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Design of Intermodal Stations for a High Speed Ground Transportation System.

PB95144234

Publication Date	1994
Personal Author	Schneider, J. B.
Page Count	312
Abstract	The large investment required to build a new high speed ground transportation system in the U.S. requires that the station component of such a system receive considerably more attention than it has so far. If the stations are not numerous, located well and designed properly, the competitive status of the high speed system cannot attain its full potential. In this report, attention is given to defining the role of stations in the high speed (rail and/or maglev) planning process. Intermodal access requirements and opportunities, competitive position with regard to the air and auto modes, long-term urban form impacts, environmental and community acceptance problems and joint development opportunities are investigated. Several physical design issues are also examined. The objectives of this study are to (1) review previous experience with and literature on the design of intermodal stations and (2) develop some prototype high speed station designs. A literature review is followed by reports on field investigations of five best practice urban transit stations in the U.S. as well as five large Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) stations in France. The challenges associated with locating high speed stations in U.S. suburban activity centers are examined in relation to these results and special attention is given to their intermodal connectivity requirements. The potential utility of an automated peoplemover technology as a feeder mode to such stations and as a circulator system within the suburban activity center is investigated extensively. Two prototype intermodal station designs are devised and presented in some detail.
Keywords	High speed ground transportation Intermodal transportation systems Transfer facilities Station design Interurban transportation systems Magnetic levitation vehicles Rail transportation Urban transportation Ground transportation feeder systems Fast transit link systems Road transit interchanges Intermodal stations
Source Agency	Federal Railroad Administration
NTIS Subject Category	85I - Railroad Transportation
Corporate Authors	Washington Univ., Seattle. Dept. of Civil Engineering.; National Maglev Initiative (FRA), Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Maglev Initiative (FRA), Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Aug 91-Jun 94.
NTIS Issue Number	199505
Contract Number	DTFR-53-91-C-00075

Design of Intermodal Stations for a High Speed Ground Transportation System.

Design of Intermodal Stations for a High Speed Ground Transportation System.
PB95144234

Publication Date	1994
Personal Author	Schneider, J. B.
Page Count	312
Abstract	The large investment required to build a new high speed ground transportation system in the U.S. requires that the station component of such a system receive considerably more attention than it has so far. If the stations are not numerous, located well and designed properly, the competitive status of the high speed system cannot attain its full potential. In this report, attention is given to defining the role of stations in the high speed (rail and/or maglev) planning process. Intermodal access requirements and opportunities, competitive position with regard to the air and auto modes, long-term urban form impacts, environmental and community acceptance problems and joint development opportunities are investigated. Several physical design issues are also examined. The objectives of this study are to (1) review previous experience with and literature on the design of intermodal stations and (2) develop some prototype high speed station designs. A literature review is followed by reports on field investigations of five best practice urban transit stations in the U.S. as well as five large Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) stations in France. The challenges associated with locating high speed stations in U.S. suburban activity centers are examined in relation to these results and special attention is given to their intermodal connectivity requirements. The potential utility of an automated peoplemover technology as a feeder mode to such stations and as a circulator system within the suburban activity center is investigated extensively. Two prototype intermodal station designs are devised and presented in some detail.
Keywords	High speed ground transportation Intermodal transportation systems Transfer facilities Station design Interurban transportation systems Magnetic levitation vehicles Rail transportation Urban transportation Ground transportation feeder systems Fast transit link systems Road transit interchanges Intermodal stations
Source Agency	Federal Railroad Administration
NTIS Subject Category	85I - Railroad Transportation
Corporate Authors	Washington Univ., Seattle. Dept. of Civil Engineering.; National Maglev Initiative (FRA), Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Maglev Initiative (FRA), Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Aug 91-Jun 94.
NTIS Issue Number	199505
Contract Number	DTFR-53-91-C-00075