Investigation to enhance sustainable improvements in high speed rail transport.

Author(s)
Brunello, L. Bunker, J. & Ferreira, L.
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Abstract

A massive shift toward an environmentally sound type of transport is crucial and railways are deemed to be one of the most sustainable modes. All over the world the railway industry is involved in a renewal to reform and up-date rail, prompted largely by environmental concerns. The trend is to develop speed-competitive systems to expand transportation capacity. The focus of the current research, which is at its commencing stages, is to investigate the opportunities to apply an alternative approach to railway operations to overcome the difficulty of high speed transport in servicing larger amounts of demand, while achieving minimum point to point travel time, in a viable and integrated environment for both passenger and freight services. The expected outcome of the research project is to present a framework that may be used to identify and evaluate the most cost-effective transport solution to service not only major cities, but also regional centres along an interregional rail corridor, thus providing greater benefits on local economies and to build a spine for future development. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. E216410.

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C 43540 (In: C 43510 CD-ROM) /72 / ITRD E216418
Source

In: CAITR 2006: [proceedings of the] 28th Conference of the Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR), University of New South Wales, 6-8 December 2006, 14 p., 34 ref.

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