Bringing People to Work: A Sustaining Function of Commuter Rail Services
As evidenced by the services provided to travelers for almost a century, commuter rail proved that it not only played significant roles in reducing congestion but also a sustainable mode in providing safe, reliable, and high-quality options for commuters. Recent travel behavior changes show that the share of commuting trips during peak periods are declining while recreational, social, and personal trips during nonpeak times and weekends are rising. This manuscript records an effort to explore viable ways for a traditional commuter rail, Atlantic City Rail (ACR), to serve the current travel market. After a brief review of the historical development, the authors have focused on temporal distribution of travel demands along the ACRL corridor. Responding to the demands of patrons, schedule optimization was developed and partially implemented for the service.
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- © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Liu, Rongfang (Rachel)
- Huang, Zhaodong
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Conference:
- Third International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems
- Location: Paris , France
- Date: 2013-11-17 to 2013-11-20
- Publication Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: pp 158-167
- Monograph Title: Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Market assessment; Optimization; Railroad commuter service; Scheduling; Travel demand
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01500640
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780784413210
- Files: TRIS, ASCE
- Created Date: Dec 4 2013 1:57PM