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... The research identifies implementable and practical strategies for commuter rail services in North America to facilitate recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to transform the role and relevance of commuter rail in regional mobility. Research Approach This research relied on several data sources to document proven strategies, emerging practices, and innovations being considered by domestic and international commuter rail service providers.
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... Travel data reveal that traditional peak commute times have softened, while off-peak, weekend, and non-downtown travel markets have rebounded faster than peak commutes and, in some cases, have grown Figure A.   Strategic model for North American commuter rail providers.
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... In some cases, high infrastructure costs and restrictive infrastructure-sharing agreements limit the ability of commuter rail providers to adapt timetables or add services. Strategic capacity management, as practiced in Germany, offers a model for optimizing track usage through disciplined timetabling, which involves comprehensive understanding and detailed management of movements for all trains, maintenance work, and other movements on a rail line throughout a given day, week, or longer time period, and iterative evaluation of market needs.
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... Common strategies for confronting funding shortfalls like the impending COVID-19-related fiscal cliff include cutting service, increasing revenues where possible, reducing expenses through organizational or operational efficiencies, making cuts to cus tomer experience, deferring debts, selling properties, and more. If these strategies fail to deliver reliable service for customers, the role commuter rail providers play in their regional transportation market will weaken, and the justification for continued expenditure on com muter rail as a travel mode will be undermined.


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