| Title | Impacts and Responding Strategies for Intercity Public Transportation after Opening of High Speed Rail(HSR) |
| Dept | Transportation Operations and Management Division |
| Year | 2009 |
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| Summary | Taiwan High-Speed Rail (HSR) commenced revenue operations in January 2007. Its potential impacts or influence on the other modes of intercity public transportation is an important issue for the government. This study is for the purpose of analyzing the impacts of HSR on other intercity public transportation modes and proposing related strategies. The evaluation results and proposed strategies can serve as a key reference for improving the levels of service of public transportation in Taiwan. To carry out this study, the main tasks include the following: 1. Collecting information on international HSR cases and reviewing their impacts and related strategies. 2. Analyzing the demand on each intercity public transportation mode in order to understand the variation and trend. 3. Investigating the level of modal shift from each mode to the HSR. 4. Holding a symposium on HSR impacts and interviewing the related experts. 5. Evaluating the impacts of HSR on the operation and management of other intercity public transportation modes and proposing pertinent strategies. This study suggests that, in the short term, government agencies should consider to provide budget subsidies for concessionary fares in order to alleviate the financial burden on the public transport operators, and to build a reasonable business environment for the whole of public transportation. In the medium and long term, in order to promote and coordinate the public transport development, the government should set up a dedicated public transport authority, for the integration of domestic public transport policy, and to assist operational integration among different public transport operators. In the more than 200 km mileage transport market, high-speed rail has the absolute operational advantages, so that the other public transport modes should adapt themselves into a supporting role. And the government's policy should be more clearly communicated with all of the other public transportation operators, and to counsel them to provide services to other potential fields. Government has a responsibility to create a favorable environment for the public transport in order to enhance the public transport ridership, and inhibited with the use of private transport. Government should also reconsider her environmental, energy and transport policies, such as to encourage developing ITS and a hub center to integrate the intercity and regional public transports, in order to achieve the most efficient, economic and environmental benefits. |
| Post date | 2010/01/11 |
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