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Intercity Rail CURRENTCURRENT R RESEARCHESEARCH AND DDEVELOPMENTEVELOPMENT IN IN INTERCITYINTERCITY R RAILAIL PASSENGER S YSTEMSSYSTEMS NUMBER 12 10 SUMMERFALL 2007 2004 CONTENTS Letter from the Editor . 2 IntercityIntercity Rail Rail Passenger Passenger Systems Sys- CONTENTS Updatetems is Update now published is now published Rail 2 Rail Program Brings Benefits to exclusively on the Internet. The Amtrak and MetrolinkChairman’s Rail Corridors Letter . 3 exclusively on the Internet. The 2 tabletable of contents of contents offers offers links links San Diego County Tests Rail 2 Rail and directlydirectly to each to each article, article, or youor you California Prepares to Implement can scroll down to read the Finds Strong Passenger Acceptance . 7 can scroll down to read the Transportation Bond Program entire newsletter. Please keep entire news letter. Please keep your bookmark at www.trb.org/ Rail Links . 9 3 yourstudies/publications/intercityrail. bookmark at www.trb.org/ Dialogue on Economics and Funding: studies/publications/intercityraiasp for upcoming editions. l. Considering All Public Benefits of Intercity Rail asp for upcoming editions. 4 The Transportation Research TheBoard Transportation is a unit of Researchthe National Rail News from Europe BoardResearch is a unit Council, of the which National serves 7 Researchas an Council,independent which advisor serves to as anthe independent federal government advisor toon sci- the federalentifi c and government technical onquestions scien- tificof and national technical importance. questions The of nationalNational importance. 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Engineering,Medicine, andbrings the the Institute resources of http://www.TRB.org/meeting/ Medicine,of the bringsentire the scientifi resources c and The Transportation Research Board’s Intercity Rail Passenger Systems of thetechni entirecal scientificcommunity and to bear on Committee (AR010) is concerned with research that will lead to better planning national problems through its technical community to bear on andThe implementation Transportation of intercity Research rail passengerBoard’s systems,Committee with onparticular Intercity emphasis Rail volunteer advisory committees. national problems through its onPassenger the full range Systems of high-speed (AR010) systems is concerned and new with technology. research Research that will will lead to includebetter demandplanning analysis, and implementation financial considerations, of intercity economicrail passenger effects systems, (such as w ithuser volunteer advisory committees. particular emphasis on the full range of high-speed systems, including andnew social technology. benefits), and Research public–private will includepartnerships demand and should analysis, address fi nancialimpacts onconsiderations, other rail operations economic and the effects environment, (including coordination consideration with other of modes,user and rail–highwaysocial benefi interfaces, ts), and corridor public-private versus system partnerships concerns, andtechnology should assessment, address andimpacts implementation on other strategies.rail operations and the environment, coordination with other modes, rail–highway interfaces, corridor versus system concerns, technology assessment, and implementation strategies. Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update is published intermittently by the Transportation Research Board to disseminate information about current researchIntercity and Rail development Passenger in intercitySystems railUpdate passenger is published systems. Albertintermittently C. Witzig by andthe Matthew Transportation J. Melzer, Research coeditors; AnthonyBoard to D. disseminate Perl, Chair, TRBinformation Committee about on current research and development in intercity rail passenger systems. IntercityAlbert RailC. Witzig, Passenger editor; Systems; John ElaineC. Tone, King, Chair; TRB and staff Nazih officer. K. AnyHaddad, findings Vice andChair, conclusions TRB Committee are those of on the Intercity authors Railand notPassenger of TRB. Systems; Submit newsElaine items King, to ElaineTRB King,Program Transportation Offi cer. Any Research fi ndings Board, and conclusions 500 Fifth Street, are those NW, of Washington, the authors DCand 20001, not of telephone TRB. Submit 202-334-3208, news items or email to Intercity [email protected]. Rail Passenger www.TRB.org Systems Update, Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, telephone 202-334-3206, or e-mail [email protected]. www.TRB. org No. 12 SUMMER 2007 2 ALSO IN CHAIRMAN’S LETTER THIS ISSUE Dear Readers: Chairman’s Letter elcome to the latest edition of the Transportation Research Board’s Intercity Rail WPassenger Systems Update. Some things have changed since our last edition California Prepares appeared, but before mentioning these, let me highlight some items of interest. to Implement Passenger rail developments in Europe, Asia, and the United States continue to Transportation Bond demonstrate the mode’s potential to deliver mobility that adds value to society. In his Program article, Aad Rühl identifies European passenger rail innovations that have occurred in the past year. Demonstrating that not all of the passenger train improvement news comes Dialogue on from overseas, Bill Bronte explains how California is strengthening its transportation Economics and system by finding the will and obtaining the funds to pursue improvements. Funding: Considering The know-how to plan, design, and execute a bright future for passenger rail All Public Benefits of in North America continues to be found among the members and friends of TRB’s Intercity Rail rail committees, and within the Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Committee, in particular. Dan Brand’s overview of the nuances of applying a benefit–cost assessment to rail passenger investments exemplifies this analytical capacity. In order to help put Rail News from knowledge into practice, I hope that you will spread the word, beginning with this Europe newsletter, that TRB’s rail committees provide valuable resources for those interested in improving North America’s rail passenger system. Since this committee’s last newsletter, I have assumed the responsibilities that Jack Tone so ably held for six years. Jack now chairs our subcommittee on Intermodal Interfaces, succeeding George Haikalis, who has moved to chair the research subcommittee. Rit Aggarwala remains the chair of our socioeconomic and financial aspects subcommittee. We have completed a committee rotation, bringing in new members: Bill Bronte, John Cikota, Dharm Guruswamy, Ron Mauri, Joe Schweiterman, Eric Tyrer, Vukan Vuchic, Shirley Williams, and Frank Wilner. I welcome them all and thank outgoing members for their service during the past three years. I hope that recent veterans will add to our collective knowledge by staying active as friends of the committee. Special thanks are due to Nazih Haddad, the outgoing Vice-Chair, and to Allison de Cerreño, who, having served as Secretary during the past year, is succeeded by Eric Tyrer. Allison remains a member of the committee. Eric has designed the committee’s new website, at http://www.york.cuny. edu/ar010, which will contain articles not included in this newsletter. Articles that will be posted on the website include a comprehensive update of Midwest passenger rail developments by Randy Wade, an Amtrak update from Ross Capon, and a provocative analysis of the role of passenger trains in improving America’s energy efficiency by Vukan Vuchic. With this newsletter in the capable hands of coeditors Al Witzig and Matt Melzer, readers will continue to be informed of rail passenger developments in 2007. A second issue, with up-to-date news and essays will be published before TRB’s annual meeting in January 2008. Sincerely, Back to Page 1 Anthony Perl Chair No. 12 SUMMER 2007 3 ALSO IN CALIFORNIA PREPARES TO IMPLEMENT THIS ISSUE TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM Chairman’s Letter n January 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger presented a Strategic IGrowth Plan that calls for $107 billion in investments during the next decade to California Prepares strengthen California’s transportation systems. The plan included a comprehensive to Implement investment package designed to decrease congestion, improve travel times, and increase Transportation Bond safety, while accommodating future population growth and economic development. Program The $107 billion figure includes $47 billion in current transportation funding, $40 billion in new funding, and $19.9 billion in general obligation bonds—passed by Dialogue on California’s voters in November 2006. Economics and Recognizing the role public transportation plays in developing a coordinated Funding: Considering strategy to improve mobility in congested corridors, the plan includes $4 billion, or All Public Benefits of approximately 20 percent of the total general obligation bonds, for public transportation Intercity Rail purposes. Of that amount, $400 million is allocated to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for intercity passenger rail, including a minimum of $125 million for the acquisition of additional rolling stock. The remaining $3.6 billion will
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