Assessing the costs and benefits of alternative approaches to high speed rail.

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• Creators:
  Sussman, Joseph
• Corporate Creators:
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • High speed rail
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Benefit cost analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MITR23-7
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  With high-speed rail (HSR) on the national agenda in the U.S. for the first time in quite a few ; years, and with the support of the executive branch of the US government, it is of value to turn ; our attention to studying various alternatives in terms of how services might be provided with ; particular focus on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) of the U.S. This corridor, one of the economic ; engines of the nation and the most densely populated part of the U.S. as well, has potential as a ; region to deploy high-speed rail. This deployment can take various forms.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26604/dot_26604_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 234.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3d45cf3cbfbd06b9e1ea419d471c0de7b0051a429cc4d46ba9a9c77436cbb08c