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1. 2010 SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop George C. Xu, Ph.D. Executive Manager, Planning and Research State Rail and Marine Office Paula Hammond Secretary of Transportation Steve Reinmuth Chief of Staff September 22, 2010Jacksonville, Florida
2. Passenger Rail System: Washington State SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
3. Passenger Rail Ridership: SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
4. Amtrak Cascades Ridership Growth SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
5. Amtrak Cascades Ridership Distribution SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
6. Freight Rail System: Washington State SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
7. Growth of Rail Freight:Washington State – 1991 to 2008 SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
8. Directional Flows of Rail Freight:Washington State - 2008 SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
9. Passenger Rail Funding Past and Future Operating $199 million from 1994 through 2008 $29.1 million budgeted from 2009 to 2011 Capital $132 million spent from 1994 through 2008 $139 million projected from 2008 through 2013 Nearly $1.0 billion in capital and operating funds has been invested in high-speed intercity passenger rail in the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor since 1994. Washington State alone has invested over $331 million in support of high-speed passenger rail. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
10. Freight Rail Funding: 1980-2009 SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
11. ARRA High-Speed Rail Program February 17, 2009 - President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which contained $8 billion of federal funding for High-Speed Rail. First major federal investment in High-Speed Passenger Rail outside the North East corridor. Applicants were restricted to state transportation departments and Amtrak. The Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor (PNWRC) is one of the 11 federally designated high-speed rail corridors. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
12. ARRA High-Speed Rail Funding Washington applied for nearly $1.3 billion. On January 27, Washington State was notified that they had been awarded $590 million from the ARRA High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program. In the FRA announcement they have said that this will: Add two additional daily round trips between Seattle and Portland, for a total of six. Reduce travel time by at least 5 percent. Increase on-time performance from 62 to88 percent. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
13. Farebox Recovery: FFY2000-2009 Washington State High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Proposed ARRA Projects Tacoma – D to M Street Connection Tacoma – Point Defiance Bypass Vancouver – Yard Bypass Track Cascades Corridor Reliability Upgrades – South Everett – Storage Track – WA Amtrak Cascades® New Train Set Kelso Martin’s Bluff – New Siding Kelso Martin’s Bluff – Toteff Siding Extension Kelso Martin’s Bluff – Kelso to Longview Jct. Seattle – King Street Station Track Upgrades Advanced Signal System SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
14. How to Ensure Accountability of Public Investment Set the Strategic Directions of Public Investment Legislative Priorities Strategic Rail Corridors Enhance Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Investment Cost Benefit Analysis Economic Impact Assessment Ensure Performance Determine Performance Measures Set Performance Goals Reach Contractual Agreement Evaluate Performance SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
15. Set Legislative Priorities Under ESHB 1094, the Washington State Legislature required Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to evaluate rail investment using the following priorities: Economic, safety, or environmental advantages of freight movement by rail compared to alternative modes; Self-sustaining economic development that creates family-wage jobs; Preservation of transportation corridors that would otherwise be lost; Increased access to efficient and cost-effective transport to market for Washington’s agricultural and industrial products; Better integration and cooperation within the regional, national, and international systems of freight distribution; and Mitigation of impacts of increased rail traffic on communities. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
16. Designate High-Speed Rail Corridors SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
17. Define Strategic Freight Rail Corridors RCW 47.06A.020 requires that the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board designate strategic freight corridors within Washington State and update the designated strategic corridors not less than every two years. “Strategic Freight Corridors” (RCW 47.06A.010) means a transportation corridor of great economic importance within an integrated freight system that: Serves international and domestic interstate and intrastate trade. Enhances the state’s competitive position through regional and global gateways. Carries freight tonnages of at least: Four million gross tons annually on state highways, city streets, and county roads. Five million gross tons annually on rail roads. Two and one-half million net tons on waterways. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
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19. Accountability of Public Investment Set the Strategic Directions of Public Investment Legislative Priorities Strategic Freight Corridors Enhance Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Investment Cost Benefit Analysis Economic Impact Assessment Ensure Performance Determine Performance Measures Set Performance Goals Reach Contractual Agreement SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
20. State Requirements for Benefit Cost Evaluation Under ESHB 1094, the Washington State Legislature required Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to develop and implement the benefit/impact evaluation methodology to evaluate rail investment programs and projects. The benefit/impact evaluation method is developed using the legislative specified priorities. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
21. Federal Requirements for Benefit Documentation Anticipated Private Benefits Economic competitiveness Cost reductions Improved assets Service improvements Anticipated Public Benefits Congestion mitigation Enhanced trade and economic development Improved air quality Improved land use Enhanced public safety Enhanced public security Reduction in public expenditures Community effects Source: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) State Rail Planning Guidebook September 2009 SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
22. Public and Private Benefits Private benefitis a benefit accrued to a person or private entity, other than Amtrak, that directly improves the economic and competitive condition of that person or entity through improved assets, cost reductions, service improvements, or any other means as defined by the Secretary. Broad definition of “Public Benefits” include both private benefits and benefits defined as above. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
23. WSDOT Benefit/Cost Analysis Tool Overview SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
24. Quantify Benefits and Costs (1) Benefits: Transportation Benefits (improve capacity and reliability, travelers’ time saving, reduction in highway congestion, shipper’s savings, reduction in highway use, reducing auto delay at grade crossing, etc.) Economic Benefits (jobs created, tax revenues, business incomes) External Impacts (GHG reduction and safety improvement) SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
25. Quantify Benefits and Costs (2) Costs: Capital investment. Cost of maintaining project work during estimation period. Cost of maintaining equipment during estimation period. Public costs vs. private costs – leverage. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
26. Quantify Benefits and Costs (3) Benefit Values: WSDOT economists update benefit values periodically to ensure quick and high quality CBAs are performed upon requests from policy makers or required by routine program needs. Cost Indices: WSDOT developed rail cost inflation indices system to gauge project costs. Such indices are updated quarterly. Discount Rate: WSDOT uses a discount rate of 4% to convert future benefits and costs into present value. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
27. Qualitative Assessment Based on Legislative Priority Qualitative assessment of how a project fits with legislative priorities. Project benefit weighted by legislative priorities. Guidance for evaluators for scoring. Summary of scores by priority. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
28. Project Management Assessment A project management matrix is developed to evaluate likelihood of success of a project when invested. Project management assessment. Prompts evaluation of project readiness. Evaluates the current cost, scope, and schedule status. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
29. User Benefit Levels Matrix The User Benefit Levels Matrix is intended to help determine who is benefiting from the project and at what level. The matrix is to be completed giving a percentage that represents the amount of benefit for each user for each measure. The percentage of benefits are then added for each user and divided by the number of measures used providing an overall project benefit for each user. Different benefits/measures. Distributional impacts on users. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
30. Accountability of Public Investment Set the Strategic Directions of Public Investment Legislative Priorities Strategic Freight Corridors Enhance Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Investment Cost Benefit Analysis Economic Impact Assessment Ensure Performance Determine Performance Measures Set Performance Goals Reach Contractual Agreement SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
31. Performance Measure: Capacity SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
32. Performance Measure: Schedule SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
33. Performance Measure: OTP SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
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35. Farebox Recovery: FFY2000-2009 SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
36. Develop and Implement Agreements among Partners Agreement expected to lead to improved Amtrak Cascades service WSDOT and BNSF sign agreement to move Recovery Act rail projects forward OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and BNSF Railway today signed an agreement that ultimately will result in more frequent and more reliable Amtrak Cascades service between Seattle and Portland. Today’s “Memorandum of Agreement” between WSDOT and BNSF clears the way for the state to begin initial work this fall using some of the $590 million in federal grants awarded to Washington in January. This money is part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) high-speed rail grants, administered by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The agreement sets the framework for the two organizations to deliver rail-improvement projects that achieve reliability and on-time performance goals for both passenger and freight rail service. This is important on rail lines shared by these two types of rail services. With these ARRA funds, the goal is to add two additional Amtrak Cascades daily round trips between Seattle and Portland, for a total of six. The improvements are also intended to reduce travel times, as well as improve average on-time performance from the line’s current 62 percent to more than 80 percent. The work will increase rail-corridor capacity and relieve main line rail congestion by building bypass tracks and making multiple upgrades to existing track. SCORT/TRB Rail Capacity Workshop – Jacksonville, Florida
37. For more information Please contact: State Rail and Marine Office 360-705-7900 rail@wsdot.wa.gov