TRB's National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Web Only Document 4: Inventory of State and Federal Passenger and Freight Rail Programs explores rail funding trends and objectives, a program taxonomy, an inventory of federal and state programs, and case studies to highlight rail funding innovation in practice. The Matrix of Rail Programs includes information about 379 state and federal, passenger and freight rail programs. The matrix allows users to compare programs by state or by defining chara...

TRB's NCRRP Web-Only Document 2: Bibliography and Technical Appendices to Intercity Passenger Rail in the Context of Dynamic Travel Markets documents the resources used to develop  NCRRP Report 4 : Intercity Passenger Rail in the Context of Dynamic Travel Markets. This report explains the analytical framework and models developed to improve understanding of how current or potential intercity travelers make the choice to travel by rail. The Integrated Choice/Latent Variable (ICLV) model explores...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Report 4: Intercity Passenger Rail in the Context of Dynamic Travel Markets explains the analytical framework and models developed to improve understanding of how current or potential intercity travelers make the choice to travel by rail. NCRRP Web-Only Document 2 : Bibliography and Technical Appendices to Intercity Passenger Rail in the Context of Dynamic Travel Markets outlines materials used to develop NCRRP Report 4. The Integrated Choice/Laten...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Report 6: Guidebook for Intercity Passenger Rail Service and Development presents the resources, strategies, analytical tools, and techniques to support all phases of planning and decision making in the development of intercity passenger rail service at state, regional, or multistate levels. Components of this guide address three major phases required to build and operate passenger rail: planning, design and construction, and operations. The guide ...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Report 5: Developing Multi-State Institutions to Implement Intercity Passenger Rail Programs presents models of multi-state institutional arrangements for planning, developing, and operating intercity passenger rail networks and services. These models are designed to function in the context of rail passenger service currently provided by Amtrak and in response to the primary goal of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) ...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Web-Only Document 3: Documentation of Case Studies for NCRRP Project 07-02 accompanies TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Report 5 : Developing Multi-State Institutions to Implement Intercity Passenger Rail Programs and provides detailed case studies of intercity passenger rail initiatives and non-transportation, multi-agency programs. This Web-Only Document includes background information on various regulations guiding format...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest (LRD) 3: Issues that Emerge When Public Entities Acquire a Real Property Interest in Rail Lines presents potential issues and solutions that may emerge when state and local governments seek to acquire real property interests from an operating railroad in active rail corridors. The report also includes an annotated term sheet template for pursuit of the transaction.

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Report 3: Comparison of Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes provides tools that can be used to compare energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of intercity and commuter passenger rail with those of competing travel modes along a designated travel corridor. The report summarizes the research used to develop the model and presents a set of case study applications. A technical document and user guide for the Multi-Moda...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Web-Only Document 1: Technical Document and User Guide for the Multi-Modal Passenger Simulation Model for Comparing Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes describes the technical details of an analytical framework used to create NCRRP Report 3 : Comparison of Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes. The Web-Only Document also provides guidance on how to set up and use the multi-modal passenger simulation model provide...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Report 2: A Guide to Building and Retaining Workforce Capacity for the Railroad Industry presents competency models that describe workforce requirements for the passenger and freight railroad industry. The models are based on assessments of past trends, current forecasts, and a detailed gap analysis of employee supply and demand. The report also presents a strategy for improving employee retention and enhancing educational programs designed to attr...