Evaluating Opportunities to Enhance Hoosier State Train Ridership through a Survey of Riders’ Opinions and an Assessment of Access to the Line

Losada-Rojas, Lisa Lorena; Gkartzonikas, Christos; Gkritza, Konstantina; Pyrialakou, V. Dimitra

doi:10.5703/1288284316574

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“…Two on-board surveys of the Hoosier State Train (HST) line, connecting five stations between Indiana and Illinois, found that the most dominant trip purpose (approximately 83%) was social-recreational according to the riders' responses. Around 8% of riders stated that they took the train on a school trip and around 6% riders stated that they were commuting to/from their work (Losada-Rojas et al, 2017;Pyrialakou & Gkritza, 2016). By analyzing more than 10,000 surveys from passengers of five state-supported intercity passenger rail routes (Hiawatha Service, Wolverine, Blue Water, Pere Marquette, and Heartland Flyer) in the Midwest and South Central US, Sperry and Collins (2018) found that the most common purposes of travel among rail passengers were "visiting family or friends" and "leisure/ entertainment/vacation" and commuting and business related trips were low.…”

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“…These local connections affect the overall travel time and are important to the success of the rail system. In two on-board surveys of HST riders conducted in 2015 and 2016 before and after a public-private partnership was formed to keep the service continuing, studies found that more than half of the respondents were dropped off or drove to access the train station, followed by driving or renting a car, and using a taxi or ridesharing service (Losada-Rojas et al, 2017;Pyrialakou & Gkritza, 2016). They also found that although intercity trains were the most favorable mode for riders who traveled less than two miles to access a station, a significant number of riders came from counties without a station.…”

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Users’ Willingness to Ride an Intercity Passenger Rail: A Case Study From Louisiana

Tian

Tolford

2023

Public Works Management & Policy

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Intercity passenger rail services must be designed in a way that users will be willing and able to ride. This study examines potential users’ current travel behaviors and willingness to ride a proposed passenger rail between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Louisiana, US. By analyzing a user preference survey with discrete choice experiment (DCE), the results show a strong support of the proposed rail service, but distinct deficiencies in the current multimodal transportation environment connecting to and from proposed stations. In addition, previous analyses include potentially faulty assumptions about trip purposes, which have critical implications for service design. The findings of this study reflect the priorities of likely rail passengers and advance efforts to plan for successful passenger rail service operation in Southeast Louisiana. The potential user-based and data-driven approach of this case study can also be used for planning other passenger rail services in the US.

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Users’ Willingness to Ride an Intercity Passenger Rail: A Case Study From Louisiana

Tian

Tolford

2023

Public Works Management & Policy

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“…No matter what metrics are being used to measure the success of a rail line or station, ridership is the final determinant of whether a station and service meet a community's needs. As indicated in the Hoosier State Rail case study discussed below, evaluation of residents' needs occurred too late, and ridership continued to decline even as the service providers researched avenues for improvement (13). In order to prevent this outcome, community surveys and needs assessments should be conducted during the preliminary stages of project development.…”

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“…This is a common problem in designing mass transit that has to be solved case by case based on the specific environment of the station and the preferences of specific riders. In this scenario, researchers identified the implementation of micro-transit, such as bus services or short line rail, and improvement of existing and new park-and-ride facilities to attract riders from counties that lacked a nearby rail station (13).…”

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Rails to Resilience: Evaluating New Orleans and Baton Rouge Rail Terminals and Transit Links

Tolford¹,

Tian²,

Moore³

2021

Tran-Set 2021

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This study evaluates the multimodal linkages to and opportunities for proposed terminal sites for a potential future passenger rail connection between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. The project included a comprehensive analysis of recent planning processes and documents and distribution of a statewide survey aimed at understanding ridership potential (including non-work trips) and the needs of likely users, the results of which were modeled to illuminate key considerations for service design and station area planning. This study finds a strong foundation for, and support of, the proposed rail service, but distinct deficiencies in the current multimodal transportation environment connecting to and from proposed stations. In addition, previous analyses include potentially faulty assumptions about likely rail passenger trip purposes, which have critical implications for service design. The findings of this study reflect the priorities of likely rail passengers and advance efforts to plan for successful passenger rail service operation in Southeast Louisiana.

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“…With the rapid development of the social economy, the way urban residents live and travel are undergoing great changes in China. Currently, the most frequently used mode of transportation for all types of travel is private transportation [1], [2], which has led to various urban problems, including traffic congestion and air and noise pollution. As an intensive, wide-coverage and high-capacity transport mode, public transport (PT) is regarded as an alternative to private car travel [3], which can effectively alleviate various urban transport problems and promote the development of sustainable transport systems.…”

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Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explore the Influence of Residents’ Dependence on Public Transport

Chau

Weng

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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The accurate depiction and understanding of the influence mechanism of residents' dependence on public transport (RDPT) is an important foundation for increasing the proportion of green trips and alleviating urban traffic congestion. To explore the influence mechanism of RDPT, this paper extends the theory of planned behavior (TPB) by introducing objective factors of attributes, environment, and travel characteristics. The agglomerative nesting clustering algorithm and multiple structural equation modeling (SEM) are then developed to identify the RDPT levels and analyze the influence relationships between the integrated influencing factors and RDPT based on travel survey data. The results indicate that the objective variables have indirect impacts on RDPT by influencing psychological variable attitudes, subjective norms and perceived control and travel intention. The residents' self-selection (RSS) effects of different clusters are all detected under normal conditions, and the environment on RDPT is still significant after controlling for this effect. The findings reflect that the influence mechanisms of the three SEMs for different clusters are distinct, unlike those of the baseline model, and distinctive observation variables have dissimilar explanatory abilities for the travel intention of different residents. Therefore, some beneficial policy implications are proposed for residents, especially those who retain low and relatively low public transport dependence levels, to increase public transport usage while reduce the car usage based on the significant findings.

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Evaluating Opportunities to Enhance Hoosier State Train Ridership through a Survey of Riders’ Opinions and an Assessment of Access to the Line

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Users’ Willingness to Ride an Intercity Passenger Rail: A Case Study From Louisiana

Users’ Willingness to Ride an Intercity Passenger Rail: A Case Study From Louisiana

Rails to Resilience: Evaluating New Orleans and Baton Rouge Rail Terminals and Transit Links

Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explore the Influence of Residents’ Dependence on Public Transport

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