20040519 passenger rail - government of dane county, wisconsin
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Wisconsin’s Passenger RailDevelopment Program
![Page 2: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Existing Service
![Page 3: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Milwaukee-Chicago Hiawatha Service
![Page 4: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Hiawatha Service
• Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha service supported since 1989 by Wisconsin and Illinois
• Hiawatha carried over 430,000 passengers in 2003 up 9% over 2002
• Ridership in February was 32,808 -- highest February total in 10 years
• Double digit increases in ridership and revenue for last 9 months 2002-2003
![Page 5: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Hiawatha Service
• On-time performance continues to be the best on the entire Amtrak system
• 95.5 percent 12 months ending in Sept.
![Page 6: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Recent Initiatives
![Page 7: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Recent Initiatives
• Hiawatha frequency increased from 6 to 7 roundtrips in October 2002
• Greatest number of frequencies outside of Northeast Corridor and California
• 6:00 a.m. departure from Chicago and 7:30 p.m. departure from Milwaukee
• Allows full day in Milwaukee• Facilitates future air connections at GMIA
![Page 8: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Recent Initiatives
• Hiawatha marketing program• $500K CMAQ grant announced Dec. 15• 2 year program beginning July 04• Until recently, no Hiawatha-specific marketing• Ridership surveys Dec. 02 and July 03 showed
word-of-mouth as primary information source• Co-op opportunities with Amtrak, Midwest
Airlines, GMIA and Wisconsin Tourism Division
![Page 9: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Milwaukee Amtrak Station Rehab
![Page 10: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Milwaukee Amtrak Station Rehab
• Redevelop Milwaukee Amtrak Station as an intermodal terminal – gateway to downtown -- $7.37 million
• $1.4 million purchase of existing station using Milwaukee-Madison bond funds
• $2.6 million FTA grant and state match -- Kohl earmark• $1.4 million from developer – Milwaukee Intermodal
Partners• $2.9 million CMAQ grant for platforms and train shed
announced December 15• $470,000 land purchase for Greyhound facilities and
parking
![Page 11: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Milwaukee Amtrak Station Rehab
• Developer will design, build, lease, manage, and operate facility
• Greyhound Bus will also occupy facility• Other operators possible• Development contract executed October 2003• Final design 2004• Construction Spring 2005• Project completion Spring 2006
![Page 12: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Milwaukee Intermodal Terminal
![Page 13: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Site PlanSite Plan
![Page 14: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Gateway to Downtown Milwaukee
![Page 15: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Train Shed and Platform Rehab
![Page 16: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Passenger Rail Station at General Mitchell International Airport
![Page 17: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
General Mitchell Int’l Airport Station
!Amtrak, Midwest Express Airlines, GMIA, CP Rail and WisDOT
!Interline air-rail ticketing & transfer!Midwest Express: Chicago as a destination!Additional revenue for passenger rail service!$145,000 Preliminary Engineering and Environmental
Study: Parsons-Brinckerhoff !$6.5 million Kohl earmark for design and construction
![Page 18: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
General Mitchell Station
![Page 19: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
General Mitchell Station
Remote “B”
![Page 20: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
GMIA Passenger Rail Station
• Environmental Assessment and PE completed• FONSI signed by FRA• CP Rail track construction underway• Final design completed – bids to be opened May
20• Station and platforms under construction June
2004• Construction to be completed November 2004
![Page 21: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Sturtevant Station
• Replace and relocate current station 1 mile north in Sturtevant Industrial Park
• $2.1 million -- $1.69 million CMAQ -- local funds for remainder
• Village of Sturtevant approved funding May 11
• Construction will start this summer
![Page 22: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Midwest Regional Rail Initiative in Wisconsin
Rail service, top speed 110 mphRail service, less than 110 mphFeeder bus service
![Page 23: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
MWRRI Phase 1: Madison-Milwaukee-Chicago
![Page 24: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Incremental Approach
Madison-Milwaukee-Chicago Phase I Service
• Infrastructure: $227 mil. • Equipment: $ 89 mil.• Total Capital Cost $316 mil.
• Federal funds required before proceeding• 20% State Share $ 63 mil.
![Page 25: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Rail Alignment and Roadbed ImprovementsWatertown to Madison Roadbed
![Page 26: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Modern Equipment Technology
Talgo
Siemens
Bistro car
![Page 27: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Implementation Activities Milwaukee-Madison Corridor
• $3.01 million Milwaukee-Madison Corridor Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Engineering Study – Final public hearings held– FONSI document prepared
• $4.2 million HSR grade crossing improvements state line to Madison
![Page 28: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Implementation Activities Milwaukee-Madison Corridor
• $7 million corridor purchase Watertown to Madison – 32 miles purchased from WSOR/CP Rail -- December
2003– $5.2 million initial installment, remainder 2004
• $2.0 million positive train control project – Advanced technology signal and control system– Freight and passenger collision warning and protection– Cooperative project with CP Railway
![Page 29: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Wisconsin Investment
• $4.8 million Milwaukee-Madison EA/PE
• $1.4 million purchase Milw. Amtrak Station
• $470,000 land for intermodal bus facilities
• $4.0 million Station Renovation
• $2.9 million train shed and platform improvements
• $6.5 million GMIA Station
• $2.1 million Sturtevant Station
• $4.2 million for HSR crossing improvements
• $7.0 million purchase of HSR corridor Madison to Watertown
• $2.0 million PTC project Milwaukee to Madison
![Page 30: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Wisconsin Investment
• Wisconsin has committed $35.5 million for intercity passenger rail development projects
![Page 31: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Next Steps
• Federal funding is essential• Testimony by WisDOT Secretary Busalacchi, Senate
Commerce Committee, October 2, 2003• “The Milwaukee-Chicago Corridor can serve as an anchor
for future high-speed rail development in the Midwest” • “A high-speed extension of Amtrak’s Hiawatha Service to
Madison would be an effective demonstration of state-of-the-art passenger rail service”
• Wisconsin has taken the first steps • A Federal funding partner is required
![Page 32: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Congressional Action is Still Needed
• A passenger rail funding program has not been included in Senate and House TEA 21 reauthorization bills
• Limited rail funding may be included in the conference committee bill
• Congressman Young, T&I Committee Chair, indicated his continued support for rail in the House mark up
• TEA 21 reauthorization is not assured• A separate rail funding bill may have to be
pursued next year
![Page 33: 20040519 passenger rail - Government of Dane County, Wisconsin](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022071600/613d15dc736caf36b759234b/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Questions or Comments?