Travel Cost: Not Always the Most Important Element of Social Exclusion

Francesca Pagliara,Veronica De Pompeis,Preston John

doi:10.2174/1874447801711010110

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Introduction: Very few authors in the literature have dealt with the issue of social exclusion related to HSR systems. Methods: A Revealed Preference survey has been delivered to English users of transport systems for long distances journeys in order to investigate their perception of HSR-related social exclusion. Results: The main result of the survey is that a relationship between social exclusion and HSR in England is evident, especially in terms of economic and geographical exclusion.

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Very few authors in the literature have dealt with the issue of social exclusion related to High Speed Rail (HSR) systems.Accepted: November 22, 2017
A Revealed Preference survey has been delivered to English users of transport systems for long distances journeys in order to investigate their perception of HSR-related social exclusion
The main result of the survey is that a relationship between social exclusion and HSR in England is evident, especially in terms of economic and geographical exclusion

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Very few authors in the literature have dealt with the issue of social exclusion related to HSR systems.Accepted: November 22, 2017. In 2014, there were more than 20,000 km of new High Speed Rail (HSR) lines in operation around the world, and they are going to be double by 2025, with a large number of projects under construction or at an advanced stage of planning. Apart from the already operating line, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), known as High Speed One (London St Pancras – Stratford International - Ebbsfleet International – Ashford International - Folkestone), the construction of the new High Speed Two railway will start in the coming years. It will link London Euston to Birmingham, and following a ‘Y’ shape, it will develop towards Manchester on the west and towards Leeds on the east. The full Y-shaped network, including connections with the Channel Tunnel and Heathrow, will cost £32.7bn [2]

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