ACRP Report 118: Integrating Aviation and Passenger Rail Planning

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ACRP Report 118: Integrating Aviation and Passenger Rail Planning identifies planning process options, funding challenges, and potential actions to improve integration of rail ser­vices with airports, particularly in congested corridors. The report identifies the challenges involved in a variety of institutional settings in different regions and develops ways to bet­ter integrate inter­agency planning processes. It identifies specific site planning and service coordination actions to promote air rail transfers, defines the data and analysis capabilities needed to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of improved integration of air and rail services, and demonstrates the application of methods and tools to support integrated planning for air and rail services and decision making. Key issues covered include rail and air in a competitive and complementary mode.

The report has an accompanying model, user guide, and technical appendix that can be downloaded below. The air/rail diversion model is a sketch planning tool capable of supporting the evaluation of a range of policy actions that affect choice of air or rail for long distance travel. The user guide provides direction in applying the model to evaluate different scenarios and the technical appendix provides supplemental information for the model. The report and accompanying model will be of interest to airport and rail operators, state and regional transportation planners, and other interested stakeholders.

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Coogan, M., Brand,D., Hansen, M., Kivett, H., Last, J., Marchi, R., Ryerson, M.S., Taylor, M.J., & Thompson, L. (2015). ACRP Report 118: Integrating Aviation and Passenger Rail Planning. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.

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