Alternative railway futures: growth and/or specialisation?

John Armstrong and John Preston

Journal of Transport Geography, 2011, vol. 19, issue 6, 1570-1579

Abstract: Recent centuries have seen a succession of transport technologies, each offering improvements in speed, carrying capacity and/or operational flexibility. Having overcome many physical barriers to freedom of movement, humanity now faces two major, related challenges: dwindling reserves of fossil fuels, and anthropogenic climate change. In these circumstances, rail transport has significant potential advantages over the more energy-intensive modes of road and air.

Keywords: Rail; Future; Climate change; Oil; Scenario (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.03.012

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