Investigation to enhance high speed rail accessibility
The locational advantages deriving from transport improvements appear contrasting especially in regions that tend to have a polycentric structure, where cities may present greater accessibility disparities between those served by high speed rail (HSR) and those left behind. This thesis fits in this context where intermediate and regional cities do not directly enjoy the presence of an HSR station while having an existing or planned proximate HSR corridor. With the aim of understanding whether there might be a solution to this apparent incongruity, the research investigates strategies to integrate HSR accessibility at the regional level. This study hypothesised the interoperability between the HSR and the conventional networks to explore the possibilities offered by mixed traffic and infrastructure sharing. Thus, it developed a methodology to quantify the exchange of benefits deriving from this synergistic interaction. In this way, it was possible to understand which level of service quality offered by alternative transit strategies best facilitates the distribution of accessibility benefits for areas far from actual HSR stations. Therefore, strategies were selected for their type of service capable of regional extensions and urban penetrations, while incorporating a combination of specific advantages (e.g. speed, sub-urbanity, capacity, frequency and automation) in order to emulate HSR quality with increasingly efficient services. The North-eastern Italian macro region was selected as case study to ground the research offering concurrently a peripheral polycentric metropolitan form, the presence of a planned HSR corridor with some portions of HSR infrastructure implementation, and the project to develop a suburban rail service extended regionally.
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Authors:
- Brunello, L R
- Publication Date: 2011-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 1 file
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Case studies; High speed vehicles; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Transportation operations
- Geographic Terms: Italy
- ATRI Terms: Accessibility; Case study; High speed; Public transport; Rail transport; Transport network
- ITRD Terms: 8531: Case study; 1163: High speed; 1146: Passenger transport; 771: Rail traffic
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01369571
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: May 3 2012 10:47AM