AMTRAK / FEC CORRIDOR PROJECT High Speed / Intercity Passenger Rail Application

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1 AMTRAK / FEC CORRIDOR PROJECT High Speed / Intercity Passenger Rail Application January 20, 2010 Tim Stockman, Vice President Ocean Waters Management 1

2 Betty Goodman Assistant City Manager City of Daytona Beach Mary Schoelzel Florida Department of Transportation 2

3 Karl Welzenbach Volusia County MPO Karl Welzenbach Volusia County MPO 3

4 Kim DeLaney Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council AMTRAK / FEC CORRIDOR PROJECT High Speed / Intercity Passenger Rail Application Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council January 20,

5 Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Fun Facts One of eleven RPC s Four counties 50 Municipalities 1.8 million people 3700 square miles 5

6 CSX et.al. FEC Florida Train Service ~ Historically CSX et.al. FEC Florida Train Service ~ Today 6

7 CSX et.al. FEC Florida Train Service ~ FEC FEC/Henry Flagler Speedway to Sunshine Henry Flagler 7

8 A Rich History along the Corridor St. Augustine c1890 Cocoa c1900s Vero Beach (c1900s) Melbourne (1925) Daytona Beach (c1890s) Titusville (c1925) Stuart (1903) Fort Pierce (c1900) Why Should I Care About the Transit Network? 8

9 Congestion or Mobility Pick One!! 9

10 Congestion or Mobility 52 extra hours per year are spent stuck in traffic by the average S. Fla. Commuter (up from 30 hours in 1990) Congestion or Mobility South Florida s congestion costs, based on wasted time and fuel, was approximately $3 Billion in 2007 Texas Trans. Inst., 2007 Urban Mobility Study 10

11 A Happy Motoring Society We now know this is NOT TRUE Colliers, 1955 Changing Demographics 11

12 Predictability? Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. -- Winston Churchill Congestion or Mobility 12

13 A Paradigm Shift 13

14 Rail Applications and pre-applications have been submitted for the High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program Florida High Speed Rail Application Amtrak - Florida East Coast Passenger Service Service Pre-Application Pre-Application Central Florida Rail Passenger Corridor Application Figure 5.6 Florida Intercity Passenger Rail Service Vision Plan ~ Coastal Route AMTRAK FEC CORRIDOR PROJECT POTENTIAL NEW STATIONS (East Coast) St Augustine Daytona Beach Titusville Melbourne Cocoa / Port Canaveral VeroBeach FortPierce Stuart EXISTING STATIONS (East Coast) Jacksonville. West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami LEGEND Other Existing Stations include Orlando, Tampa, Winter Park, Sanford, Lakeland, and more. Existing Amtrak Service (on CSX) New Amtrak Service on FEC 14

15 Context $8 Billion High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program Federal Railroad Administration National High Speed Rail Network Stimulate Economy Effective Investment Additional $2.5 Billion approved Dec 2009 Amtrak/FEC Proposal Follows 2001 Plan Eight New Stations Miami Intermodal Center 90 mph service Open to Service under 36 mos. $268 million 15

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17 Daytona Beach Special Events Daytona Beach Destinations Downtown Daytona Beach 17

18 I can t wait to thaw on Daytona Beach! Service Concept New York Four Trains / Day on FEC 2 Southbound trains from NY Split in Jacksonville 2trains 2trains 2trains Jacksonville 2trains 4 Northbound from Miami / 2onFEC,2onSFRC/CSX Trains combined in Jacksonville Orlando /Tampa 2trains 2trains West Palm Beach 4trains Miami 18

19 Application Partnership with Amtrak 100 percent Federal $ for capital improvements Cities maintain stations Expectations 176,000 passengers/year ~ 6 hours travel time Jacksonville to Miami Corridor Economic Stimulus 1,353 construction jobs (short-term) 201 operations jobs 3,322 land-associated jobs $2B induced land development 19

20 Next Steps Award expected March 2010 Organizing work NEPA, Design, ROW, Construction Review process underway December 2012 Open to Service Preferred Station Sites to be Selected by Cities Continued Public Awareness 132 resolutions & letters of support andcounting 20

21 KIM DELANEY, PH.D. GROWTH MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL 21