Table of Contents

1. High Speed Ground Transport: Overview of the Technologies 2. Corridor and Land-Use Planning Considerations 3. The State-of-the Practice in High-Speed Rail Ridership Forecasting a Review of Recent Modeling Methodology 4. Noise/Vibration and Electric and Magnetic Fields of High Speed Rail/Maglev Systems 5. Financing High Speed Rail Investments—the View from Europe—Lessons for the United States 6. Comparison of European and American Public Transportation Financing Policies 7. Implementing High Speed Rail in Europe with Local Government and the Private Sector Cooperation 8. An Analysis of the Impacts of Florida High Speed Rail