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Title: Sketch-Level Feasibility Analysis of Commuter Rail Service Between Kannapolis and Charlotte, North Carolina
Accession Number: 01371572
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: This paper presents a sketch-level feasibility study for a proposed 28-mi commuter rail line connecting downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, to its fast-growing suburbs. Full-scale feasibility studies can be expensive, especially for cash-strapped local government agencies. A sketch analysis, such as the one presented here, is a low-cost means of determining whether a project merits further study. Ridership for the line is conservatively estimated at 2,010 in 2015 and 2,574 in 2035. Higher-speed service and a greater frequency of midday trains are shown to significantly increase these numbers. Cost-effectiveness depends largely on the actual cost per mile, but conservative estimates place the proposed route in the middle of the pack of new-start commuter rail lines: more cost-effective than the routes of Minneapolis, Minnesota, or Austin, Texas, but slightly less cost-effective than those of Albuquerque, New Mexico, or Nashville, Tennessee. In view of these results, a more comprehensive study appears to be merited.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01447505
Report/Paper Numbers: 12-4274
Language: English
Authors: Holleran, PhilipDuncan, MichaelPagination: pp 94–101
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780309223249
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 8 2012 5:23PM
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