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Texas Rail Update

Texas Rail Update. Bill Glavin Texas Department of Transportation Director Rail Division. Texas Rail Update. • Rail safety • Grade crossing safety • South Orient Railroad • Passenger initiatives. Rail Safety. • State participant in the federal r ail safety program

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Texas Rail Update

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  1. Texas Rail Update Bill Glavin Texas Department of Transportation Director Rail Division

  2. Texas Rail Update •Rail safety • Grade crossing safety • South Orient Railroad • Passenger initiatives

  3. Rail Safety •State participant in the federal rail safety program ● Compliments FRA inspection process ● Funded by railroads operating in Texas • Accident investigations • Complaint investigations

  4. Grade Crossing Safety •Texas leads the nation ● Exposure ● Measurement criteria •Action plan required/accepted by FRA • High centering of lowboy type trailers

  5. South Orient Railroad •State owned, privately operated shortline ●391 miles between Coleman and Presidio ● Preserved from possible abandonment •Investments to upgrade from excepted track • Poised for explosive growth

  6. Passenger Initiatives

  7. Texas Rail Plan • Texas Rail Plan • Examines the demographics and potential growth of Texas • Emphasizes the importance of freight rail to Texas • Establishes short-term and long-term programs • Identifies opportunities, future needs and funding options • Statewide Rail Steering Committee • Defines current passenger services

  8. Passenger Rail: Current Services

  9. Statewide Intercity Travel Corridor Rankings

  10. Statewide Intercity Travel Corridor Rankings • Statewide • Ridership analysis • Define passenger network • Core express; 125+ mph • Regional; 90 – 125 mph • Feeder; < 90 mph

  11. Funding • Federal funds awarded and obligated • Tower 55 project for $ 34 M; total cost $ 101.3 M • PE/NEPA Dallas/Ft. Worth to Houston; $ 15 M • Heartland Flyer speed improvements; $3.7 M • OKC to South Texas study; $ 5.6 M • East Texas study; $ 0.75 M • Federal funds awarded and in process • Construct TRE Valley View double track, $ 7.4 M

  12. May 2011 HSIPR Project Grant Award • Houston – DFW • Preliminary engineering • Environmental clearance • Preferred alternative

  13. October HSIPR Planning Grant Award • Oklahoma City to South Texas Study • Ridership • Corridor analysis • Service development plan • Tier 1 NEPA

  14. Passenger initiatives • Potential issues • Logical termini in metropolitan areas • Connectivity of corridors and with transit at nodes • Funding: public, private or PPP • Available Expertise • Planning process disparity

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