Oklahoma City to South Texas
Passenger Rail Corridor
SCORT
Presentation
March 2010
Texas Rail Plan
Final Texas Rail Plan (TRP) approved by Texas Transportation
Commission November 18, 2010
Submitted to FRA January 2010
Establishes Short-Term and Long-Term Program
• Short-Term
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Statewide ridership
Prioritization of corridors
Long-Term
o
Further development of the corridors
Received $5.6 million in planning grants to study the Oklahoma
City to South Texas Corridor for SDP and Service NEPA.
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OKC – STX
Corridor
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OKC – STX Corridor
Overall funding of corridor - $14 Million
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HSIPR Planning Grant
$5.6 Million
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Texas State Appropriations
$2.8 Million
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Statewide Planning and Research Funds $3.0 Million
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Additional Need
$2.6 Million
$14.0 Million
Potential additional funding sources
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Statewide Planning and Research Funds
North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)
Oklahoma
Issues
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Jurisdictional boundaries for funding
Geographic limits on funding sources
Scope of work limitations with funding sources
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OKC – STX Corridor
Contracting
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HNTB
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Existing infrastructure study – March 2011 start
Ridership analysis (part of grant scope) – start after SOW is
approved by FRA
Funded with Statewide Planning and Research Funds
Study limits – Oklahoma City to South Texas
Remaining tasks for Service Development Plan and Service Level
NEPA
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o
To be contracted as a project specific contract with limits from
Oklahoma City to South Texas
Data and other information from the Austin-San Antonio corridor to
be coordinated with Lone Star Rail District
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OKC – STX Corridor
Oklahoma City to Dallas-Fort Worth
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Coordinated with ODOT and BNSF; also with KDOT/ODOT study to
run service from Kansas City to OKC/Ft. Worth
BNSF corridor modeling for additional service
TTI Heartland Flyer Study, April 2010
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On Board Surveys
TxDOT Dallas-Fort Worth Region Freight Study
Dallas-Fort Worth to Round Rock
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IH-35 Corridor Program Studies
Origin/ Destination Study for Auto Travel
IH-35 Corridor Segment Committee Proposals
TTI Research Study (Potential Development of an Intercity
Passenger Rail Transit System in Texas) – May 2010
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OKC – STX Corridor
Round Rock to San Antonio
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Coordinated with Lone Star Rail District but different purpose and
need
San Antonio to South Texas
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TTI Study
TxDOT San Antonio Region Freight Study
TxDOT Lower Rio Grande Valley/Laredo Region Freight Study
TxDOT Corpus Christi/Yoakum Region Freight Study
Other reasons to extend to South Texas
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PRIIA required study to extend South Central HSR Corridor
Bus travel information
Congressional interest
Interest from LULAC
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Questions/Issues
• Coordination with adjacent states and their efforts
• Multiple service levels with in one corridor
• Differing levels of service along different segments of
the corridor (does that actually make for separate
corridors?)
• Coordination of efforts that were underway prior to
HSIPR
• Incorporating commuter service within the corridor