Rail Capacity Improvement Study

This project supports the efforts of the Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated to evaluate the present rail capacity limitations versus ridership for three of the largest rail transit systems in the United States to determine how close they are to capacity and to forecast where and when they will reach capacity based on historical trends and under certain assumptions.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: National Research Program

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $300000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  CO-26-7011

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Williams, Terrell

• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated

  55500 DOT Road
  Pueblo, CO  United States  81001
• Principal Investigators:

  Mauger, Dave

• Start Date: 20100315
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 23709

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Light rail transit; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Research projects; Ridership
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489196
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Contract Numbers: CO-26-7011
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 3 2013 12:53AM