Full Title: Southwest Multi-State Rail Planning Study, Technical Background Report
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Publisher(s): United States Department of Transportation
Publication Date: September 1, 2014
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Description (excerpt):
The Southwest Multi-State Rail Planning Study (SW Study) is the first high-performance rail (HPR) network planning study led by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). FRA initiated the SW Study concurrent with its national rail planning effort to develop a national toolkit for the conceptual planning of HPR networks at the multi-state and mega-regional level. The national toolkit includes a newly developed CONceptual NEtwork Connections Tool (CONNECT), which can help analyze the performance of HPR corridors and networks.
The SW Study is a test case for the guidelines, tools, and performance standards developed in the national planning effort. Representatives from key transportation organizations worked through challenges of developing multi-state rail plans and outlined a common preliminary vision for HPR in the Southwest.