Using contact potential measurements to analyse future intercity links made possible by the Tours–Bordeaux High-Speed Rail line
| Autor: | Alain L’Hostis, Liu Liu, Thomas Leysens |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Belgeo, Vol 1 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1377-2368 2294-9135 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/belgeo.19584 |
| Popis: | New high-speed rail transport infrastructures produce profound time-space changes that make new activities possible. Our aim is to measure the impact of such changes on potential business or leisure travel between cities.We develop a contact potential indicator (Törnqvist, 1970) that measures the possibility of making a trip to a distant location within the desirable time-space prism. The indicator is developed in the context of the high-speed rail line between Tours and Bordeaux.The results demonstrate the possibility of contact from a series of key cities affected by new high-speed rail infrastructure, both before and after project completion. Our analysis shows that Bordeaux benefits greatly from the extension of the rail line: the preferred method of contact to Paris will switch to rail from the current air preference, and several cities that cannot be reached in the current pre-project conditions will become “contactable”. Other cities that benefit are Angoulême, Tours and Poitiers. |
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