Highlights ► We analyze the environmental impact of introducing a high-speed air–rail link in Spain. ► The results show that increased cost of using cars is picked up by air transport rather than high-speed rail. ► The results show that high-speed rail catches market share from the airlines leading to environmental benefits.

    Abstract The environmental impact of transport is a growing issue in transport infrastructure planning. The construction of a high-speed rail station at the Madrid Barajas Airport in Spain is an example of the integration of different transportation modes, with expected environmental benefits. We construct a model to assess modal choice and environmental benefits. The results show that with high-speed rail the number of people choosing air travel and the private car is reduced leading to important environmental benefits: a reduction of close to 5kg of CO2 per passenger, or 10% of all emissions on the corridor. Our results also show that increasing the cost of using the private car is picked up by air transport rather than high-speed rail, leading to an increase in total emissions.


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    Title :

    Environmental benefits of air–rail intermodality: The example of Madrid Barajas


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    Publication date :

    2012-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English







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