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Special Report 233 8 c.~ In Pursuit of Speed New Options for Intercity Passenger Transport · Transportation Research Board National Research Council Washington, D.C. 1991
Transportation Research Board Special Report 233 Subscriber Categories IA planning and administration VII rail Transportation Research Boa rd publication arc available by ordering directly from TRB. They may also be obtained on a regular hasis through organizational or individual ~ffi l iation with TRB · affilia te or library ubscribers arc eligible for substantfa l di~counts . For funher i11format ion , write to che Transportation Re earch Board , National Research ouncil , 2101 Constitution Avenue , N.W. , Washington, D.C. 20418. Printed in the United States of America NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the ational Academy of Engin.:ering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report we.-c ch en for their pecial competenci~ and with regard for appropriate balance. T hi report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to the procedure apl)rOvcJ by " Report Review ommittcc consist ing of the members of the National Academy of cicnccs. the National Academy f Engineering, and the lnslitutc of M ·dicine. This report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Rcsea.rch Board. In pursuit o( speed: new options for intercity.passenger transport. p. cm.-( pecial report ; 233) ISBN 0-309-05122-3 l. High speed ground lransponation. I. Title. II. Series: Special report (National Research Council (U.S.) . Transportation Research Board) ; 233. TF1450.N38 1991 ISSN 0360-859X 388-dc2U 91-39185 CIP Cover design : Diane L. Ross
Committee for the Study of High-Speed Surface Transportation in the United States Chairman, LAWRENCE DAHMS, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, California DANIEL BRAND, Charles River Associates Inc., Boston, Massachusetts MATTHEW A. COOGAN, Rackemann Environmental Services, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts ROBERTS. DESANTO, DeLeuw Cather and Company, East Hartford, Connecticut ANTHONY R. EASTHAM, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada HORACE B. EDWARDS, Consultant, Topeka, Kansas MARC FASTEAU, Dillon Read & Company Inc., New York, New York MICHAEL G. FERRERI, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania JosE A. GOMEZ-IBANEZ, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts DAVID L. GREENE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee DAVID G. HAMMOND, Consultant, La Canada, California WILLIAM J. HARRIS, JR., Texas A&M University, College Station LEER. How ARD, Airline Economics, Inc., Washington, D.C. FRANKS. KOPPELMAN, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois PATRICIA V. McLAUGHLIN, Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, Los Angeles MICHAEL D. MEYER, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta RICHARD A. MUSGRAVE, University of California, Santa Cruz CHARLES H. SMITH, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee ELYSE G. WANDER, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Washington, D.C. Liaison Representative EDWARD WEINER, U.S. Department of Transportation Transportation Research Board Staff ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Director for Special Projects WALTER DIEWALD, Project Director NAN HUMPHREY, Senior Program Officer JOSEPH MORRIS, Senior Program Officer NANCY A. ACKERMAN, Director of Publications NAOMI KASSABIAN, Senior Editor Consultants CHRISTOPHER BooN, Canadian Institute for Guided Ground Transport SOPHIE KoRCZYK, Analytic Services JOHN HARRISON, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc. JOSEPH STOWERS, SYDEC, Inc.
