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Title:

Comparison of Station Access Quality Ratings and Travel Behavior: An Examination of Commuter Rail Access Station Mode Access

Accession Number:

01557504

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper examines rail station mode access rating system metrics for commuter rail and it assesses the adequacy of those metrics to plan for non-motorized station access. This research identifies and compares non-motorized access ratings based on qualitative and quantitative rating systems, with a particular focus on Orange County, California Metrolink Stations. Data from these two studies is compared , 1) measured station access modes to Orange County commuter rail stations, 2) non-motorized access quality ratings using a set of variables that were considered to be vital to non-motorized station access. The comparison shows that simply providing bike-lanes and completed sidewalks, even when these are clean, landscaped, well lit, and with good way-finding information, is not enough to ensure use. To better support non-motorized rail station access, it is recommended that additional variables be incorporated. Non-motorized quality rating systems should not be cookie-cutter systems that rate metropolitan, suburban, and rural areas the in the same manner; rather, these should consider mix of land-uses, population density, demographic information, ridership and utilization data tracking, links between transportation projects and public health, connectivity to bike and pedestrian ways, quality of facilities maintenance, and policies directly or indirectly impacting non-motorized transportation projects. A more comprehensive and sensitive access quality rating system will help assess where the most effective investments in non-motorized transportation infrastructure can be made.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP045 Intermodal Transfer Facilities. Alternate title: Comparison of Station Access Ratings and Travel Behavior: Examination of Commuter Rail Station Mode Access.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-5546

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Salas, Ruben Dario

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Geographic Terms:

Orange County (California)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-5546

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 1:52PM