Railway Gazette: Singapore to offer free metro travel to reduce overcrowding
It's like Congestion Charge of rail version.
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CAPA: Europe's non-scheduled airlines in long-term structural decline, but Thomas Cook, TUI evolving LCC plays a large role. CAPA: Chinese airline outlook - slot shortages and yield pressures prompt the need for innovative solutions
North America and Southeast Asia are this year's growth targets. Harvard Business Review: High Speed Rail Versus Austerity
Effects of HSR:
Tokyo Metro Shibuya and Samoa Air #transit #aviation #transport #rail: Transport Issues of the Day4/3/2013 Railway Gazette: Tokyo Metro Innaugurates Shibuya Connection. It becomes easy to move from Saitama prefecture to Yokohama - you don't have to change trains. Time: Samoa Air to charge passengers by weight.
Shape up, everyone before you get on board! Video news is here. According to the article, Air France, Southwest and United already charge extra seat if a passenger cannot fit in a seat with both armrests down. Railway Gazette: Fastest Series-built train in Europe.
Italy FS will build the fastest train which can operate up to 400 km/h. The operation will start in 2014 but 360 km/h will not start by then. Travel Pulse: ANA to get first-dibs on B787 Dreamliner fix.
ANA started pilot training to resume the services of Dreamliner in June. Travel Pulse: Thai Parliament to Decide on High Speed Rail and Cruise Investments
Myanmar's LCC, Scoot in Taiwan and HSR study #aviation #hsr #transport - Transport Issues of the Day3/29/2013
Business Insider: New Study Shows How High Speed Rail Improves the Quality of Urban Life
This is a result of the study by UCLA and Tsinghua University. HSR will increase property value, decrease commuting time, reducing congestions, more people live in the secondary cities, etc. This also happens after Kyushu Shinkansen started the operation in Japan. Railway Gazette: 'Fastest series-built train in Europe' unveiled
The new high-speed rail train set will run in 360km/h from 2014. That will be the fastest commercial services in the world. The speed competition has become intense. European airlines operating margin 2012 (% of revenue) and change from 2011 (percentage points) CAPA: European airline's financial results in 2012 There is a striking difference in operating margin between LCC and legacy carriers. CAPA: Low-cost airline Peach boldly pursues Japan-Southeast Asia one-stop market using new Okinawa base If you look at the map below, you can see that Okinawa is located at the centre of Asia. Here are some of the unique point of Peach operation:
Hopkins Patch: Study: Light Rail, Transit Access Boost Housing Prices
A report commissioned by American Public Transportation Association and the National Association of Realtors shows that transit bolster housing prices and at the same time, the households with accessibility to transit spend less on transportation. While I haven't yet confirmed the methodology of the study, there has been interesting discussions in the comments of the article. Although many people are skeptical about the study, the results are what we usually see in Japan. The actual study is here. |