Table of Contents

1. High Speed Ground Transport: Overview of the Technologies 2. Implementing High Speed Rail in Europe with Local Government and the Private Sector Cooperation 3. The State-of-the-Art Practice in High Speed Rail Ridership Forecasting a Review of Recent Modeling Methodology 4. Comparison of European and American Public Transportation Financing Policies 5. Corridor and Land-Use Planning Considerations 6. Noise/Vibration and Electric and Magnetic Fields of High Speed Rail/Maglev Systems

About the Author

Thomas Lynch