scholarly journals Study of the Impact of a High-Speed Railway Opening on China’s Accessibility Pattern and Spatial Equality

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Yang ◽  
Andong Guo ◽  
Xueming Li ◽  
Tai Huang
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Social Demand ◽  
Transport Accessibility ◽  
Spatial Equity ◽  
Accessibility Pattern ◽  
Time Required ◽  
The Impact

China’s high-speed rail was inaugurated in 2008; it has greatly improved accessibility, and reduced the time required to travel between cities, but at the same time, has caused an unfair distribution of accessibility levels. Therefore, this paper analyzes urban traffic roads and socio-economic statistics, using network analysis methods, accessibility coefficients of variation, and social demand indexes to explore the spatial and temporal characteristics of transport accessibility and spatial equity in China. By 2015, the national transport accessibility level will form a new pattern of “corridors” and “islands”, centered on high-speed rail lines and sites. Additionally, the opening of high-speed railways has improved, to a certain extent, the inter-regional accessibility balance, and increased accessibility from high-speed railway sites to non-site cities. Spatial equality was also analyzed using the accessibility coefficient and social demand index. In conclusion, studying accessibility and spatial equity plays an important role in the rational planning of urban land resources and transportation.

scholarly journals Efficiency and Spatial Equity Impacts of High-Speed Rail on the Central Plains Economic Region of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2583
Author(s):  
Xiaomin Wang ◽  
Wenxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Economic Region ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Spatial Equity ◽  
Conventional Rail ◽  
The Impact

Efficiency impacts can be assessed based on improvements in accessibility promoted by the high-speed rail (HSR) project, focusing mainly on major urban areas. Spatial equity impacts originate from changes in the distribution of accessibility levels observed across such cities. This study uses the weighted average travel time and coefficient of variation to explore the impact of HSR on efficiency and spatial equity within the Central Plains Economic Region (CPER) and to build an “efficiency-equity” model to identify optimal upgrading of conventional rail (CR) lines to improve the accessibility of the CPER and mitigate regional disparities. The results indicate that since the operation of HSR, accessibility levels across the CPER have improved by roughly 24.56%, and the spatial distribution of gains has been uneven since the most significant improvements have occurred in HSR cities and large cities. Inequality in regional accessibility has increased by 28.12%, creating a more heterogeneous pattern of accessibility. With goals of “efficiency” and “equity”, an examination of the upgrading of CR as an approach shows that “Xinxiang-Jiaozuo” and “Xinxiang-Jiaozuo-Sanmenxia-Yuncheng” are the best upgraded lines for improving the efficiency of the CPER and limiting regional disparities. The results of this study serve as supportive information for the planning and construction of HSR lines and networks and for underdeveloped regional transport system policymaking.

scholarly journals The Effect of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway on the Economic Development of Prefecture-Level Cities Along the Line Based on DID Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Yuzhou Ma
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Agglomeration Effect ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Empirical Perspective ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

High-speed railway has an essential impact on the economic and social development of the regions along the line. Based on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, this paper constructs the DID model and analyzes the impact of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway on the economic development of prefecture-level cities along the route from the empirical perspective. The empirical analysis results show that the BeijingShanghai high-speed railway has a significant negative impact on the per capita GDP of prefecture-level cities along the line in the short term, mainly because the agglomeration effect is greater than the diffusion effect. Therefore, small cities should actively think about how to deal with the agglomeration effect caused by the construction of high-speed rail.

The impact of high-speed rail operations: A case study in Shanghai-Kunming line

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
Ping Wan ◽  
Junhua Guo
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
Empirical Point ◽  
The Impact

High-speed railway is an indispensable part of the transportation system. The construction and opening of high-speed railway will contribute to the economic development of cities along the route, but it will also have an adverse impact on peripheral areas. The research of the article is mainly carried out from an empirical point of view, using comparative analysis, regression analysis and other methods to measure and quantitatively describe the impact of high-speed railways on urban and regional spatial development. The study found that the operation of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed rail had a siphon effect on cities along the Jiangxi Province, leading to unbalanced regional development.

scholarly journals High-speed railway and regional economic growth: a case of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Yonghong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Development Course

Abstract The development course of high-speed railway indicates that it not only changes the composition of traffic modes when competing with other modes of transportation, but also plays an important role in spurring the economic growth of the cities along the line and the evolution of regional spatial structure. Taking Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway as an example, this paper constructs the first-level panel data of the cities along the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and its surrounding cities from 2007 to 2016, and uses the difference-in-differences estimation to study the impact of high-speed rail opening on economic development. The research results show that it has significantly jump-started the economy of cities along the line. The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway will become a crucial axis for regional economic development along the Beijing-Shanghai railway, as it has remarkably advanced the economic development of the cities along the route.

High-speed rail network in China: the contribution of fast trains to regional tourism and economic development

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 414-432
Author(s):  
Mingwei Li ◽  
Juan Chen
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rail Network ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The high-speed rail network can lead to the transformation of the tourism industry, as well as the regional economy. In the present study, a reasonable method was developed to assess the contributions of high-speed rail network to the development of tourism and economy in a Chinese region known as the “1 + 8” city tourism circle. Design/methodology/approach The method proposed here combines not only tourism revenue but also regional economy in a MGM (1, n) gray model, and it studies the tourist and economic output of this tourism circle before and after the high-speed rail network’s construction using an advanced “with and without comparison” method. Findings By using this method, the accuracy of the prediction of the contribution rate of high-speed rail network is improved. We found that in the “1 + 8” city tourism circle, the high-speed rail network positively contributes to increase of the tourism arrival and tourism revenue. Furthermore, regional economy significantly grows under the impact of the high-speed rail network. Research limitations/implications The “1 + 8” city tourism circle is studied as a closed system in this paper, and the authors focus on the economic associations between the cities in the circle by ignoring the impact from outside this circle. This treatment means, simplifies and enables the feasibility of this study, but it virtually leads to the deviation of outcomes between this study and the practical. Practical implications For theoretical values, by studying a normal Chinese inland region, this study reconfirmed the positive impact of high-speed railway empirically. In the meantime, this study developed an improved method by introducing gray theory models to “with and without comparison” method to calculate the contribution of high-speed railway to the regional tourism and economy development. Such method simultaneously incorporates the indexes of regional tourism income and regional GDP simultaneously. It is direct and convenient as it can achieve accuracy requirements using only a small amount of data, and it reconciles more with reality by considering the interaction of the outcomes of tourism and economy. Social implications For practical values, using the proposed method, a direct and convenient calculation of the contributions of high-speed railway to many other regions can be achieved if the data of the outcomes of tourism and economy can be obtained. In such a way, the regions that really need high-speed railway to stimulate their development can be distinguished from regions whose high-speed railway is under blind construction. Thus, the government may take actions to reassess some uneconomic high-speed railway projects without discouraging the construction of high-speed railway in other regions. The authors believe that this is important not only for China but also for many other countries with high-speed railway projects. Originality/value This study develops a reasonable method of assessing the contribution of high-speed rail to regional tourism and economic development. Using this method, this study confirmed that high-speed rail indeed positively impacts the regional development.

scholarly journals HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY AND TOURISM: IS THERE AN IMPACT ON INTERMEDIATE CITIES? EVIDENCE FROM TWO CASE STUDIES IN CASTILLA-LA MANCHA (SPAIN)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen VÁZQUEZ VARELA ◽  
José M. MARTÍNEZ NAVARRO
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Visitation Rates ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Diachronic Study ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rail Services

The expectations of cities served by High Speed Rail are numerous. Improvements in a destination’s accessibility could lead to an increase in transport demand and the revitalization of urban and business tourism. However, High Speed Rail services do not automatically affect the choice of destination even if they improve accessibility. Even so, they can improve visitation rates when tourist amenities are located near High Speed Rail stations becoming therefore easily accessible. The development of tourism is also influenced by the collective strategies of local stakeholders. Larger cities also appear able to leverage higher tourist volumes from the construction of High Speed Rail and most analyses to date have focused upon them. Thus we focus here on how the arrival of High Speed Rail services has impacted tourism on medium sized cities. Using a diachronic study of different socio-economic variables and tourist features, this article analyses the impact that the new rail infrastructure can have on tourism in two selected cases in Spain: Cuenca and Toledo.

The Research on the Impact of High-Speed Railway

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 6331-6334
Author(s):  
Shi Yu Hua
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Payback Period ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Large Investment

High-speed rail has the characteristic of large investment and a long payback period,so it is necessary to study the economic benefits of high-speed rail. In this paper,we use “With and without compare method” to analyse the economic impact on the areas along Beijing-Tianjin intercity and Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway,and try to verify the impact on the regional economy of high-speed railway in China.

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