Analyzing the Potential for Highspeed Rail as Part of the Multimodal Transportation System in the United States’Midwest Corridor  

作　　者：Jeffrey C.Peters En-Pei Han Srinivas Peeta Daniel DeLaurentis 

机构地区：[1]Purdue University,School of Civil Engineering/Nextrans Center,3000 Kent Avenue,West Lafayette,IN 47906 [2]Purdue University,School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,701 West Stadium Avenue,West Lafayette,IN 47907

出　　处：《International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology》2014年第2期129-148,共20页交通科学与技术(英文)

摘　　要：With increasing demand and rising fuel costs,both travel time and cost of current intercity passenger transportation modes are becoming increasingly relevant.Around the world,high-speed rail(HSR)is seen as a way to alleviate demand on highways and at airports.Ridership is the critical element in determining the viability of a large capital,long-term transportation investment.This paper provides a systematic,consistent methodology for analyzing systemwide modal ridership with and without a proposed HSR network and analyzes the potential for high-speed rail as part of the existing multimodal transportation system in a region in terms of ridership.Considerations of capital investment(e.g.,network design and HSR speed),along with exogenous demographic,technological,economic,and policy trends in the long-term,are used to project ridership over time.This study represents an important step toward a consistent,comprehensive economic analysis of HSR in the United States.

关 键 词：INVESTMENT MODAL network 

分 类 号：F42[经济管理—产业经济]