Examining Long-Distance Express Buses as an Extension of and Feeder to Passenger Rail Systems

Project Description

Rising travel demand along major intercity travel corridors is one mobility challenge facing Texas and other high-population states. Passenger-rail service may help to absorb some of the travel demand from crowded highway and air-travel corridors but is cost-prohibitive to develop over very long distances. This project will explore the potential of using express intercity-bus service as an alternative to and extension of passenger-rail service, providing a similar type of higher-speed, limited-stop service over long distances with a lower development cost than rail.

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