Project title: Potential development of an intercity passenger transit system in Texas

757390748Technical report; Sept. 2007-Mar. 2009.PDFTech ReportFHWA/TX-09/0-5930-1Project 0-5930Intercity travelBus linesIntercity bus linesBus routesRoutesRailroadsBus transitPublic transitRail transitTexasTexas Transportation InstituteMorgan, Curtis A.Sperry, Benjamin R.Warner, Jeffery E.Protopapas, Annie A.Borowiec, Jeffrey D.Higgins, Laura L.Carlson, Todd B.Texas Transportation InstituteTexas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation OfficeUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus TransportationNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Rail TransitUS Transportation CollectionThis report summarizes the results of Tasks 1 through 5 of TxDOT Research Project 0-5930: PotentialDevelopment of an Intercity Passenger Transit System in Texas. Rather than focus on any regionalcommuter or light rail systems within or radiating from individual urban areas, this project aims to determinewhich longer intercity and interregional corridors are most likely to need additional intercity travel capacityin the coming decades. Using these tools, the state of Texas could determine in which corridors to mostappropriately invest its resources to connect different regions of the state to create an interregional, statewidetransit system. The underlying analysis is based upon several factors related to:\ue2\u20ac\ua2 current and future population and demographic projections along 18 intercity corridors in the state;\ue2\u20ac\ua2 projected future demand based upon forecasts by the Texas State Demographer and other stateagencies; and\ue2\u20ac\ua2 current network capacity and routes for intercity highway, bus, air, and rail travel.The concept plan produced in Task 5 will be further explored in the remaining months of the project todetermine potential costs and benefits of implementing the concept plan or individual components