Can high speed rail offset its embedded emissions?

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Westin, Jonas ^a   Kågeson, Per ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embedded emissions; High speed rail; Infrastructure investment; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROADS; RAILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATED PARAMETER; HIGH SPEED RAIL; HIGH SPEED RAILWAY LINES; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; POWER PRODUCTION; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRANSPORT DEMAND;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL DEMAND; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80655144921     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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