Just as wine put Napa and Sonoma counties on the map, farms in the region are attracting attention with tours, classes and tastings on cheeseĪt first glance, these trips are the ideal COVID-era pursuit, outdoors and distanced. Travel & Experiences Nibble and sip your way along Northern California’s Cheese Trail And the trend makes for a fascinating recreational Venn diagram, bringing together railroad nerds, the rails-to-trails movement, cycling geeks and travelers who will climb on a bike if the pedaling is easy. Recycling doesn’t get any more literal than this. Across the U.S., these pedal-driven vehicles (some with pedal-assist, some without) are multiplying on idle or mostly idle railroad tracks, including some on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Sacramento and Carson City, Nev. Other versions of the same idea are known as railcycles and rail explorers. I’ve been pedaling a railbike, a lightweight, four-wheeled, two-seat contraption with “pedal assist” like you’d find on an e-bike. The tracks, laid by a 19th century logging company, are surrounded by towering redwoods, Douglas fir, alder and a carpet of ferns.
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Once completed, they would connect the four cities that constitute the Golden Quadrilateral (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai) plus other intermediate cities.More specifically, I’ve been rolling along the forest path of the Skunk Train just outside Fort Bragg in Mendocino County. Seven other high-speed lines are currently under consideration. However, in 2015 India and Japan signed an agreement to develop a high-speed rail line connecting the cities of Ahmedabad and Mumbai, to come into operation in 2023. A further 600 km of metro lines are planned for the next few years.įor now, India does not have any high-speed rail. Metro systems exist in 10 Indian cities, with about 515 km of track in operation and an additional 620 km of metro rail under construction. Today, the conventional rail system in India comprises a total route length of almost 68000 km, shared between passenger and freight transport. In fact, rail activity in India is set to grow more than any other country. For example, on average, each Indian travels about 3 kilometres per day by privately owned road vehicle, compared to 17.5 kilometres in Europe. Rail passenger traffic in India has increased by almost 200% since 2000 and freight traffic by 150%, yet latent demand for mobility in India remains huge. India’s railway system has played a fundamental role in the country’s development, transporting people and goods throughout its vast territory, integrating markets and connecting communities. In both of the scenarios the rail sector experiences strong electrification, and therefore energy diversification. Yet despite increases in activity, rail transport still accounts for only 4% of total transport energy demand in 2050. Total energy demand for the rail sector in 2050 is around 42% more than in the Base Scenario. This scenario shows the extent to which a significant shift of passengers and goods to rail transport could be achieved, highlighting environmental and financial implications and the policy instruments which might be deployed. The Future of Rail outlines in a Base Scenario how the railway system and its energy needs are projected to evolve to 2050 on the basis of announced policies, regulations and projects.Ī more ambitious High Rail Scenario rests on three main pillars: minimising costs per passenger-kilometre or tonne-kilometre moved, maximising revenues from rail systems, and ensuring that all forms of transport pay not only for the use of the infrastructure they need, but also for the adverse impacts they generate. The rail sector has important advantages to exploit in competing for business, but this will require additional strategic investments in rail infrastructure, further efforts to improve commercial competitiveness, and technological innovation. Rising incomes also drive demand growth in freight, where higher incomes, have sharply increased demand for rapid delivery of higher value and lighter goods. Rising incomes and populations in developing and emerging economies, where cities are growing exponentially, are set to lead to strong demand for more efficient, faster and cleaner transportation transport, but the need for speed and flexibility tend to favour car ownership and air travel.
The future of rail will be determined by how it responds to both rising transport demand and rising pressure from competing transport modes.
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