Future advanced long-haul Evacuated Tube Transport (EET) system operated by TransRapid Maglev (TRM)

a multidimensional examination of performance

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Publication Year
2019
Language
English
Copyright
© 2019 M. Janic
Transport and Planning
Issue number
2
Volume number
42
Pages (from-to)
130-151
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Abstract

This paper presents a multidimensional examination of the infrastructural, technical/technological, operational, economic, environmental, social, and policy performance of the future advanced Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system operated by TransRapid Maglev (TRM) (the ETT-TRM system). The examination implies analyzing, modeling, and estimating selected performance criteria using the case of the Trans-Atlantic passenger transport market currently served exclusively by the Air Passenger Transport (APT) system. The purpose is to assess the ETT-TRM system’s competitive capabilities compared to those of the current and future APT system and consequently its potential contribution to mitigating impacts of both systems on society and the environment–the sustainability of the transport sector - under given conditions.