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Title:

Technical Document and User Guide for the Multi-Modal Passenger Simulation Model for Comparing Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes

Accession Number:

01589710

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309428750

Abstract:

The objective of NCRRP Project 02-01, “Comparison of Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes,” is to provide like-for-like comparisons of energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of commuter and intercity passenger rail operations with competing modes of travel. The project involved a literature review to collect data on relevant passenger transportation system characteristics and performance, formulation of an analytical framework for each passenger transportation mode considered, development of a quantitative decision-support tool based on these analytical frameworks, and finally applying the decision-support tool to numerous case studies which explore a range of commuter and intercity passenger rail operations and compares their fuel/energy consumptions and greenhouse gas emissions with those of competing modes of transportation for comparable door-to-door trips. The quantitative decision-support tool developed specifically for this research is called the Multi-Modal Passenger Simulator (MMPASSIM). It is an open-source Microsoft Excel macro enabled worksheet which may be used to predict and compare fuel and energy consumption and GHG emissions for a wide range of commuter and intercity passenger transportation scenarios. The results of this research project are documented in two parts. The first is NCRRP Report 3: Comparison of Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes. The second is this document, NCRRP Web-Only Document 1: Technical Document and User Guide for the MultiModal Passenger Simulation Model for Comparing Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes, which describes the technical details of the analytical framework underlying the MMPASSIM quantitative decision support tool. It also provides documentation and guidance on how to set up and use the MMPASSIM model to evaluate passenger transportation alternatives.

Report/Paper Numbers:

NCRRP Project 02-01

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

TranSys Research Limited
RailTEC
Lawson Economics Research, Incorporated

Ottawa, Ontario Canada

CPCS Transcom
Research and Traffic Group

Pagination:

271p

Publication Date:

2015

Serial:

NCRRP Web Only Document

Issue Number: 1
Publisher: Transportation Research Board

ISBN:

9780309428750

Media Type:

Web

Features:

Appendices; Figures; Tables

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Environment; Railroads; I15: Environment

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 1 2016 1:30PM