NDLI: Shared Corridors, Strange Bedfellows: Understanding the Interface Between Freight and Passenger Rail

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Iacobacci, Mario
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This paper aims to clarify issues regarding shared rail corridors from a public policy perspective. It presents an overview of the relationships between the main stakeholders operating trains on North America’s rail networks: the railway companies that own the rail infrastructure and use it to provide freight services to shippers, and the passenger service operators—which are primarily public agencies that pay railway companies for track access and other services required to operate commuter and intercity passenger trains. The issues at stake are of concern to the policy and business community alike, because congestion on railway lines affects commuter rail, intercity passenger trains, and long-distance freight trains. In addition to the obvious economic costs of delays or less-reliable transit times in passenger and freight rail, respectively, adverse environmental and social impacts (e.g., higher accident rates on roadways) arise if either freight or passenger traffic shifts from rail to roadways. An earlier version of this paper was published by the Conference Board of Canada in September 2010.
Sponsorship	Rail Transportation Division
Starting Page	479
Ending Page	489
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791854594
DOI	10.1115/JRC2011-56029
e-ISBN	9780791838938
Conference Proceedings	2011 Joint Rail Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2011-03-16
Publisher Place	Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Rails Trains Railroads Roads Traffic Delays Public policy Accidents
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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