• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Emerging challenges and opportunities of high speed rail development on business and society
  • Contains: California high-speed rail: a transformative investment in California's future / Jeff Morales -- California's "fast-track" to high-speed rail: the early challenges and ultimate success of the California high-speed rail project / Rod Diridon Sr., Ben Tripousis -- Comparing the size of the market in potential high speed rail corridors of the midwest: a gravity model approach / Joseph P. Schwieterman -- Benefits forgone: the cost of not building higher performing passenger rail / Eric C. Peterson -- Emerging challenges and opportunities for U.S. high-speed rail development / Francis P. Banko, Jackson H. Xue -- Safety of domestic high speed passenger rail operations: safety is good business / Stephen C. Laffey -- Exploring the airline-high speed rail collaboration model: efficient services and mutual benefits / Peggy Daniels Lee, George VandeWerken, Raj Selladurai -- Blended approach: efficient track structure for high speed rail / Richard Harnish, F.K. Plous -- High speed rail in Canada: feasibility studies, influential factors and international comparisons / Jaydeep Balakrishnan, Tianyuan Zhu, Peter Wallis -- High speed rail: study, report, current, and future considerations / Raj Selladurai, George VandeWerken -- Progress through partnerships: the history of the Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association / Dorothy Hagan -- Are we there yet? perspectives of a pioneering visionary / Dennis Hodges -- High speed rail: suggestions for case studies, research questions, and projects / Raj Selladurai, George VandeWerken
  • Contributor: Selladurai, Raj [Editor]; Lee, Peggy Daniels [Editor]; VandeWerken, George [Editor]
  • Published: Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, [2016]
  • Published in: Advances in civil and industrial engineering (ACIE) book series
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (289 Seiten)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0102-2
  • ISBN: 9781522501039
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  • Keywords: USA > Kanada > Schienenschnellverkehr
  • Reproduction note: Also available in print
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Mode of access: World Wide Web
  • Description: "This book is a reference source on the promising aspects of high speed railway transportation to supplement road travel, highlighting empirical research, implementations plans, and future opportunities"--Provided by publisher.
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