STUDY ON TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN SELECTED CORRIDORS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
UNTERSUCHUNG UEBER VERKEHRSWEGE INVESTITIONEN IN AUSGEWAEHLTEN KORRIDOREN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
The purpose of this study is to examine the economic profitability of selected transportation infrastructure investments. Costs and benefits with and without the investment are determined, using the year 1985 as a reference year. By that time, existing rail facilities in three corridors (Cologne-Frankfurt, Mannheim-Stuttgart, and Hannover Wurzburg) will be saturated. In each case, an additional rail line was a possibility. Safety, efficiency, and environmental effects are considered. Rail transportation is safer and faster than motor transportation. One of the rail links is clearly cost-beneficial, as is a possible highway extension in the same corridor which would eliminate bottlenecks. A second rail link and a possible deepening of the Rhine will be studied further. The other proposed projects do not appear profitable at this time. Volume III contains technical appendixes.
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Corporate Authors:
Ministry of Transport, West Germany
Bundesminister fuer Verkehr (BMV)
Bonn, Germany - Publication Date: 1972-10
Language
- German
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 153 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic benefits; Environmental impacts; Governments; Infrastructure; Investments; Modal split; Planning; Railroad transportation; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation corridors; Transportation planning
- Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
- Old TRIS Terms: Government planning
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00072079
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
- Report/Paper Numbers: A15-20.70.50-03
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 10 1975 12:00AM