High-Speed Rail as a New Mode of Intercity Passenger Transportation

Dynamic pricing for passenger groups of high-speed rail transportation

The widespread high-speed rail has become an important transportation mode for tourists in China, who travel primarily in groups. With more attractive price, railway operators may be able to expand ridership, improve customer satisfaction, and ultimately increase revenue. The traditional pricing method for passenger groups, however, is relatively simple, inflexible, which may lead to profit los...

Incorporating High Speed Passenger Rail into a Multimodal Network Model for Improved Regional Transportation Planning

New Concepts for Fire Protection of Passenger Rail Transportation Vehicles

Recent advances in guided ground transportation, fire test methods, and hazard analysis necessitate re-examination of requirements for fire safety. Several studies have indicated nearly random ability of current tests to predict actual fire behavior. A comparison of the approaches used in the United States, Germany, and France is presented. With the strengths and weaknesses of current methods f...

Performance-based Technology Scanning for Intercity Rail Passenger Systems

Performance-Based Technology Scanning (PBTS) is a methodology for identifying areas where new technologies can have greatest performance benefits in terms of reducing costs, increasing market share, and achieving higher profitability. New technologies, however exciting, are germane only if important improvements in performance are realized. Utility analyses quantify the impact that technology c...

Performance-Based Technology Scanning for Intercity Passenger Rail Systems: The Incremental Maglev and Railroad Maglevication as an Option for Ultra High Speed Rail

New technologies offer ways for railroads to reduce costs, increase market share, and achieve higher profitability. Determining the best opportunities requires understanding of the marketplace and translation of technological improvements into competitive advantage for the rail industry. This three-year research effort uses the Performance-Based Technology Scanning (PBTS) methodology for identi...