持续性
航空旅行
旅行时间
运输工程
环境科学
汽车工程
航空运输
航空
工程类
气象学
地理
航空航天工程
生态学
生物
作者
Martin Fale,Tomaž Kramberger,Bojan Rupnik,Lixin Shen,Tea Vizinger
出处
期刊:Sustainability
[Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute]
日期:2025-01-07
卷期号:17 (2): 386-386
摘要
Debate regarding the use of airplanes or high-speed trains in middle-distance passenger transportation has evolved into a strong field of research. With the aim to mitigate the environmental footprint of air travel, the European Union’s initiatives are focused on redirecting passengers from airplanes to high-speed trains. This shift is hampered by significant variations in train accessibility across Europe. Using Sweden as an example, we tested the break-even distance and evaluated the findings from both a time-efficiency perspective and a sustainability perspective. Airplanes hold the upper hand on high-speed trains in middle-distance passenger transportation from the time perspective. This perspective provides us with a clear answer, but if we consider the sustainability perspective, it may affect the results. The results indicate that the presented proof of concept makes sense and can be easily adapted to any decision-making process regarding the choice of the preferable transportation mode, although the procedure is extremely time consuming. For policymakers, this proof of concept can represent a priceless tool because the resulting figures carry valuable information about (under)developed and (less-)integrated transportation modes in commuting and transportation systems.
科研通智能强力驱动
Strongly Powered by AbleSci AI