The Regional Economic Benefit of Sichuan Province from the High-Speed Railway

This article qualitatively and quantitatively summarizes the conclusion that the construction of high speed railway in Sichuan could carry prominent economic benefits and remarkable social effects, including: Reduce the total social transportation cost, the travel time of passengers and cargo, and break the “bottleneck” of transportation and logistics; Draw the region productive forces rational distribution, and the economic integration along the route; Change the industry layout along the route by forming emerging industry groups, upgrading and updating the traditional manufacturing industry; Possess competitive power with other transport modes; Lead development of high technology and new industrial technology, and blaze scientific innovation strength; Reduce environmental costs, and favor the energy-conservation style transportation system. Finally, the article points out the solutions to questions in the process of high speed railway development in Sichuan.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/41184(419)226
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2011 ASCE
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Xu, Yi
• Conference:
  • Third International Conference on Transportation Engineering (ICTE)
  • Location: Chengdu , China
  • Date: 2011-7-23 to 2011-7-25
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1366-1371
• Monograph Title: ICTE 2011

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic benefits; High speed rail; Railroad transportation; Regional development; Regional economics; Social impacts
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Economics; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01447200
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784411841
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Sep 25 2012 9:25AM