NORTHEAST CORRIDOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION DATA STUDY

Fourteen measures of performance are recommended for use in Northeast Corridor rail system evaluation and multimodal comparisons. These include performance measures in the categories of system configuration (e.g., daily available-seat miles by vehicle and segment), system performance (e.g., load factor by vehicle and segment) and system economics (e.g., cost per revenue-passenger mile by vehicle and segment). Although current data reported by certificated air carriers and participating passenger railroads are not entirely consistent, sufficient data exist to permit effective intra- and inter-modal evaluation and comparison. Certain disaggregation or allocation algorithms are recommended in some cases, however, to obtain travel segment data at the suggested aggregation level and frequency. (Portions of this document are not fully legible.)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif. See also PB-258179. (PC A06/MF A01)
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Aerospace Corporation

  2350 East El Sequdo Boulevard
  El Sequndo, CA  United States  90245

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Northeast Corridor Project Office, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 111 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Analysis; Common carriers; Competition; Costs; High speed rail; Highway transportation; Intercity travel; Mathematical models; Operating costs; Passenger transportation; Passengers; Planning; Railroad rails; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Scheduling; Statistics; Transportation; Transportation modes; Transportation operations; Travel demand; Travel patterns
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Transportation management
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation models and systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145554
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Statistical Reference File, TSC
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TCS-FRA-76-20 Final Rpt., FRA/NECPO-76/09
• Contract Numbers: DOT/TJC-FRA-76-22
• Files: NTIS, TSR, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM