Abstract: What do we know about the predicted impact of high speed
rail (HSR) on the rest of the multimodal transportation system? What
are the diversions from air that are expected? What are the
implications of such diversions from air to rail for relieving airport
congestion, based on the American experience to date? What are the
potential roles for rail to actually complement longer distance
aviation system by providing shorter distance feeders services to
airports? The presentation will review new, unpublished data
concerning the role of high speed rail in providing complementary
feeder services in two case studies from the Frankfurt International
Airport, as well as providing a review of presently existing
complementary services in the United States. The presentation will
present a comparison of the expected impact of potential high speed
rail systems in the California mega-region and the Northeast
mega-region, from New England to Washington DC. Summaries of existing
short/moderate distance trip making will be reviewed, comparing both
the volume and the mode of short distance trip making in the two
regions. Brief summaries will be created about the scale of demand
for short/moderate distance HSR rail in the United States as compared
with successful operations in Europe. The presentation will summarize
the evident implications for the future of multi-modal and
multi-jurisdictional planning in the two coastal mega-regions.
Proposed actions to improve the quality of tools for the planning and
analysis of longer distanced multi-modal investment strategies will be
discussed.
Bio: Matthew Coogan, Director of the New England Transportation
Institute, is a worldwide expert in the study of intermodal strategies
and solutions for longer distance passenger transportation. He is the
lead author of the Airport Cooperative Research Program’s (ACRP)
Report # 4, Ground Access to Major Airport by Public Transportation
and currently serves as Principal Investigator for ACRP Project 3-10,
Innovative Approaches to Addressing Aviation Capacity in Coastal
Mega-regions: Final Report. Most recently he authored the study A
Regional Context for Intercity Passenger Rail Improvements in the
Northeast, for the Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG); in the
1980’s Mr. Coogan founded and Co-chaired the CONEG Task Force on High
Speed Rail, a group which lobbied for increased Federal investment in
High Speed Rail. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of
the International Air/Rail Organization, based in London.
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