- Optimism bias uplifts for rail transport appraisals[Česky] Readers have asked how feasibility studies should be evaluated against reality. The best-known method is Reference Class Forecasting (RFC). … Read More
- HSR does not sleep[Česky] In December last year, a new Czech government took office. Our country’s debt is rising at an unprecedented rate … Read More
- Sprava Zeleznic corruption scandal involved high-level officers.[Česky] In December 2020, the Municipal Court in Prague ended a large corruption case relating to Czech railways and HSR … Read More
- Railway Design Cartel Revealed thanks to Leniency Programme, the Office Imposed Fine on SUDOP Praha[Česky] By its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition punished bid rigging agreement on projecting high-speed rails … Read More
- Red flags in public procurement and service delivery[Česky] The following is extracted from: “Modernizing Governance: Leadership, Red Flags, Trust and Professional Power” by Andrew Massey and William … Read More
- The UK’s High-Speed Rail 2 (HS2) project has just seen the Eastern leg cancelled.[Česky] HS2 was always one of the most disastrous megaprojects. It began with the former Labour Government and always had … Read More
- Viability[Česky] Whether an infrastructure project should be built generally revolves around the ‘benefit to cost‘ (BCR) ratio. How many Euros … Read More
- Aerodynamic noise is dominant at speeds above 250 km/h…[Česky] At speeds above 250 km/h (planned speed up to 350 km/h) aerodynamic noise is dominant – very problematic to … Read More
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- “more than 130 thousand passengers per day – Railway Administration”[Česky] Fantasy meets reality. This chart shows the actual number of passengers on high speed rail in other countries and … Read More
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