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7. References Photo: AECOM Appendix I: Stakeholder and Public Meeting Documentation This page left blank intentionally Major Stakeholder Meeting Major Stakeholder Meeting • Audio • Via computer – No action needed. Audio quality will vary depending on your internet connection. • Via phone – Please mute your computer speakers. Dial in – 1-877-286- 5733. Conference ID: 454 260 218# • Presenters: • Jennie A. Granger, AICP, Deputy Secretary, Multimodal Transportation [email protected] • Angela Watson, AICP, Multimodal Special Projects Manager, [email protected] • Alanna Strohecker, PE, AECOM Project Manager, [email protected] • Q&A will be the last 25 minutes of the session – please type your questions in the chat box 1 Major Stakeholder Meeting Online Guidance • All participants will be muted, please remain on mute. • On the main tool bar, there is a little flag that looks like a dialogue box in a cartoon • Clicking that will bring you to the chat box • Please use the chat box for questions and comments. • We will have a question and answer portion of the call but all questions will be recorded and answered following the meeting. • The meeting will also be live recorded so you can revisit the discussion should you need to. 2 April 16, 2020 Welcome & • What is the purpose of a Opening Remarks State Rail Plan and Update? What does the state hope Jennie A. Granger • AICP, Deputy Secretary, to accomplish? Multimodal Transportation • How will the plan be used? 3 April 16, 2020 A Minute for Safety Angela Watson, AICP Multimodal Special Projects Manager 4 April 16, 2020 The Agenda • State Rail Plan Requirements • PA State Rail Plan Development Activities • PA State Rail Plan Vision, Goals and Objectives • Other Related Rail Planning and Study Efforts • Summation and Next Steps • Questions and Answers 5 2015 PA State Rail Plan • 2015 PA State Rail Plan • Rail Freight and the Commonwealth’s Economy, completed in 2018 6 April 16, 2020 2013 FRA State Rail Plan Guidance on Plan Contents • Executive Summary • Chapter 1 - Role of Rail in Statewide Transportation • Chapter 2 - The State’s Existing Rail System: Description/Inventory, Trends and Forecasts, Needs and Opportunities • Chapter 3 - Proposed Passenger Rail Improvements and Investments • Chapter 4 – Proposed Freight Rail Improvements and Investments • Chapter 5 – Pennsylvania Rail Service and Investment Program (RSIP) • Chapter 6 – Coordination and Review 7 April 16, 2020 State Rail Plan • AECOM Team Development • Our work to date and future Activities Alanna Strohecker, PE analysis AECOM Project Manager • How will stakeholder feedback be incorporated into the Plan? 8 April 16, 2020 PA State Rail Plan Team PennDOT Cambridge AECOM Systematics Envision Information Consultants Logistics 9 State Rail Plan Development Activities • PA State Rail Plan kicked off in mid – September 2019 • We are at the halfway point in the project • Final Draft to be submitted to PennDOT in September of 2020 • Review by FRA • For approval and publishing by the end of the year 10 April 16, 2020 Why Rail Matters? Spur to Economic Big Link in Supply Jobs: With an average Congestion Mitigation: Mobility: Amtrak and Development: Chain: Railroads compensation of nearly With a single train SEPTA enhance mobility Railroads spend about carried a third of all $120,000 a year, the hauling several hundred options for thousands of $25 billion a year on US ton miles in 2017 freight rail industry truckloads worth of Pennsylvanians for infrastructure and – inclusive off all produces some of the freight, U.S. freight intercity and commuter equipment across their modes: truck, air, nation’s best-paid jobs. railroads’ infrastructure rail travel every day. privately owned water, pipeline, and eases the burden on the networks, with many rail. nation’s overcrowded dollars going into local highways economies. 11 Passenger Rail 12 Amtrak System 13 Amtrak Passengers in Pennsylvania, Boarding and Alightings, in thousands 6,600 6,500 6,400 6,300 6,200 6,100 6,000 5,900 5,800 5,700 5,600 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Source: Rail Passengers Association, Fact Sheet: Amtrak in Pennsylvania, March 14, 2019 14 April 16, 2020 SEPTA System 15 SEPTA Branch Ridership, Fiscal Year 2018 Branch Ave Daily Passengers Annual Passengers Paoli/Thorndale 20,962 5,969,965 Lansdale/Doylestown 16,016 4,564,420 Media/Elwyn 11,098 3,054,214 Trenton 11,087 3,184,043 West Trenton 10,807 3,004,417 Wilmington/Newark 9,995 2,795,649 Manayunk/Norristown 9,839 2,832,628 Warminster 9,426 2,748,634 Airport 5,542 1,902,127 Chestnut Hill West 4,968 1,403,910 Fox Chase 4,955 1,335,997 Chestnut Hill East 4,944 1,410,612 Cynwyd 583 148,684 Total Regional Rail 120,222 34,355,300 Source: SEPTA Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan 16 April 16, 2020 Freight Rail 17 Pennsylvania Rail System in 2017 • Number of freight railroads: 62 (2019) • Number of freight rail miles: 5,130 • Tons originated: 52.2 million • Tons terminated: 56.1 million • Carloads originated: 1.0 million • Carloads terminated: 1.2 million • Tons carried: 192.6 million • Carloads carried: 4.9 million • Freight rail employment: 6,200 • Freight rail wages: $681 million 18 April 16, 2020 PA Route Miles by Classification 47% Class I 29% Local 14% Regional 10% Switching & Terminal 19 Class I Rail Trackage in PA 20 Class II and III Rail Lines 21 STRACNET Lines 22 Public Funding for Rail, Fiscal Years 2014-2019 FY14-15 FY15-16 FY16-17 FY17-18 FY18-19 Freight Capital $36,058,450 $35,949,420 $40,281,519 $32,039,660 $23,597,650 Grants SEPTA Capital $116,500,000 $330,700,000 $326,830,000 $326,830,000 $351,720,000 SEPTA Regional $88,129,000 $99,886,000 $101,107,000 $120,958,000 $127,220,000 Rail Operating Amtrak Capital $17,847,649 $42,825,783 $23,111,548 $22,692,786 $37,660,552 Amtrak Operating $14,270,087 $12,690,978 $14,933,039 $15,094,976 $16,066,196 TOTAL $272,805,186 $191,682,881 $506,263,106 $517,615,422 $556,264,398 SEPTA capital reflect state funding while Amtrak capital reflect federal and state funding. Also, SEPTA Capital is for all capital allocation. SEPTA Operating is for regional rail only. 23 Initial Chapters of the Plan • Chapter 1 - Role of Rail in Statewide Transportation (passenger and freight) • Chapter 2 - The State’s Existing Rail System, Description and Inventory • Deep Dive into each Class I, Class II, and Class III Rail Line as well as specifics regarding the Passenger Lines in the State • Also describes other modes that affect rail including Airports, Ports, etc. 24 April 16, 2020 Trends and Forecasts • Our goal is to examine trends and forecasts and HOW that affects the rail system in the state • Rail Safety • Factors Affecting Goods Movement • Market Trends • Energy Sector • Manufacturing • Intermodal • Positive Train Control and Other Technologies • Changes and Improvements in Passenger Rail Station Design 25 April 16, 2020 Needs and Opportunities • We need your help! • Project Listing for both Freight and Passenger Systems • Using those projects to come up with an Investment Plan for the future out to 2040 • Have an existing list but if there are additional projects, we would love to include them in the plan and analysis. 26 April 16, 2020 State Rail Plan The framework for the plan Vision, Goals & requires input from our Major Objectives Stakeholders in order to proceed. Justin Fox, AECOM Alanna Strohecker, PE Senior Transportation Manager AECOM Project Manager 27 April 16, 2020 State Rail Plan Vision Pennsylvania’s integrated rail system will provide safe, convenient, reliable, cost-effective connections for people and goods. As a viable alternative to other modes, it will support economic competitiveness, smart growth, environmental sustainability, and resiliency, thereby strengthening Pennsylvania’s communities. 28 State Rail Plan Goals 1 2 3 4 Bring the priority rail Develop an integrated Support the future Enhance the system to a state of rail system. needs of residents quality of life in good repair and and businesses. Pennsylvania. maintain it. 5 6 7 8 Assure personal Support energy efficiency, Identify stable and Build public support safety and environmental predictable funding for rail system infrastructure security sustainability, and services and assets resiliency 29 Bring the priority rail system to a state 1 of good repair and maintain it. Objectives 1.1 Preserve rail rights-of-way for future railroad use. 2.2 Invest in rail system infrastructure to bring the system to a state of good repair. 3.3 Upgrade the rail system infrastructure and equipment to meet current standards. 4.4 Maintain Pennsylvania’s rail system infrastructure in a state of good repair. 30 2 Develop an integrated rail system. Objectives 1.1 Develop core rail infrastructure. 2.2 Balance passenger and freight rail needs in the same corridor. 3.3 Improve coordination among freight, passenger and commuter rail systems. 4.4 Provide seamless connections between passenger modes. 5.5 Provide seamless connections between freight modes. 6.6 Increase intermodal freight traffic. 7.7 Complete links to connect the state’s major urban areas. 8.8 Integrate Pennsylvania’s rail system with the national rail system. 9.9 Provide access to large cities and gateways in the U.S. and Canada. 31 10.10 Improve access to the commuter and intercity rail system. Support the future needs of residents 3 and businesses. Objectives 1.1 Increase the capacity of rail infrastructure to move passenger and freight traffic. 2.2 Develop an equitable use of rail infrastructure by passenger and freight rail. 3.3 Enhance rail access to increase the competitiveness of the state’s ports and airports.
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