Examining Long-Distance Express Buses in Conjunction with Intercity Passenger Rail in Texas

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

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP055 Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Warner, Jeffery
  • Higgins, Laura
  • Morgan, Curtis
  • Dunham, Philip
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
• Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Case studies; Express buses; Intercity bus lines; Intercity transportation; Multimodal transportation; Railroad transportation; Transportation corridors
• Identifier Terms: Amtrak
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01372667
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 12-2656
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 15 2012 4:03PM