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High speed rail planning, policy, and engineering : Volume IV, Trends and advanced concepts in high-speed rail / Terry L. Koglin.

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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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