How trains can replace planes: What are air-rail alliances?

Описание: Think flying from London to New York then connecting smoothly onto a train into Philadelphia - basically airlines #codesharing with train operators.

At its core, the concept calls for the seamless integration of air and rail so that each mode can be used for the most appropriate distance, especially using trains to replace #shorthaul / domestic flights.

It's pretty clear that the status quo of aviation has to change somehow to meet climate goals. Yet things take time, huge amounts of capital are already sunk into existing technologies, and there probably isn't a silver hydrogen bullet coming anytime soon.

I think that this creates an even more interesting set of circumstances, where you have to get creative and play within constraints. One method for reducing aviation's environmental impact? Air-rail alliances - helping bring us closer to a #multimodal dream

It's not a flashy, radical idea - but that's the point. Schemes like this can use existing technology to have a material impact by reducing the need for short flights in dense, busy corridors. All we have to do is build it :^)

00:00 Intro
01:05 Chapter 1.1: What it is - an example
01:42 Chapter 1.2: What it is - the details
03:39 Chapter 2: Why do this?
04:04 Chapter 2.1: Why do this? Passengers
06:08 Chapter 2.2: Why do this? Airlines
08:04 Chapter 2.3: Why do this? Environment
11:56 Chapter 3: Where this can work
12:25 Chapter 3.1 Where this can work - existing markets
15:00 Chapter 3.2 Where this can work - potential markets
17:28 In conclusion
18:02 bloops

#airrailalliance #greenaviation #highspeedrail