Friday, April 9, 2010
Room 204 of the Distance Learning Center Wing of the Urban Center on the Portland State University campus

Speaker: David Kurth

Topic: Modeling High Speed Rail Ridership and Revenue in California: An Overview

Abstract: The California High-Speed Rail Ridership and Revenue Forecasting Model is a state-of-the-practice transportation model designed to portray what future conditions might look like in California with and without a high-speed train. The model was developed by Cambridge Systematics, Inc., and took roughly two years to complete. The resulting ridership and revenue forecasts provided, and continue to provide, sound information for planning decisions for high-speed rail in California. This presentation briefly describes the underlying model that was developed to generate the ridership and revenue forecasts along with summaries of ridership forecasts from published reports.