From the Archives: The Economics Exam HS2 question
Today numerous A and AS level students are getting their results, so we are reposting 15-Aug-2013
HS2-but Rail Passenger Numbers will go down!
This is a guest post by Colin Allen.
The Department for Transport (DfT) say it is ‘not their job’ to...
NAO says HS1 passenger forecast ‘hugely optimistic’
The National Audit Office today published a report looking into the “The completion and sale of High Speed 1”.
(You...
Economical with the truth? – Part 1
Another guest post by Peter Delow. From his blog post Economical with the truth
In her speech to...
The Shifting Modal Shift
The diagram and table show the predicted modal shift that HS2 Ltd say will occur as a result of...
Are DfT’s new rail demand forecasts really ‘conservative’?
This is a guest post first published on the HS2 Questions blog.
DfT claim that their new forecasts (that...
The Economics Exam HS2 question
Reading the “Economic Case for HS2”, one of the current HS2 consultation documents, reminds me of exam questions for...
Transport demand forecasts – art or science
Review in Transport Xtra of a talk given by Rob Bain. Unlike other sciences, demand forecasts are based on...