High-speed rail as a solution to metropolitan passenger mobility The case of Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou metropolitan area

High-speed rail (HSR) has played an important role in China's long-distance travel. However, the potential of this transport technology to meet the demand of passenger mobility at the metropolitan scale is still unclear. This research examines this potential by studying transportation investmen...

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Published inJournal of transport and land use Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1257 - 1270
Main Authors Lin, Xiongbin, Yang, Jiawen, MacLachlan, Ian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Journal of Transport and Land Use 01.01.2018
University of Minnesota
Subjects
High speed trains
Inter-city Rail Transit
Land use
Local government
Metropolitan areas
Multilevel Governance
Municipal governments
Passengers
Pearl River Delta
Policy Analysis
Provincial government
Rail transit
Railroad trains
River deltas
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Summary:High-speed rail (HSR) has played an important role in China's long-distance travel. However, the potential of this transport technology to meet the demand of passenger mobility at the metropolitan scale is still unclear. This research examines this potential by studying transportation investment for intercity passenger mobility in the Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou Metropolitan Area, where multiple fixed guideway transit systems have been proposed and HSR service has been implemented to carry passengers between central Shenzhen and outer portions of this metropolitan region. Comparison of alternative modes explains why HSR is competitive at the metropolitan scale. Interviews with relevant stakeholders reveal the institutional conditions for utilizing the national HSR system for regional passenger mobility.
ISSN:1938-7849
1938-7849
DOI:10.5198/jtlu.2018.1297