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Passenger Rail Surveys in Florida
presented toMTF Transit Committee presented
by Mary Ross, P.E., and Myung Sung Gannett
Fleming, Inc. November 9, 2009
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Passenger Rail Services in Florida People
Mover and Streetcar

• People Movers (Public Private)
• Jacksonville Skyway
• Miami Metromover
• Orlando International Airport
• Tampa International Airport
• Disney Monorail
• Streetcars
• Tampa TECO Streetcar

www.jtaonthemove.com
www.orlandoairports.net
www.disneyworld.diney.go.com
www.bombardier.com
www.gohart.org
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Passenger Rail Services in Florida - AMTRAK

• The National Railroad Passenger Corporation

www.amtrak.com
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Passenger Rail Services in Florida Commuter
Rail

• Tri-Rail
• 3 Counties Palm Beach, Broward Miami-Dade
• 72 Miles
• 18 Stations
• 50 trains per day
• 400 AM 1130 PM
• 1 hour 45 minutes travel time
• Headway 20-30 minutes
• 2 to 3 car trains
• Daily ridership 11,500

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Passenger Rail Services in Florida Heavy Rail

• Metrorail
• Miami-Dade County
• 22 Miles
• 22 Stations
• 182 trains per day
• 500 AM 100 AM
• 47 minute travel time
• Headway 7.5 minutes / 15 minutes
• 4 to 6 car trains
• Daily ridership 60,000

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Rail Station Maps
Metrorail System
Tri-Rail System
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Purpose of Tri-Rail Survey

• Supplement 2007 Tri-Rail Survey
• Double tracking
• Rising gas prices
• Update and validate SERPM
• FTA New Starts

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Purpose of Metrorail Survey

• Supplement modeling and transit planning efforts
  in Miami-Dade County and the South Florida Region
• Update and validate SERPM
• FTA New Starts

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Tri-Rail Survey Methodology

• October 22, 2008
• Survey Staff
• Station Supervisors
• Train Captains
• Surveyors / Counters
• Surveys distributed on train
• 400 AM 245 PM
• 30 trains of 50 trains per day
• Surveyors began at each end (Mangonia Park MIA)

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Tri-Rail Survey Methodology

• Surveys collected / Interviews conducted on
  trains
• Door Counts
• 400 AM 1100 PM
• Tri-Rail Station Auxiliary Rider Survey
• Overnight parking
• Mode of access
• Auto-egress
• Number of alighting passengers
• School trips
• Short trips

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Metrorail Survey Methodology

• April 28, 2009
• Survey Staff
• Station Supervisors
• Platform Facilitators
• In-Train Facilitators
• Surveyors
• Surveys distributed at origin stations
• 600 AM 600 PM
• Surveyors located at station entrance

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Metrorail Survey Methodology

• Survey collection at destination station
• Passenger Counts
• Turnstiles
• Directional Split by Station
• Prior to survey date
• Door counts
• 3rd car of the first three NB and SB trains
• 600 AM 600 PM

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Daily Northbound Split by Metrorail Station
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Daily Southbound Split by Metrorail Station
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Questionnaire Tri-Rail

• Self-administered
• English, Spanish,
• and Creole
• 27 Questions
• Serial number by train
• Recent travel behavior gas prices

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Questionnaire Tri-Rail
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Questionnaire - Metrorail

• Self-administered
• English, Spanish,
• and Creole
• 18 Questions
• Serial number by
• origin station
• Detailed access information

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Questionnaire - Metrorail
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Questionnaire - Metrorail
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Survey Samples

• Tri-Rail
• Daily Ridership 15,662
• Surveys Distributed 8,403 (54)
• Surveys Collected 6,104 (72)
• Metrorail
• Daily Ridership 58,908
• Surveys Distributed 30,112 (51)
• Surveys Collected 16,538 (55)

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Survey Results
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Minimization/Mitigation of Non-Response Bias

• Survey Advertisement
• Posters at stations
• Website
• Announcements day before and day of survey
• Seat drops (Tri-Rail)

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Minimization/Mitigation of Non-Response Bias

• Pretest
• Trained personnel
• Mandatory training session
• Diverse staff
• Professional and temp staff
• Non-English speaking
• Identified by badges and/or shirts
• Proactive

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Implementation Tri-Rail Surveyor Training
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Implementation Metrorail Supervisor Training
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Implementation Metrorail Surveyor Training
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Minimization/Mitigation of Non-Response Bias

• Expansion Methodology
• Boarding and alighting counts used as source of
  controls for expansion
• Eliminate unusable data
• Cross check counts with ancillary counts and
  counts provided by the transit agency
• Station-level, time of day and trip purpose
  expansions

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Data Analysis

• Tri-Rail
• Analysis Complete
• Incorporated into SERPM
• Metrorail
• Geocode
• Analysis needs to be done

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