High Speed Passenger Rail
High Speed Passenger Rail

Author: Susan A. Fleming

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1437914454

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Federal and other decision makers have had a renewed interest in how high speed rail (HSR) might fit into the national transport. system and address increasing mobility constraints on highways and at airports due to congestion. This report reviews: (1) the factors affecting the economic viability-- meaning whether total social benefits offset or justify total social costs -- of HSR projects, incl. difficulties in determining the economic viability of proposed projects; (2) the challenges in developing and financing HSR systems; and (3) the federal role in the potential development of U.S. HSR systems. The auditor interviewed fed., state, local, and private sector officials; and reviewed HSR development in France, Japan, and Spain. Charts and tables.

Mechatronic Systems Techniques and Applications
Mechatronic Systems Techniques and Applications

Author: Cornelius T. Leondes

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2000-08-08

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1482298120

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The technical committee on mechatronics formed by the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, in Prague, Czech Republic, adopted the following definition for the term: Mechatronics is the Synergistic combination of precision mechanical engineering, electronic control and systems thinking in the design products and manufa