily Northbound Split by Metrorail Station
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
12 Daily Southbound Split by Metrorail Station
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
13 Questionnaire – Tri-Rail
Self-administered
English, Spanish, and Creole
27 Questions
Serial number by train
Recent travel behavior – gas prices
14 Questionnaire – Tri-Rail
15 Questionnaire - Metrorail
Self-administered
English, Spanish, and Creole
18 Questions
Serial number by origin station
Detailed access information
16 Questionnaire - Metrorail
17 Questionnaire - Metrorail
18 Survey Samples
Tri-Rail • Daily Ridership – 15,662 • Surveys Distributed – 8,403 (54%) • Surveys Collected – 6,104 (72%)
Metrorail • Daily Ridership – 58,908 • Surveys Distributed – 30,112 (51%) • Surveys Collected – 16,538 (55%)
19 Survey Results
20 Minimization/Mitigation of Non-Response Bias
Survey Advertisement • Posters at stations • Website • Announcements day before and day of survey • Seat drops (Tri-Rail)
21 Minimization/Mitigation of Non-Response Bias
Pretest
Trained personnel • Mandatory training session • Diverse staff − Professional and temp staff − Non-English speaking • Identified by badges and/or shirts • Proactive
22 Implementation – Tri-Rail Surveyor Training
23 Implementation – Metrorail Supervisor Training
24 Implementation – Metrorail Surveyor Training
25 Minimization/Mitigation of Non-Response Bias
Expansion Methodology • Boarding and alighting counts used as source of controls for expansion • Eliminate unusable data • Cross check counts with ancillary counts and counts provided by the transit agency • Station-level, time of day and trip purpose expansions
26 Data Analysis
Tri-Rail • Analysis Complete • Incorporated into SERPM
Metrorail • Geocode • Analysis needs to be done
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