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Title: Intercity Passenger Rail: Legislative Policy Recommendations


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Intercity Passenger RailLegislative Policy
Recommendations
Astrid Glynn Chair ASC Intercity Passenger Rai
l Legislative Team AASHTO Standing Committee on R
ail Transportation Commissioner New York State
Department of Transportation
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V.1 - National Rail Policy
  • Congress shall articulate a national rail policy
  • Congress should provide dedicated Federal funding
    for national network
  • Network shall be
  • HSR corridors ( 110 MPH)
  • Regional corridors (79-110 MPH)
  • Long distance service ( 500 miles)

3
V.2 - Dedicated Funding for Intercity Passenger
Rail
  • Separate account from highways and transit
  • Funded from diversified portfolio of revenue
    sources
  • Same budgetary protections as HTF
  • Firewalls
  • Guaranteed funding
  • Contract authority

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V.3 - Capital Program for States
  • HR 2095 implements this program
  • Multi-year Federal/State program
  • 80/20 Federal/State share
  • 1.9 billion over 5 years
  • Grants awarded to States (not Amtrak) for State
    selected capital projects
  • Track
  • Equipment
  • Stations
  • Signals

5
V.4 - NEC State of Good Repair
  • Addressed by HR 2095
  • Amtrak and states develop plan within 6 months
  • Includes track, station, signals, and equipment
  • SOGR reached by 2018

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V.5 - Public/Private Freight Railroad
Partnerships
  • Federal government should
  • Improve model for negotiating rail access
  • Help State DOTs determine level of capacity
    improvements
  • Define negotiating framework to reach agreements

7
V.6 - National Performance-Based Measures
  • Partially addressed in HR 2095
  • Should be linked to policy objectives
  • Separate from grant awards
  • States, with providers and FRA, shall develop
    measures for national system

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V.7 - Section 130 Funding
  • Continue and expand funding for Section 130 Grade
    Crossing Program
  • Institute measure to expedite process
  • Increase amount of closure incentive payments
    from 7,500 to ½ cost of upgrading
  • Funding match from railroad could be cash or
    in-kind services

9
V.8 - High Speed Rail Corridor Development
  • Authorize HSR Grade Crossing Elimination Program
    within HSR Corridor Development Program in
    SAFETEA-LU (Section 9001)
  • Fund at 55 million (5 million for each of 11
    corridors)
  • Expand eligibility to include Sealed Corridor
    Initiative

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V.9 - Investment Tax Credits for Freight Rail
  • Provide federal tax credits for freight rail
    improvements
  • Improvements must have clearly defined public
    benefits, such as intercity passenger rail
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