Investor Presentaiton
Evaluation Criteria
Analysis of travel demand data excluded major local trips
○ Some routes include local city pairs that may significantly bolster the overall travel flow.
○ Excluded these markets to accurately reflect demand for potential new long-distance routes.
○ Trips flows between MSA pairs were excluded if two conditions were met:
MSA pairs were within 100 miles
MSA pairs exceeded the 80th percentile of all demand for a given route option
Examples: Excluded trips for route options serving MSA pairs
San Antonio - Austin, TX
Denver - Boulder, CO
Dayton - Springfield, OH
• 53 million annual trips
• 80 miles
• 70 million annual trips
⚫ 25 million annual trips
• 25 miles
⚫ 25 miles
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
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LONG-DISTANCE
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