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High speed rail planning, policy, and engineering : Volume IV, Trends and advanced concepts in high-speed rail / Terry L. Koglin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koglin, Terry L., author.
- Series:
- Transportation engineering collection.
- Transportation engineering collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad engineering.
- Railroads.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Momentum Press Engineering, [2018]
- Summary:
- High-Speed Rail Planning, Policy, and Engineering: Trends and Advanced Concepts in High-Speed Rail looks at some of the most recent developments in high speed and other ground transportation around the world, and closely examines the Northeast Corridor in the United States, surveying the flaws and potentialities, projecting what could be done with some moderate improvements in its infrastructure. Other possible improvements with more general application are reviewed, and some non-rail transportation alternatives are also examined.
- Contents:
- Cover
- HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLANNING, POLICY, AND ENGINEERING, VOLUME IV: TRENDS AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN HIGH-SPEED RAIL
- LIST OF FIGURES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 2: STATUS OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL
- EUROPE
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- POLAND
- BALTIC STATES
- BRITAIN
- ITALY
- SPAIN
- PORTUGAL
- SWITZERLAND
- THE NETHERLANDS
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- ASIA
- CHINA
- MALAYSIA
- SOUTH KOREA
- IRAN
- SAUDI ARABIA
- INDIA
- NORTH AMERICA
- UNITED STATES
- California
- Texas
- New Jersey
- Florida
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- ELSEWHERE
- JAPAN
- INDONESIA
- ALGERIA
- A TRAIN RIDE
- ACELA AND IMPROVEMENTS
- CHAPTER 3: RIDING AMTRAK'S ACELA
- CHAPTER 4: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK
- CHAPTER 5: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: NEW YORK TO BOSTON
- CHAPTER 6: ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH-SPEED RAIL
- MAGNETIC LEVITATION
- OTHER ALTERNATIVES
- PNEUMATIC TUBES
- VERTOL
- INTELLIGENT HIGHWAYS
- SELF-DRIVING CARS
- CHAPTER 7: LIMITATIONS ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL SPEED CAPABILITY
- CHAPTER 8: LIMITATIONS ON EXPANSION OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL
- OPERATION OF THE RAILROAD HIGHWAY CROSSING
- ADVANTAGES OF THE RHC
- DISADVANTAGES OF THE RHC
- CONFIGURATION OF THE RHC
- OPERATION OF THE RHC
- CONTROL OF THE RHC
- CASE 1
- CASE 2
- CASE 3
- APPLICATION OF THE RHC
- CHAPTER 9: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
- SOURCES OF POWER
- INNOVATIONS
- APPENDICES
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- INDEX
- Ad Page
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-947083-07-4
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