California Trains Connected

This is the final report for a project which assisted the Capitol Corridor Joint Power Authority (CCJPA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in assembling a decision framework for selecting wireless Internet access on behalf of customers riding the three California State sponsored Intercity Rail Services. The authors researched the state of worldwide deployment of service based on the wireless technologies, such as wireless fidelity (WiFi) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). A survey was conducted of the WiFi service at San Francisco Airport. In addition, surveys were conducted of the historical ridership data on train routes of the Intercity Rail Service and on the trains offering trial Internet access based on low bandwidth communication infrastructure. The results were then used with other data to develop business model options. In order to support the business model options, the authors researched the wireless technology landscape, examined the technology trends and options, and the specific characteristics of the operating environment of the target rail service. Additional areas of research included emerging technology for enabling the mobile connectivity and the vulnerability and viable security technologies.

• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5tb181d/2/producer%2FPRR-2006-04.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://www.dot.ca.gov/research/researchreports/reports/2006/final_report_task_0709.pdf
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/69754619
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1720

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Kanafani, Adib
  • Benouar, Hamed
  • Chiou, Bensen
  • Ygnace, Jean-Luc
  • Yamada, Kazuhiro
  • Dankberg, Adam
• Publication Date: 2006-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Fiber optics; Intercity transportation; Internet; Passenger service; Passenger transportation; Railroad transportation; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046843
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2006-4, CA07-0709
• Contract Numbers: TO 5106
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 18 2007 6:24PM