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A Grandiose Vision for Passenger Rail in the New River Valley
- 1. A GRANDIOSE VISION FOR Passenger Rail in the NRV
- 2. VIRGINIA’S NEW RIVER VALLEY
- 6. HISTORY •1854: First passenger rail service in the NRV •1960’s: 12 daily passenger trains •1979: End of services
- 7. 1960S…
- 8. 1970S…
- 9. PRE - 1900S
- 10. PASSENGER RAIL IN VIRGINIA
- 11. Establish a collaborative effort for NRV passenger rail Identify a preferred site location Receive State funds for infrastructure study from DRPT Develop a ownership and maintenance strategy Infrastructure evaluation PROGRESS TOWARDS 2020 GOAL
- 12. DOCUMENTING THE DEMAND • Survey (nearly 6,200 responses) • Behaviors of local generated trips • Potential of inbound trips • Ridership data (Amtrak, Megabus, etc.) • Student home zip code data • Census, Weldon Cooper, etc.
- 13. DEMAND DRIVER - UNIVERSITIES • 10,000+ faculty/staff • 40,000+ students • 10,000+ families live points north • Business relationships in DC area • 100,000+ annual visitors to football, graduation, and other university-related events
- 14. VT student ‘home’ zip codes
- 15. VT student ‘home’ zip codes
- 16. EVALUATING INFRASTRUCTURE • State Funding request incorporated extending passenger service to State Line • 2015: Coal exports fell 35%, 13.5M tons/year • NS Capable of moving 36M tons/year • Within 60 minutes of Christiansburg location: • 194,511 households • 220,882 jobs (60.5% white collar, 39.5% blue collar) • 120,378 low income population • 73,099 households with 1-vehicle or less • According to VTC, in 2014 Blacksburg was Virginia’s most visited town/city
- 17. STATION OWNERSHIP & MAINTENANCE • Identify preferred ownership and operational strategy • Evaluate how others do business • Explore local partnership models • Evaluate known cost factors • Initial site construction • Facilities annual maintenance
- 18. INTERCITY RAIL STATION POLICY
- 22. CHRISTIANSBURG COST FACTORS Description Estimate Cost (annual) Water/Sewer/Solid Waste $3,000 Stormwater $2,000 Power $23,000 Internet $1,500 Staffing $27,000 Parking Lot Maintenance (10-yr resurfacing) $3,500 Parking Lot Maintenance (sweeping + snow) $10,000 Subtotal: $70,000 30-yr Debt Service ($4.23M + $250k PID): $290,000 Total: $360,000
- 23. Ownership Models • Town ownership & operation (common) • Town + public/private partners (MOUs) • Regional Authority (familiar to NRV) • Limited Liability Company (LLC) • Corporation (Corp, Inc, or Ltd) STATION OWNERSHIP & MAINTENANCE
- 24. • New River Valley Passenger Rail Authority • Initial membership by invitation • Enabling legislation required OWNERSHIP & MAINTENANCE PLAN
- 25. REVENUE SCENARIO PLANNING FACTORS • Population • Weldon Cooper Center • On-campus beds • Potential Ridership • Public survey • Faculty, student, and resident weighting • Proximity • As-the-crow-flies, geographic centers • Relativity and Combination Factors • Simplified Shared Cost
- 26. REVENUE SCENARIO PLANNING FACTORS Simplification-Based Scenario #1: Locally Preferred Revenue Plan MontgomeryCounty TownofBlacksburg VirginiaTech Townof Christiansburg PulaskiCounty TownofPulaski CityofRadford RadfordUniversity GilesCounty FloydCounty 78.00% 3.00% 1.00% 14.50% 1.75% 1.75% $69,746.06 $69,746.06 $69,746.06 $69,746.06 $10,730.16 $3,576.72 $25,931.23 $25,931.23 $6,259.26 $6,259.26
- 27. • DRPT and Rail Carrier • Identify infrastructure needs to add 1 new train daily • DRPT and Amtrak • Negotiate fees for service • Local partners • Pass enabling legislation to for new Authority • Show major progress by 2020 SO, WHAT’S NEXT?
- 28. questions? Elijah Sharp Deputy Executive Director New River Valley Regional Commission (540) 639-9313 esharp@nrvrc.org
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Passenger rail stations were located at just about every town between coal country, in deep southwest Virginia, to the Port of Virginia.
- Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Construction of the Interstate Highway System was proclaimed complete in 1992
- First electric cars were available around 1870 1900-1912 about a third of all vehicles on the road were electric. https://www.energy.gov/timeline/timeline-history-electric-car The first speeding ticket ever issued was said to be in New York City. A taxi driver was pulled over for going 12 mph by an officer on bicycle. By 1935 they were gone due to less expensive gas-powered vehicles.
- I-81 Corridor Improvement Plan, Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, 2018.
- Sample illustration of a station that has those characteristics.
- Sample illustration of a station that has those characteristics.
- Sample illustration of a station that has those characteristics.
- Sample illustration of a station that has those characteristics.
- In the NRV we have authorities for a variety of services, including: water/wastewater, 911 emergency services, industrial parks, etc.
- Our team needed more info about the cost a new passenger station would involve