High-speed ground transportation for America

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:529872

High speed ground transportation (HSGT)--a family of technologies ranging from upgraded existing railroads to magnetically levitated vehicles--is a passenger transportation option that can best link metropolitan areas lying about 100 to 500 miles apart. Common in Europe and Japan, HSGT in the United States already exist in the Northeast Corridor between New York and Washington, and will soon serve travelers between New York and Boston. To provide an objective basis for transport policy formulation and planning at the State and Federal levels, this report examines the economics of bringing HSGT to well-populated groups of cities throughout the United States. The intention is to draw nationwide--not corridor-specific--conclusions from projections of the likely investment needs, operating performance, and benefits of HSGT in a set of illustrative corridors in several regions. Although useful collectively, these case studies cannot substitute for the more detailed, State-and privately-sponsored analyses of specific corridors that would be prerequisite to HSGT implementation.

• Research Organization: Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 529872
• Report Number(s): PB--97-192041/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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