Impacts of high-speed rail on airlines, airports and regional economies: A survey of recent research

Zhang, Anming; Wan, Yulai; Yang, Hangjun

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.06.010

“…It has three railway stations, one international airport, and a significant inland port that lies at the confluence of the Yangtze and Hanjiang rivers. China's first long-haul HST line, the Wuhan-Guangzhou HST, was launched in 2009 (Zhang et al, 2019). This HST line was later extended to Beijing and Hong Kong, forming the longest north-south trunk line of China's "4 þ 4" HST network (four north-south and four east-west trunk lines; see, e.g., Wang et al, 2017).…”

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Exploring the roles of high-speed train, air and coach services in the spread of COVID-19 in China

Zhang

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,

Zhang

²

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Wang

³

2020

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To understand the roles of different transport modes in the spread of COVID-19 pandemic across Chinese cities, this paper looks at the factors influencing the number of imported cases from Wuhan and the spread speed and pattern of the pandemic. We find that frequencies of air flights and high-speed train (HST) services out of Wuhan are significantly associated with the number of COVID-19 cases in the destination cities. The presence of an airport or HST station at a city is significantly related to the speed of the pandemic spread, but its link with the total number of confirmed cases is weak. The farther the distance from Wuhan, the lower number of cases in a city and the slower the dissemination of the pandemic. The longitude and latitude coordinates do not have a significant relationship with the number of total cases but can increase the speed of the COVID-19 spread. Specifically, cities in the higher longitudinal region tended to record a COVID-19 case earlier than their counterparties in the west. Cities in the north were more likely to report the first case later than those in the south. The pandemic may emerge in large cities earlier than in small cities as GDP is a factor positively associated with the spread speed.

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“…It has three railway stations, one international airport, and a significant inland port that lies at the confluence of the Yangtze and Hanjiang rivers. China's first long-haul HST line, the Wuhan-Guangzhou HST, was launched in 2009 (Zhang et al, 2019). This HST line was later extended to Beijing and Hong Kong, forming the longest north-south trunk line of China's "4+4" HST network (four northsouth and four east-west trunk lines; see, e.g., Wang et al, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Roles of High-Speed Train, Air and Coach Services in the Spread of COVID-19 in China

Zhang

¹

,

Zhang

²

,

Wang³

2020

Self Cite

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To understand the roles of different transport modes in the spread of COVID-19 pandemic across Chinese cities, this paper looks at the factors influencing the number of imported cases from Wuhan and the spread speed and pattern of the pandemic. We find that frequencies of air flights and high-speed train (HST) services out of Wuhan are significantly associated with the number of COVID-19 cases in the destination cities. The presence of an airport or HST station at a city is significantly related to the speed of the pandemic spread, but its link with the total number of confirmed cases is weak. The farther the distance from Wuhan, the lower number of cases in a city and the slower the dissemination of the pandemic. The longitude and latitude coordinates do not have a significant relationship with the number of total cases but can increase the speed of the COVID-19 spread. Specifically, cities in the higher longitudinal region tended to record a COVID-19 case earlier than their counterparties in the west. Cities in the north were more likely to report the first case later than those in the south. The pandemic may emerge in large cities earlier than in small cities as GDP is a factor positively associated with the spread speed.

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“…Many scholars have conducted numerous research works on the influence of HSR. Zhang, et al, and Chai, et al focus on the impact of HSR on aviation [4][5][6]. Li, et al, and Vickerman, et al Discuss on the impact of HSR on economic growth [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Does High-Speed Railway Influence Convergence of Urban-Rural Income Gap in China?

Li

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Wang

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Hilmola

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2020

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Transportation is an important factor affecting the balance of regional economic pattern. The construction of high-speed railway enhances the mobility of population, capital, technology and information resources between urban and rural areas. Will it further affect the income gap between urban and rural areas? Based on the nonlinear time-varying factor model, this paper analyzes the convergence of urban-rural income gap with the angle of high-speed railway. After rejecting the assumption of overall convergence in the traditional four economic regions, three convergence clubs of urban-rural income gap were found. For these ordered logit regression model is used to explore the initial factors that may affect the formation of “convergence club”. Empirical results show that the construction of High-speed railway has effectively narrows the urban-rural income gap in China, but it is not the cause of the formation of the three convergence clubs. The convergence effect of High-speed railway on the urban-rural income gap in China is still relatively weak.

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Impacts of high-speed rail on airlines, airports and regional economies: A survey of recent research

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Exploring the roles of high-speed train, air and coach services in the spread of COVID-19 in China

Exploring the roles of high-speed train, air and coach services in the spread of COVID-19 in China

Exploring the Roles of High-Speed Train, Air and Coach Services in the Spread of COVID-19 in China

Does High-Speed Railway Influence Convergence of Urban-Rural Income Gap in China?

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