Air-HSR cooperation: Impacts on service frequency and environment. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jiang, Mei; Jiang, Changmin; Xiao, Yi-bin; Wang, Chunan
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 150(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: Air-HSR cooperation -- Service frequency -- Traffic -- Load factor -- Environment; Logistics -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Periodicals; 388.011
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2021.102336
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1366-5545

Abstract

Highlights: We study the impacts of air-HSR cooperation on service frequencies and environment. Cooperation increases airline frequency, traffic and load factor on long-haul route. Cooperation decreases the emissions per passenger on long-haul route. Variables of airline and HSR and emissions on short-haul route are ambiguous. Abstract: This paper investigates the impacts of air-high-speed rail (HSR) cooperation on service frequencies and the environment under a transportation network. Our model indicates that air-HSR cooperation increases flight frequency, air traffic and the load factor of the airline on the long-haul route. For the short-haul route, the impact of air-HSR cooperation on the airline and the HSR operator critically depends on a number of relevant parameters, for example, the market size and the travel time of HSR. Air-HSR cooperation decreases the emissions per passenger on the long-haul route, however, on the short-haul route where the HSR operator interacts with the airline, the emissions per passenger do not necessarily decrease after the cooperation.