01044662

Monograph

http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/158668.aspx

This digest will be valuable to states and local public transportation agencies that are planning to initiate commuter rail or intercity passenger rail service within a shared-use corridor in the near future. The digest summarizes current shared-use rail arrangements; highlights both the allocation of operating and maintenance costs and the arrangements for making infrastructure improvements; identifies the cost-allocation methodologies, capital investment strategies, and other associated issues that warrant additional analysis and refinement; identifies opportunities for potential outreach and buy-in efforts among system stakeholders; and identifies future research topics that can highlight key issues and cover a broad spectrum of ownership configuration, geography, service speeds and density, and infrastructure improvement programs.

English

29p

2007-2

NCHRP Research Results Digest

Print

Figures (2) ; Maps (1) ; Tables (1)

Capital investments; Cost allocation; Freight trains; Improvements; Infrastructure; Operating costs; Railroad commuter service; Stakeholders

Future research; Intercity passenger rail; Maintenance costs; Shared use corridors

Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads

TRIS, TRB

Mar 29 2007 12:51PM