High-speed rail as a solution to metropolitan passenger mobility: The case of Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou metropolitan area

High-speed rail (HSR) has played an important role in China’s long-distance travel. However, the potential of this transport technology to meet the demand of passenger mobility at the metropolitan scale is still unclear. This research examines this potential by studying transportation investment for intercity passenger mobility in the Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou Metropolitan Area, where multiple fixed guideway transit systems have been proposed and HSR service has been implemented to carry passengers between central Shenzhen and outer portions of this metropolitan region. Comparison of alternative modes explains why HSR is competitive at the metropolitan scale. Interviews with relevant stakeholders reveal the institutional conditions for utilizing the national HSR system for regional passenger mobility.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2018.1297
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/19387849
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Xiongbin Lin et al,
• Authors:
  • Lin, Xiongbin
  • Yang, Jiawen
  • MacLachlan, Ian
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 1257-1270
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport and Land Use
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • ISSN: 1938-7849
  • Serial URL: https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Metropolitan areas; Mobility; Passenger traffic; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Dongguan (China); Huizhou (China); Shenzhen (China)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01770842
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 29 2021 9:20AM