House Of Commons Transport Committee High Speed Rail On Track Hc 851

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215065735

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House of Commons - Transport Committee: High Speed Rail: On Track? - HC 851 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Pdf

The Committee support the strategic case for HS2 and stand by the conclusions as set out in the Committee's report of 2011 (HCP 1185-I, ISBN 9780215038579) that HS2 is needed to provide a long-term increase in the capacity of the railway and that alternative proposals to increase capacity are not sufficient to accommodate long-term forecast demand. Connectivity, which can encourage economic activity and increase productivity, is also part of the justification for HS2, especially for the lines north of Birmingham. Also there is still a strong case for building north to south concurrently with building south to north. The Committee see HS2 as helping to promote economic growth in the UK's major city regions and contribute to a rebalancing of the economy. Local authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships must develop economic development strategies to make the most out of HS2 and they must be supported in doing this by central Government. The report sets out 14 conclusions and recommendations.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee,Louise Ellman
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215069781

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House of Commons - Transport Committee: Forging Ahead?: UK Shipping Strategy - HC 630 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee,Louise Ellman Pdf

UK is a globally competitive location for shipping. The maritime sector earns £8.8 - £11.8 billion for the economy and supports 214,000 jobs. The Government's new maritime strategy poses the right questions about UK shipping but does not yet provide compelling answers on a range of key points. In particular, it is unclear how the Government plans to address the looming skills gap whereby the UK will have 5,000 fewer deck and engineering officers than the UK's maritime sector is predicted to require by 2021. The Committee recommends that the Government: make an explicit commitment to address fully a significant looming shortfall in UK trained seafarers partly through the Tonnage Tax, SMaRT funding and apprenticeships; commission an independent review of the MCA to evaluate how far a ongoing budget cuts may weaken the UK's ability to enforce compliance with international shipping regulations, undermine its status as a high-quality flag nation and shrink its influence within the International Maritime Organisation.; review the support the UK provides through its oversight of the Red Ensign Group to a number of competing registries of crown dependencies and UK overseas territories to raise the standards of the vessels which fly under the this flag; implement stronger seamanship qualifications by 2016 for the crew of all transfer vessels taking staff to and from offshore wind farm installations (and to call for voluntary compliance with these higher standards before that deadline); and support London International Shipping Week 2015 but showcase shipping around the country

Author : Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez,Elizabeth Deakin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317485834

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High-Speed Rail and Sustainability by Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez,Elizabeth Deakin Pdf

High speed rail (HSR) is being touted as a strategic investment for connecting people across regions, while also fostering prosperity and smart urban growth. However, as its popularity increases, its implementation has become contentious with various parties contesting the validity of socioeconomic and environmental objectives put forward as justification for investment. High Speed Rail and Sustainability explores the environmental, economic and social effects of developing a HSR system, presenting new evaluations of the proposed system in California in the US as well as lessons from international experience. Drawing upon the accumulated experience from past HSR system development around the world, leading experts present a diverse set of perspectives as well as diverse contexts of implementation. Assessments of the California case as well as cases from Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, and the UK show how governments and stakeholders have bridged the gap between the vision and the realities of connecting metropolitan regions through HSR. This is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers in the areas of urban planning, civil engineering, transportation and environmental design.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-23
Category : Railroads and state
ISBN : 9780215081155

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HC 257 - Investing In The Railway by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

The Transport Committee welcomes record investment committed to the 'classic' rail network but calls for greater regional balance in spending. Network Rail must also regain the confidence of passengers following recent disruption. The Committee calls for the Government to take responsibility for rolling stock, to address general shortages and ensure there will be sufficient trains to run on newly-electrified lines. The Committee also concluded: (i) Record levels of funding show a welcome commitment to ’classic' rail but this should be set in a longer-term strategic plan for the rail network, which ties into a wider transport strategy; (ii) The overrunning Christmas engineering works were unacceptable; (iii) Network Rail must have adequate contingency plans. They must also work with Passenger Focus and train operating companies to improve communication with passengers when engineering works fail; (iv) In the light of the change of status of Network Rail the ORR must reconsider whether fining a public sector body remains an effective means for the regulator to exert control; (v) Greater transparency is essential around rail spending. Criteria used to allocate spending should be published.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee,Louise Ellman
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215070821

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Putting Passengers First: Disruption at Gatwick, Christmas Eve 2013 -HC 956 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee,Louise Ellman Pdf

Far better contingency planning and preparedness must be put in place by UK airports, and by the airlines that use them, to prevent the kind of chaos that unfolded at Gatwick Airport on Christmas Eve 2013. The problems that unfolded were not new and the whole event should be a wake-up call for airports across the UK to improve their operational resilience. Airports must ensure that their contingency planning is good enough to ensure that future disruption will be met with well-drilled arrangements that are familiar to airport operators, airlines, and other contractors, and which put passenger interests first. If our largest airports cannot demonstrate they can do this then the Civil Aviation Authority must act. Passengers must also be promptly reimbursed for the extra costs they face as a consequence of disruption. The Committee welcomed a key conclusion from Gatwick's own review of the events on Christmas Eve that the airport should appoint passenger champions at each of its terminals. Similar arrangements should also be put in place at other major UK airports. Further recommendations include that airports should: develop (in consultation with airlines) much clearer operational protocols and guidance on the threshold conditions that will trigger the cancellation or postponement of flights; negotiate robust agreements with airlines (which carry formal responsibility for passenger welfare) for reclaiming the costs of looking after passengers during periods of disruption. Government should also push for amendments to a proposed new EU regulation on passenger compensation to include electronic means of alert and information dissemination

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Airports
ISBN : 9780215084071

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HC 713 - Smaller Airports by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

Smaller airports are economic and social enablers. They facilitate vital national and international connections for people and businesses in the UK. The Committee found that Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the principal threat to the smaller airports sector. APD cannot be amended to support people, businesses and regional economies because of the operation of European competition law, while proposals to devolve it to the regions would serve only to spread a patchwork of market distortions across the UK. It was disappointing that the concerns the Committee raised about APD in their First Report of Session 2013-14 on Aviation strategy were ignored by the Treasury. The Committee urges Transport Ministers to pursue those recommendations and the important concerns raised by smaller airports with the Treasury. The Airports Commission will publish its final report on expanding hub airport capacity in the south-east shortly after the general election. The whole country will only be able to share the economic benefits if airlines secure slots to provide services to UK airports outside London. The DfT needs to assess how new slots might be allocated and whether slots could be ring-fenced for domestic services

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Bridges
ISBN : 9780215084217

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HC 714 - Strategic River Crossings by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

The Committee examined a number of case studies during its inquiry including the Mersey Gateway Project, the Tyne Tunnels and proposals for new crossings in East London and the Lower Thames. The Transport Committee says a short-term approach to planning key infrastructure projects has left many estuary areas in the UK with inadequate transport capacity and poor connectivity: "A lack of cross-river capacity limits local and national economic growth so we call upon the Government to take a far more long-term approach when planning new bridges and tunnels. The Government must rectify that weakness as soon as possible. Important infrastructure projects, such as the Mersey Gateway Bridge, have the potential to generate economic growth by linking workers to jobs and consumers to retailers." The Committee welcomes proposals to build a package of new river crossings in east London and believes these developments are "long overdue."

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee,Louise Ellman
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215071873

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HC 1135 - National Policy Statement on National Networks by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee,Louise Ellman Pdf

The National Policy Statement on National Networks, published in draft for consultation (ISBN 9780108560071), sets out the policy against which decisions will be made on applications for development consent for nationally significant infrastructure projects on the strategic road and rail networks. The Committee has a number of detailed recommendations to improve the draft. The NPS should specify more types of transport scheme which the Government thinks are needed, such as enhancements to the rail network to promote east-west connectivity; better road and rail connections to ports and airports and to parts of the country which are currently not well served by those networks; and schemes to promote regional economic development. Criticisms of the DfT's road and rail demand forecasts should be addressed. Estimates of the impact on UK carbon emissions of building more road infrastructure are needed. Adverse impacts of major transport schemes on localities should be set out. The NPS should make explicit reference to the desirability of connecting HS2 to the classic rail network. Promoters of roads schemes must look to improve road safety (including for cyclists and pedestrians). The Government is seeking to accommodate increasing demand for roads by building more infrastructure rather than seeking to manage demand. Investment in the road network will require new funding streams, a challenge that must be addressed. However, a consensus would be required to introduce any road user charging scheme across the strategic road network as an alternative to road taxation.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UCSD:31822036116457

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International High-speed Rail Systems by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Carbon dioxide
ISBN : OCLC:505139175

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Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Author : Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459410695

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Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Pdf

This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians. The Commission discusses the logic of the colonization of Canada's territories, and why and how policy and practice developed to end the existence of distinct societies of Aboriginal peoples. Using brief excerpts from the powerful testimony heard from Survivors, this report documents the residential school system which forced children into institutions where they were forbidden to speak their language, required to discard their clothing in favour of institutional wear, given inadequate food, housed in inferior and fire-prone buildings, required to work when they should have been studying, and subjected to emotional, psychological and often physical abuse. In this setting, cruel punishments were all too common, as was sexual abuse. More than 30,000 Survivors have been compensated financially by the Government of Canada for their experiences in residential schools, but the legacy of this experience is ongoing today. This report explains the links to high rates of Aboriginal children being taken from their families, abuse of drugs and alcohol, and high rates of suicide. The report documents the drastic decline in the presence of Aboriginal languages, even as Survivors and others work to maintain their distinctive cultures, traditions, and governance. The report offers 94 calls to action on the part of governments, churches, public institutions and non-Aboriginal Canadians as a path to meaningful reconciliation of Canada today with Aboriginal citizens. Even though the historical experience of residential schools constituted an act of cultural genocide by Canadian government authorities, the United Nation's declaration of the rights of aboriginal peoples and the specific recommendations of the Commission offer a path to move from apology for these events to true reconciliation that can be embraced by all Canadians.

Author : Alberto Bull,United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Publisher : Santiago, Chile : United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : City traffic
ISBN : NWU:35556035567320

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Traffic Congestion by Alberto Bull,United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:15540211

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Railway and Engineering Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stuart Daggett
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547411673

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Railroad Reorganization by Stuart Daggett Pdf

The following work dives deep into studying the organization problems plaguing the seven railroad companies which failed from 1892 to 1896, and one railroad that was reorganized in 1902. These railroad companies were: Baltimore & Ohio; Erie; Philadelphia & Reading; The Southern; Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe; Union Pacific; Northern Pacific; and Rock Island. Their problems were strikingly alike. It is one of the earliest examples of management case studies, written by Stuart Daggett.

Author : Adam Millard-Ball,Transit Cooperative Research Program
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780309088381

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Car-sharing by Adam Millard-Ball,Transit Cooperative Research Program Pdf