High speed rail contribution to sustainable mobility

In a context of climate change, increase in mobility and growing budgetary constraints, projects that fit with the pillars of sustainable development will be the only to be envisaged. This study aims to demonstrate to authorities the advantages of High Speed Rail as a comparison with other transport modes within the framework of sustainable development. The study contains a muti-criteria comparison of High Speed Rail with its main concurrent for environmental, economical and society aspects. Then a presentation of a carbon balance methodology as a new tool to evaluate transport projects in the fields of environment.