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Frankfurt Airport long-distance rail station – CC image from Heidas on Wiki Alon Levy has a post up about the potential for high speed rail to fulfill the goals of ‘decongesting’ US airports. Alon looks at origin/destination pairs and compares the flight time to comparable HSR ranges where the technology has a chance to offer Continue reading HSR and the Aerotropolis CC image from caribb Following up on yesterday’s link post regarding airports, air freight, supply chains, and manufacturing jobs: two posts from Ryan Avent at The Economist. First, on industrial agglomerations, the impacts on jobs, and how we got to this point: Unquestionably, Asian governments aggressively pursued manufacturing and subsidised it heavily, both directly and through advantageous exchange Continue reading More links: iPhones and airports CC image from Yutaka Tsutano Rail to Dulles: MWAA Board member Robert Brown suggests eliminating the Dulles Airport rail station and replacing it with a people mover to connect to the Route 28 station as a means to save costs. Yonah Freemark finds the concept intriguing, offering some operational considerations that could make it work. However, Continue reading Links: iPhones and airports In the comments from yesterday’s post on Norman Foster’s aerotropolis (and the idea of the aerotropolis in general), author Greg Lindsay dropped a note in the comments asking for me to expand my own thoughts on the idea and the book. So, here goes. Lindsay did note one specific comment from Aaron Renn’s review: “this is Continue reading The Aerotropolis, continued Image via Foster+Partners Norman Foster is working on a concept for a massive new airport complex for London along the Thames Estuary. I first saw this (via ArchDaily) thanks to a shared Google Reader item (alas, no more) from Neil Flanagan. Yesterday, Planetizen points to an Atlantic piece on the subject, featuring new renderings from Foster Continue reading Norman Foster’s aerotropolis |
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