Fact or Myth: The Return on Investment of a National High-Speed and Intercity Rail Program: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from Abroad
Live Webcast Conference Session from
APTA's 2010 Rail Conference.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
8:00-9:30 a.m. Pacific Time (North America)
Live from the Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, British Columbia
Session Overview
This session will the summarize case studies and examine the metrics behind the return on investment for national high speed (HS) and intercity (IC) rail programs from Europe and Asia. The impact of HS and IC rail in terms of mobility, the environment, economics, and other factors will be summarized by experts who study these trends from an academic and objective points-of-view.
Experts will discuss whether and how investments in HS and IC rail have truly delivered their promises and positively impacted travel behavior and economic development, and reduced overall fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions. This will help guide the future U.S. investments to ensure that realistic and appropriate expectations are made and delivered.
Closed captioning services will be provided.
Session Sponsor
Webcast sponsored by Siemens.
Moderator
Peter Gertler, AICP, chair, APTA High Speed & Intercity Rail Program Subcommittee and senior vice president, high speed rail services chair, HNTB Corporation, Oakland, CA
Presenters
- Julian Sasrte, dr. civil engineering, Polytechnic University of Madrid and senior researcher, Fundación Caminos de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
- Andrew McNaughton, FREng., chief engineer High Speed Two, and special professor of rail engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Tadashi Kaneko, director, Japan International Transport Institute (JITI), Washington, DC
- Dr. David Gillen, director, Centre for Transportation Studies, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Fees & Registration
$ 195.00 APTA member
$ 295.00 Non-Member
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Questions
For more information on this webcast, please contact:
Joseph Niegoski
APTA's Director - Educational Services
jniegoski@apta.com
(202) 496-4870