High Speed Rail and Access Transit Networks

• Main Author: Brunello, Lara Rita (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Transportation.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Sustainable development.; Business logistics.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.; Sustainable Development.; Logistics.

This book examines the promise of High Speed Rail (HSR) technologies to win market share from carbon-intensive air transport through the strategic optimization of rail productivity and efficiency. While the positive impacts of HSR at both urban and long-distance levels are well-documented, this reso...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview of Recent Research Findings
• Capturing Network Effects
• Access Transit Strategies
• North-Eastern Italy as Case Study
• Recommendations and Conclusions.