The confrontations about the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Railway (XRL) came to an end four years ago as the Chief Executive Donald Tsang approved the implementation of this cross-cities high-speed rail link. (Hong Kong Government, 2009) Yet, related debates have not ended. While some citizens oppose to the construction of this rail link, the government and few others insist that the project will be beneficial to Hong Kong. However, this essay argues that XRL should not be built because it is not, both economically and socially, beneficial to our city.
It seems that the express rail link will provide huge benefits to the economy and society of Hong Kong. With 100,000 passengers flow projected by the government, XRL is said to bring various benefits to the city. (Hong Kong Government, 2009).
The government claims that XRL can further enhance the exchange and cooperation between Mainland and Hong Kong economically and socially. As a result of such closer tie with Mainland, Hong Kong will enjoy an $87 billion benefit from time saved by passengers, more investment from the Mainland, and also, about 21,000 job opportunities. Overall,
Yet, the above expectation on XRL may be overly optimistic. It is likely that the rail will face fierce competition from its counterparts. In fact, by 2020, 78.95% of trains running along the rail will end their services at Shenzhen. Apart from this, 278,960 people travel between Hong Kong Shenzhen every day by the East Rail Line,
In his article ‘Making Trains Run on Time’ (Time Magazine, 10 April, 2017, pp. 32-34), Josh Sanburn tells us about the problem of congested train traffic in Chicago. Sanburn says that costly delays have been seen elsewhere because of the problems in Chicago, as any trains travelling from coast to coast have to go through the city. Six of the seven biggest railroad companies use these railroads, with one thousand and three hundred trains traveling through the city a day.
Quality and Continuous Improvement will mean that NEXUS will be able to continue to provide the same effective service that it does now. The public, and the employees will be adequately protected in their day to day activities. NEXUS will be able to justify its position as the provider of one of the most efficient integrated public transport providers in the world, and consequently, ensure continued funding to help maintain the continuous improvement of the service provided. Patronage and ridership will be maintained or improved due to the consistent, high quality public transport provided. NEXUS staff will be secure in their jobs, and a confident, positive workforce will carry forward the continuous improvements required.
A. Donald Man and William Mackenzie bought up land in the West, and by 1901, they had enough land to qualify for federal assistance in building a railway. The Canadian Northern Railway was born as a rival to the Canadian Pacific Railway.
After 12 years of construction, including seven years of delay, the same place has been brought back to life as world’s costliest railway station is set to open its doors to the residents of New York City today. Christened as the World Trade Centre Transportation Hub, it will connect the PATH commuter rail to New Jersey with New York subway lines. Besides, the centre will also provide pedestrian access to the new Trade Centre
The system will now share tracks with commuter trains in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. A far cry from the dedicated highspeed rail San Diego to Los Angeles to the Bay Area and Sacramento that voters approved in 2008. Construction on the initial 130-mile segment running from Merced to Bakersfield began in 2015 and is expected to end in 2019, after which Amtrak's San Joaquin is proposed to first use the High Speed Rail (HSR) tracks for faster conventional rail service until HSR trains use the line to its full potential. The last thing California needs right now is to add billions more in bond debt. Beside the fact there are other pressing infrastructure needs in the state (the Oroville Dam for example), Californians simply cannot afford it. There are other major reasons California shouldn’t move forward on this particular
I am writing in response to the light rail article. I agree with dropping the light rails because students complain daily about getting left behind bus stops and bad service, but there are other ways to get around the city without a bus, such as getting a car, taking the taxi, and carpooling with other people.
The line’s maximum capacity amounts to 791.67 units per day assuming that it is operated for 7.5 hours. Assuming that X-Opoly operates 200 days per year, the capacity is 58,333 units per year. Compared with the expected demand the capacity is three times higher than the demand (50,000 units). Therefore there is an overcapacity of more than 100,000. One consequence could be a falling price and the production of waste. A fall in the price would lead to a decline of the return on investment as well as the cash flow. That is why it is necessary to use fewer stations in order to save resources.
The construction and designing of this extended Meto Line were predicted to cost (baseline cost) of $755 million. This cost estimation includes the purchasing property and new LRVs. Sponsors of the NAIT LRT project were the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada and City of Edmonton. The baseline schedule and milestones of this project are mentioned in the appendix of this paper. Thales Computer –Based Train Control system are responsible for operating the NAIT LRT. While construction on the $665 million (expected cost was $755 million) project was completed on schedule, there have been issues incorporating the new Communication-Based Train Control system with the current LRT signalling system. Mario Peloquin, Vice President, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions Inc. says he appreciates everyone’s patience as crews work to complete the work. The current signalling system is one of the reasons for the delay of this project.
(a) Why did CSX make a two-tiered offer? What effect does this structure have on the transaction?
As a student coming from Vaughan to Union it takes the train every 30 mins to come to the Vaughan. Having less transportation causes inconvenience which draws to another issue when it comes to waiting for a bus for twenty minutes. For a change, we should have trains and buses come frequently in times of ‘rush hours’ at popular destinations. It saves people valuable time and they can get home earlier to their family. The government should upgrade their system for express transportation for those individuals who live far, from Union to Barrie or Union to Brampton. It takes about 2 hours with few stops in between. Having an upgrade system on express trains will benefit because 2 hours can be reduced to an hour or 30 minutes train ride. It will make people want to go to trains because it saves their time. They don’t need to use their car as a result it helps lessens the traffic for buses and have greater improvement opportunities to meet the desired areas foe
railroad has allowed the rail industry to provide a more tailored service to its customers. It has also
A Case Study on the California High Speed Rail System (CAHSR) - Is It Feasible?
These trains have a design that is successful and smart as well as safe, the trains have a big enough area and many seats to include more passengers on each train carriage. Passengers will have a train ride that is comfortable and quick, The trains need to be on time due to the passengers needing to be on time to work, school
Trains are everywhere in our society, we have jokes, toys, movies, and children’s television shows, but did you know rail transport started in 6th century Greece? The city of San Antonio, Texas is a fast-growing metropolitan city that has a very tremendous amount of people. It has been estimated that the city will grow by another million people in the next ten to twenty years. San Antonio’s traffic is becoming a huge issue and is quickly approaching to be one of the most congested areas in the states. The public transport in San Antonio consists of a very complex bus system, taxicabs, Trolley’s downtown, and the growing market of ridesharing drivers. San Antonio has had many talks and negotiations throughout the last two decades on getting a Light Rail system constructed to help with public transportation. This proposal is for specific businesses, the city of San Antonio and Bexar County to come to a funding agreement.
This evidence shows that urbanisation contributes a lot to the public transport system in Guangdong. There have built several different kinds of public transports that can connect to many other cities. People can use these public transports equally. By using these convenient transports, people can live a high-efficiency life because less time is spent on the way. That is to say, even those people far away from Guangdong can go to Guangdong quickly and access the resources in Guangdong more easily. So people can enjoy different kinds of resources equally because of convenient transport. Secondly, urbanisation brings more goods to citizens and people can improve their life quality by using these goods. According to Li & Yao (2009, p. 1995), electrical appliances are becoming popular because of urbanisation. For example, air conditional owner-ship is rapidly growing up in China. Some families even have more than two units. From this evidence, it can be showed that urbanisation brings more modernised goods such as air conditioners to citizens. Citizens can access these useful goods more easily and they are able to live a higher standard life by using these goods. They have the same opportunities to buy these goods to improve their life quality. This means the opportunities to improve the quality of life can become equal in the society. All in all, urbanisation builds an equitable