A rail system represents a useful tool for reducing flows (cars and trucks) on a road system in high density contexts (such as urban and metropolitan areas) with a view to abating greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, since rail passengers maximise their own utility, variations in mobility choices can be induced only by significantly improving the level-of-service of public transport. By defining feasibility thresholds, our proposal is to analyse the economic and environmental feasibility of a new signalling system which would increase service frequencies of a rail system, thereby reducing passenger waiting times. This approach was applied to a regional rail line in southern Italy to show the usefulness of the proposed methodology.

Defining economic and environmental feasibility thresholds in the case of rail signalling systems based on satellite technology / D'Acierno, Luca. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering tenutosi a Firenze nel June 2016).

Defining economic and environmental feasibility thresholds in the case of rail signalling systems based on satellite technology

D'ACIERNO, LUCA
2016

Abstract

A rail system represents a useful tool for reducing flows (cars and trucks) on a road system in high density contexts (such as urban and metropolitan areas) with a view to abating greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, since rail passengers maximise their own utility, variations in mobility choices can be induced only by significantly improving the level-of-service of public transport. By defining feasibility thresholds, our proposal is to analyse the economic and environmental feasibility of a new signalling system which would increase service frequencies of a rail system, thereby reducing passenger waiting times. This approach was applied to a regional rail line in southern Italy to show the usefulness of the proposed methodology.
2016
Defining economic and environmental feasibility thresholds in the case of rail signalling systems based on satellite technology / D'Acierno, Luca. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering tenutosi a Firenze nel June 2016).
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