Technological frames and the politics of automated electric Light Rail Rapid Transit in Poland and the United Kingdom

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Yazdi, Asieh Haieri

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.101190

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“…The dark blue, with 29 keywords, addresses research in the areas of urban passenger trains, urban planning [66,67], light vehicle performance [68], new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of light vehicles [69], the relationship between the public and trains [70,71], and investment in public urban transport policies [72,73].…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Trends and Characteristics of Railway Research

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A retrospective bibliometric analysis of the railway sector covering the 20-year period between 2002 and 2021 was carried out to better understand the characteristics of the railway research. The Scopus database contained 1918 articles published with the keywords “Rail System”. VOSviewer software was used to create network maps from each of the variables studied. The results showed a huge increase in the number of publications over this period—notably, work written by Zhang, Y.T., who was found to be the most productive author. Engineering was found to be the most studied subject area of knowledge; Transportation Research Record was the journal with the highest number of publications; and China was revealed to be the leading country regarding this research field, Southwest Jiaotong University being the leading institution in this topic. Finally, there was a lack of research on the environmental impact and sustainability of railway systems, an area that could be opened up for future study.

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“…In terms of economics effects, new LRT systems have been linked to the generation of new business in the city [30] and to the increase of property values [31]; furthermore, positive impacts on labor market accessibility has also been detected [32]. Finally, new projects cultivate an image of a city or region as progressive and modern, which is also positive for tourism [33,34].…”

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A GIS-Based Analysis of the Light Rail Transit Systems in Spain

Pantiga-Facal

Plasencia-Lozano

2022

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Throughout the last decades, light rail transit systems (LRT) have been built around the world due to their strengths: regularity, savings in CO2 emissions, flexibility, image and optimization of urban space. This research proposes the analyses of a group of LRTs by using a method supported by GIS. Some data and parameters have been stated in order to define the systems. The range of values obtained allow us to characterize the LRT systems operating in Spain: for instance, mean distance range between stations is 405 m to 685 m, and potential users range (people who live no more than 500 m from a station) is 18,000 to 30,000, and population density in the capture areas is never below 1514 pop/km2 (in cities with no metro system). The benefit of the present study is to establish common data values that could be useful in future studies and preliminary projects carried out in other Spanish cities interested in introducing an LRT in their urban grid, and also for comparison with LRT in other countries. The method could be also applied to other public transportation systems, and to other countries.

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“…Secondly, a virtuous circle of rail transit development and ecological environment will be realised through innovative technologies such as energy-saving, green new energy, and carbon emission reduction. Thirdly, different regions can share the different development experiences of urban rail transit [50,51], such as social capital to participate in rail transit projects considering China's substantial urban rail transit construction.…”

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Exploring the Interactive Coercing Relationship between Urban Rail Transit and the Ecological Environment

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The Chinese environment is experiencing the “U-Type” course from sharp deterioration to significant improvement. In order to achieve the fundamental improvement of the ecological environment, China has implemented several relevant policies and strategies. Among them, the development of urban rail transit, as an essential measure to improve the ecological environment in China, has attracted more and more attention, but the research on the interactive coercion relationship between rail transit and the ecological environment is minimal. Therefore, this study selected ten cities opening urban rail transit before 2005 in mainland China as research objects and established an urban rail transit and ecological environment comprehensive evaluation index system. Then, the interactive coercing model and coupling coordination model were used, and the dynamic relationship between urban rail transit and the ecological environment was explored. The research results in this study showed that (1) there is an apparent interactive coercion relationship between urban rail transit and the ecological environment, and the evolution trajectory conforms to a double exponential curve. (2) From 2006 to 2019, Wuhan’s ecological environment pressure index showed a continuous downward trend. The ecological environment improved the fastest. The rest of the cities showed a trend of first rising and then falling. (3) The type of coupling coordination degree of urban rail transit and ecological environment showed a changing coordination trend from severe incoordination—slight to incoordination—basic to coordination—good. Beijing has the highest degree of overall coordinated development in urban rail transit and the ecological environment. The results of this study can provide a theoretical reference for the realisation of the virtuous circle development of rail transit and the ecological environment.

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Technological frames and the politics of automated electric Light Rail Rapid Transit in Poland and the United Kingdom

Abstract: Article (Accepted Version) http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Sovacool, Benjamin and Haieri Yazdi, Asieh (2019) Technological frames and the politics of automated electric light rail rapid transit in Poland and the United Kingdom. Technology in Society, 59. a101190.

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Trends and Characteristics of Railway Research

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Trends and Characteristics of Railway Research

A GIS-Based Analysis of the Light Rail Transit Systems in Spain

Exploring the Interactive Coercing Relationship between Urban Rail Transit and the Ecological Environment

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