Texas Rail Advocates: presentation on HSR by M. Desiderio

On January 16, 2009, Matthieu Desiderio did a presentation on High-Speed Rail practices to several memers of Texas Rail Advocates including Mr. Paul Mangelsdorf, Hal Cooper, Paul Bertanzetti, and Mark Kiselis. Please find below the slideshow of the presentation. Share on Facebook

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Announcement: Transport Expertise is iPhone friendly

Take our articles everywhere with you, set a bookmark and add Transport Expertise website to your iPhone’s Home Screen! Share on Facebook

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In brief: 5th Annual Public Private Partnerships USA Summit

The Reason Foundation is supporting the 5th Annual Public Private Partnerships USA Summit, the government-industry forum on PPP developments in the United States, which is organized with the official support of the U.S. Department of Transportation and includes a presentation by Reason Foundation Director of Transportation Studies, Robert Poole. The conference takes place in Washington [...]

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Mobility 2030 – future trends evaluated online

Please find below a link to an online survey which results will be use in a research project. Transport Expertise answered the questionnaire, now, it is your turn to! A message from Dr. Johannes Klühspies Interdisciplinary experts are currently discussing which technological and sociological trends – and their underlying psychological dimensions – are likely to [...]

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Transport Expertise Association is born!

Madam, Sir, Dear Visitors, On behalf of all Transport Expertise Board members, I am pleased to announce that we created Transport Expertise Association (Non-Profit Organization under French regulation). As defined in the articles of association adopted during the General Assembly on Dec. 19, 2008, the Association will study and promote at the international level, best [...]

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Five Questions To: Ignacio Barron de Angoiti (2/2)

Transport Expertise hereby starts a series of specialists interviews with Mr. Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, High Speed Director, International Union of Railways (UIC) discussing the issue of “HSR in Northern America… where and when?” Q3: Transport-Expertise.org We presently living in a period of world financial crisis, and California State has a very high debt level. However, voters will [...]

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Five Questions To: Ignacio Barron de Angoiti (1/2)

Transport Expertise hereby starts a series of specialists interviews with Mr. Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, High Speed Director, International Union of Railways (UIC) discussing the issue of “HSR in Northern America… where and when?” Q1: Transport-Expertise.org Rail in Northern America (United States and Canada) is still far from high-speed… Could we expect to see a high-speed rail [...]

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European Rail Forum: Freight Without Frontiers

Transport Expertise will attend the “European Rail Forum: Freight Without Frontiers” organised by Réseau ferré de France (RFF, French railway infrastructure owner and manager) and the Ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Ministère de l’écologie, de l’énergie, du développement durable et de l’aménagement du territoire, MEEDDAT). This rail event of [...]

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Banks might not finance Argentinian high-speed rail project

Financial crisis does not only affect the banking industry. In France, is seems it now reaches the “real” economy. A few days ago, French bank Groupe Caisses d’Epargne announced some €600 million losses, and this might eventually affect… the Argentinian high-speed rail project! Quick explanation: Alstom, part of a consortium, won the call for tender for the [...]

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In brief: SNCF to test 350+ kph high-speed trains

Today, French high-speed trains ride at a maximum speed of 320 kph… roughly 200 mph. Thinking it could be improved, SNCF, the French national railway company, is now testing its trainsets at speed up to 360 kph! By 2015, SNCF expects that several parts of the French network could have TGV trains running at 360 [...]

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