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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2014.17.3.216

An Analysis of Energy Consumption and GHG Emission per Unit of Rail and Road Transportation  

Kim, Byung-Kwan (KORAIL Research Institute, Korea Railroad Corporation)
Lee, Jin-Sun (Department of Railroad Management, Woosong University)
Kim, Hyoun-Ku (KORAIL Research Institute, Korea Railroad Corporation)
Lee, Jae-Young (Eco-Transport Systems Research Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.17, no.3, 2014 , pp. 216-222 More about this Journal
Abstract
In general, the rail transportation recognized as a better transportation mode than road transportation in terms of the environment. However, due to a lack of quantitative analysis based on Korean data, foreign cases for environmental advantages of the railway have often been cited in Korea. To address this issue, we estimated the energy consumption of passenger and freight transportation using certified activity data from Korea Railroad Statistics and the Electrical Work Report for railway and the Energy Consumption Survey for road. We estimated the Green House Gas emission of passenger and freight transportation on a Tier 1 level by applying the IPCC 2006 Guideline. Finally, we calculated the energy consumption unit and GHG emission unit to determine the environmental impact of rail and road transportation. We also compared the analyzed results of high-speed rail and auto as typical means of rail and road transportation.
Keywords
Energy Consumption Unit; GHG Emission Unit; Rail Transportation; Road Transportation;
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