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The Northeast Corridor Commission and Regional Collaboration

Mitch Warren, Executive Director Northeast Corridor Infrastructure & Operations Advisory Commission February 19, 2015

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17% of U.S. Population 20% of U.S. GDP 2% of U.S. Land Area

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NEC Region

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Four of the top-ten most populated metropolitan areas in the U.S.

NEC Region

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457-mile corridor owned by: Amtrak MTA Metro-North/Connecticut Massachusetts 2,000+ daily commuter, intercity, and freight trains 750,000 daily passengers 14 million annual car-miles of freight each year New York Philadelphia Philadelphia New Haven New Haven Boston

NEC Main Line

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NEC Main Line 150 daily Amtrak trains 11.4 million annual riders (Acela & NE Regional) Connecting Corridors 3.5 million annual riders Branches 16 additional services in the megaregion 1.5 million annual riders

Intercity Rail

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1,800+ daily commuter trains on the NEC Main Line (over 90% of total) 700,000 daily commuter riders on the NEC Main Line

Shore Line East

Metro-North Long Island Rail Road

Commuter Rail

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7 million jobs

Located within 5 miles

• f NEC stations, one third
• f all jobs in the Region

700,000

Daily commuter rail trips

40,000

Daily Amtrak trips

$50 billion

Annual contribution to the national economy by commuters and business travelers on the NEC

Job Access

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A Transportation System at Capacity

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NEC History

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Norwalk River Bridge (CT) 1896 $350M Replacement Susquehanna Bridge (MD) 1906 $850M Replacement Portal Bridge (NJ) 1906 $900M Replacement Hudson River Tunnels (NY/NJ) 1910 Devon Bridge (CT) 1905 $750M Replacement B&P Tunnel (MD) 1873 $1.5B Replacement

Aging Assets

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The Future of the NEC

The Good 2,000 daily trains and 750,000 daily passengers 14 million annual freight car miles Increasing demand for rail services The Bad Inadequate funding levels Major segments at or near capacity Signifjcant state-of-good-repair backlog Congestion across all modes Current trajectory not sustainable

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4 members Non-voting representatives:

• Freight Railroads
• Connecting States
• Commuter Agencies

5 members 8 states and the District of Columbia

MA NY DE CT PA RI NJ MD DC

The NEC Commission

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Section 212(c) Cost Allocation

Standardized allocation formula for use

• f the Northeast Corridor
• No cross-subsidization between intercity,

commuter, and freight services

• Consistency and transparency across all
• wners and operators
• Transition from incremental to fully

allocated costs

Increased Collaboration

• Capital planning
• Program/project delivery
• Operations & performance

Federal Role Policy Approved in December 2014

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Policy Summary

Current Agreement

• Five-Year Policy with Mid-Term Evaluation
• Allocate common ROW and stations
• perating costs
• Allocate Normalized Replacement capital

costs

• Establish collaborative capital planning

process

• Enhanced transparency on project

delivery, performance and costs

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$50 billion

Daily contribution by the NEC’s daily commuters to the U.S. economy

$100 million lost per day In congestion- and productivity- related costs if the NEC goes down The NEC and the American Economy April 2014

Recent Reports

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NEC Five-Year Capital Needs Assessment FY15-19 September 2014 Critical Infrastructure Needs on the NEC January 2013

Recent Reports

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NEC Five-Year Capital Plan FY16-20

• Developing collaborative

planning process and unifjed recommendations to Congress

• Identify a shared vision for

investments to maintain the Corridor, address state of good repair, and improve capacity

• Expected release in spring 2015

DRAFT

NEC Five-Year Capital Plan

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Supporting NEC FUTURE

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Implementation of Cost Allocation Policy Region-wide Five-Year Capital Plan Addressing State-of-Good-Repair Needs Increased Collaboration NEC FUTURE

Looking Ahead

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Questions?