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Michigan Passenger Rail Station Community Benefits Study, John C. Taylor, Hari Singh, Paul Isely
Michigan Passenger Rail Station Community Benefits Study, John C. Taylor, Hari Singh, Paul Isely
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Rail passenger service is perceived to provide important benefits to Michigan communities. The extent of these benefits has never been quantified in a systematic way, therefore the main objective of this grant is to fund a research project that will estimate the full range of these direct and indirect benefits at the communitry level and to develop approaches that the MDOT can utilize to incorporate the findings into their Transportation Mangement System. It is understood that rail passenger services provide important additional benefits to the state and the region in terms of congestion relief, air quality improvement, and energy conservation. …