This paper presents evidence that high speed rail systems, by bringing economic agents closer together, sustainably … promote economic activity within regions that enjoy an increase in accessibility. Our results on the one hand confirm … expectations that have led to huge public investments into high speed rail all over the world. On the other hand, they confirm …

We analyze the economic impact of the German high-speed rail (HSR) connecting Cologne and Frankfurt, which provides …

We investigate the regional disparities in high-skilled foreign employment in Germany. The importance of different …. Based on these empirical results we discuss options of decentralized migration policy in Germany. …

impacts, and another, less usually identified, social accessibility impact (SAI) which we refer to as effective social density … benefit attributable to improved accessibility to services linked with populations and particular locations. The SAIs may …. Using the proposed high speed rail (HSR) project between Sydney and Melbourne as the empirical setting, we identify economic …

its transformation from a traditional rail to High Speed Rail is a huge problem in Poland and other European countries …. Difficulties with the implementation of the rational organization and financing mechanisms of passenger rail at the optimum range …

After giving a brief description of the background to the development of high speed rail in China, this article … planning documents and recent research by Chinese academics and experts. It argues in particular that high speed rail will …