The innovation in transports: high speed high capacity rail services
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Abstract
In a few years, new high speed (HS) and high capacity (HC) rail services will be inaugurated in Italy. The article examines the various effects of the new infrastructures on the local society and economy; a specific attention is dedicated to tourism impacts, the competitiveness between HS/HC rail and air transport and the main consequences in terms of urban planning.
Keywords
- infrastructures
- public investment and capital stock
- transportation systems
