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137 C H A P T E R 8 Industry practitioners are correct when promoting rail as a "green" alternative to driving or flying. At average load factors, even across different routes with various rolling stock and operating parameters, auto and air are generally three to four times more energy and GHG emissions intense than passenger rail for equivalent door-to-door trips.
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138 Comparison of Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes NCRRP Project 02-01 extend across even more diverse passenger rail operating environments in North America. The rail module is not intended to be a replacement for detailed time-step simulation models/train performance calculators (TPCs)
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