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Title: Interaction of Air and High-Speed Rail in Japan
Accession Number: 01095612
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: There has been a unique convergence of factors that have contributed to Japan’s outstanding public transportation system. The paper focuses on two modes of transportation: air and high-speed rail (HSR). These two modes do not complement each other as in Europe, but compete head-on in Japan. Moreover, Japan does not have to contend with market-distorting public subsidies, because both companies operating HSR in the corridor of interest are highly profitable, primarily because of their HSR service. The Japanese transportation system therefore provides an excellent environment in which to study the nature of competition between air and HSR. (Conventional rail is also discussed where appropriate.) Individual contributors to terminal pair choice are contrasted between air and HSR, and the trade-offs between accessibility, frequency, and speed are analyzed in detail.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01108425
Language: English
Authors: Clever, ReinhardHansen, MarkPagination: pp 1-12
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780309113106
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 29 2008 5:24PM
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