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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"High-Speed Rail"”.
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Development Impacts of high-speed rail : megalopolis formation and implications for Portugal's Lisbon-Porto High-Speed Rail Link
High-speed rail (HSR) has been gaining acceptance worldwide with development of rail technology and rising concerns over climate change and congestion in airports and on roads. The implementation of high-speed rail lines also plays an important role in reshaping the travel patterns and activities …
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Spatial dimensions of high-speed rail : intermediate cities, inter-jurisdictional planning, and the implications for high-speed rail in Portugal
… context, increasing interest and adoption of high-speed rail (HSR)-- mode with spatial sustainability objectives--is unsurprising. HSR has the potential to integrate cities into mutually supportive networks across long distances while also supporting more sustainable forms of development. For …
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Development of a High-Speed Rail Model to Study Current and Future High-Speed Rail Corridors in the United States
… can be used to analyze both current and future high-speed rail corridors is presented in this work. This model has been integrated into the Transportation Systems Analysis Model (TSAM). The TSAM is a model used to predict travel demand between any two locations in the United States, at the …
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The role of high-speed rail in regional development
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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Interaction of lifecycle properties in High Speed Rail systems operation
High-Speed Rail (HSR) has been expanding throughout the world, providing various nations with alternative solutions for the infrastructure design of intercity passenger travel. HSR is a capital-intensive infrastructure, in which multiple subsystems are closely integrated. Also, HSR operation lasts …
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High Speed Rail in Greece : methods for evaluating economic impacts
High Speed Rail is a mode that gains popularity every day. Many countries have such a network and others are on the way to adopting one. Greece, which is part of the European Union, is one of those countries that are looking forward to such a network. This thesis will investigate the transportation …
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Forecasting Model for High-Speed Rail in the United States
A tool to model both current rail and future high-speed rail (HSR) corridors has been presented in this work. The model is designed as an addition to the existing TSAM (Transportation System Analysis Model) capabilities of modeling commercial airline and automobile demand. TSAM is a nationwide …
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Industrial Organization Effects of High-Speed Rail Service Introduction in Korea
… industry data to evaluate the impact of high-speed train introduction on passenger travel. This work adds to the existing literature by considering the changes in product characteristics or the set of products offered to consumers after new product introduction, and investigates how those …
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A methodological framework for evaluating the equity impacts of High-Speed Rail
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Financial impacts of and financing methods for high-speed rail in Portugal
High-speed rail (HSR) becomes a very hot topic recently when all Portugal, the United Stated, China, Japan, Spain, etc. are ambitious in building their HSR systems. Although HSR is expected to shrink the temporal distance between cities, reshape the travel patterns of people toward environment …
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Impact of Japanese high-speed rail extension on aviation : a case study
Since the 1964 introduction of high-speed rail in Japan, intercity transportation has largely been provided by high-speed rail and aviation. As new lines have been added to the high-speed rail network-further enhancing convenience and shortening travel times- more and more passengers prefer it. On …
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Building a diverse modal portfolio : adding high-speed rail to the mix
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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A track maintenance model for high-speed rail : a systems dynamics approach
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Emulating the southwest airline experience to forecast demand for High Speed Rail
… on variation in total ridership forecasts for High Speed Rail (HSR) in various market scenarios, by drawing from the experience of another common carrier having similar characteristics. First, we study the "Southwest Airline Experience," which has been identified to be very close in character …
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Economic and policy analysis on high-speed rail and interactions with air transport
This thesis focuses on High-speed rail (HSR) development and its interactions with airline. First, this thesis studies the impacts of government initiatives on the spatial transformation of transport and regional systems. We further study the Chinese HSR by reviewing its network evolution and …
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High-speed rail commuting in the United States : a case study in California
High-speed rail (HSR) is primarily for intermediate distance intercity passenger travel. The concept of high-speed rail commuting is to provide short distance commuting transportation service on dedicated HSR, by sharing the same rolling stock and infrastructure. HSR commuting benefit all city …
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A lean enterprise approach for developing high speed rail in Japan and Portugal
… concept to the expansion and development of the high speed railway industry in Japan. The basic idea of the lean enterprise is increasing value-added processes, eliminating waste, and creating equitable value delivery throughout the enterprise. It also focuses on both radical change and …
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Social Marketing and California High-Speed Rail: A Framework for Behavioral Change Towards Sustainability
… this population’s opposition to the state’s High-Speed Rail project. A secondary objective is to use this strategy to promote positive attitudes towards sustainable practices in general. The goal is to stimulate a change in regional culture, which will support the behavioral changes needed to …
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An approach to developing a resilient high-speed rail enterprise architecture through digital transformation
… landscape and uncertain future in the Japanese railway industry.
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