High Speed Rail in the US - Super Trains for the Millennium

An original approach for dealing with High Speed Rail (HSR) transportation development in the United States, this book serves as a blueprint for such development by providing an in-depth evaluation of the different systems and their inherent linkage to other transportation modes, their potential costs, financing options, system benefits, the current level of use and success of HSR and Maglev elsewhere in the world, the current state of thinking on these systems in the US and their prospects to further efficient and environmentally benign economic growth. While technical descriptions of each system are included, the book differs from previous texts on the general subject, as it deals comprehensively with the feasibility of such systems here in the US.

List of contents

1. High Speed Ground Transport: Overview of the Technologies 2. Implementing High Speed Rail in Europe with Local Government and the Private Sector Cooperation 3. The State-of-the-Art Practice in High Speed Rail Ridership Forecasting a Review of Recent Modeling Methodology 4. Comparison of European and American Public Transportation Financing Policies 5. Corridor and Land-Use Planning Considerations 6. Noise/Vibration and Electric and Magnetic Fields of High Speed Rail/Maglev Systems

About the author

Thomas Lynch

Product details

• Assisted by: Thomas Lynch (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.1998
• EAN: 9789056996062
• ISBN: 978-90-5699-606-2
• No. of pages: 180
• Weight: 330 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, Europe, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, United States of America, USA, Transport industries, Railway transport industries, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades