Meeting Materials
Four series of regional working group meetings have been held in six regions across the country – Northeast, Southeast, Central, Midwest, Southwest, and Northwest. The first meeting series occurred in January and February 2023, and the second series was held in July 2023. The third meeting series took place in February 2024, and the fourth and final meeting series was in June 2024.
Materials from the working group meetings are available below.
Meeting Series 4 – June 2024
This round of regional working group meetings reviewed feedback from the prior round, methods and tools for conceptual service schedule development, network analysis, public benefits analysis, and prioritization of preferred routes, along with final steps for the study. (Updated 7/8/2024: Slides 178 and 180 were revised to reflect changes to weighted ratings of preferred routes.)
Note: Presentation and meeting summary downloads for each region are being re-attached from the archived documents. Please check back or contact frapa@dot.gov for materials in the interim.
- Northeast
- Midwest
- Northwest
- Southwest
- Central
- Southeast
Meeting Series 3 – February 2024
This round reviewed feedback from previous outreach and identified the proposed network of preferred new long-distance routes, including methodologies for conceptual route development, route evaluation, run times, and cost estimating.
Note: Presentation and meeting summary downloads for each region are being re-attached from the archived documents. Please check back or contact frapa@dot.gov for materials in the interim.
- Northeast
- Midwest
- Northwest
- Southwest
- Central
- Southeast
Meeting Series 2 – July 2023
This round covered the Long-Distance study scope, stakeholder and public feedback, development of an enhanced network, and comparison of enhanced and baseline networks.
Note: Presentation and meeting summary downloads for each region are being re-attached from the archived documents. Please check back or contact frapa@dot.gov for materials in the interim.
- Northeast
- Midwest
- Northwest
- Southwest
- Central
- Southeast
Meeting Series 1 – February 2023
This round provided a national overview of Long-Distance service, the scope of the Study, current and discontinued Long-Distance routes, baseline and market conditions, evaluation factors, and coordination opportunities.
Note: Presentation and meeting summary downloads for each region are being re-attached from the archived documents. Please check back or contact frapa@dot.gov for materials in the interim.
- Northeast
- Midwest
- Northwest
- Southwest
- Central
- Southeast