Paper Submittal for Presentation and Proceedings of TRB 90th Annual Meeting January 2012 and Publication in the Transportation Research Record

摘要

One of the mobility challenges facing Texas and other high-population states in the coming yearsis the rising travel demand along major intercity travel corridors. Texas, like many other states,is looking at the role of increased passenger rail service may play in absorbing some of the traveldemand from crowded highway and air travel corridors in the coming years. In the mean time,intercity bus services have a long history of serving many communities along many of Texasmajor corridors. Generally an industry that has experienced declining service levels over thepast several decades, new services like BoltBus, Megabus, and others have proven the bus has arole in serving intercity passenger travel demands. This paper explores three intercity passengerrail scenarios in Texas and how intercity bus services can work in conjunction with the railoperations.