WDF Expert Panel on Transportation

Preliminary staff notes for purpose of discussion

1. Scope

• Air and space
• Highway
• Intermodal, multimodal
• Pipelines
• Rail
• Tunnels, bridges, causeways
• Waterways, canals, ports
• (Rapid transit is handled by panel on Urban Development)

2. Issues: questions, challenges, objectives

1. Defining a true global system
2. Identifying critical projects

Examples

• Goal for highway transport would be to link five continents. Make it possible to drive from Cape Town, South Africa, to Tierra del Fuego in Argentina.
• New silk roads: Asia/Europe links
• North-South Pacific Rim Route: Singapore to Siberia
• Long-range plan for island nations

1. Suggesting priorities

3. Projects of interest

Airports and spaceports **1996 Additions**

1. Australia: Proposed Cape York spaceport.
2. China: Guangzhou airport
3. Germany: Munich opened (1993) new $6 billion airport begun in 1984.
4. Hong Kong: New airport.
5. Indonesia: Proposed spaceport at Biak
6. Iran: Said to be investing $1billion plus in airport development
7. Japan: New Kansai International Airport (opened September 1994)
8. Japan: Proposed new Tokyo airport. To be located on artificial`island in Tokyo Bay. At estimated cost of $20 billion would be most expensive airport ever built.
9. Malaysia: New Kuala Lumpur airport.
10. South Korea: New Seoul Airport. Bechtel.
11. Thailand: New Bangkok airport.
12. UK: Stansted. Airport improvement
13. USA: Denver new airport opening 1995.
14. USA: Ft Worth Alliance.
15. USA: Proposed Hawaii spaceport
16. USA: Proposed new Atlanta airport
17. USA: Proposed new Chicago airport

    Additional Notes for 1996 Conference

18. Bangkok Airport -- The Airports Authority of Thailand is building a new $4 billion airport near Bangkok. General Engineering Consultants is providing program management.
19. Tokyo airport expansion -- An investment of several billion dollars has been authorized by the Japanese government to expand the existing Haneda downtown airport and to plan a third airport at a location yet to be chosen. Both will augment service at Narita.
20. Brazil -- proposed new airport for Buenos Aires would be located on an artificial island. The project has not yet been approved by government body responsible.
21. Korea -- Bechtel has received an extension on its contract for planning a high speed rail link between Seoul and Pusan, a distance of 270 miles (430 kilometers).
22. Los Angeles -- Work continues on the $15 billion metro rail project.
23. Pacific -- Construction is proceeding on the two vessels which will serve as a water-borne launch pad for new space vehicles. Termed Sea Launch, the venture involves aerospace manufacturer, Boeing; the Norwegion shipbuilder, Kvaerner, A.S.; and Russian rocket experts. First launch is planned for 1998.
24. San Francisco -- A $1 billion reconstruction for the Bay Bridge is being planned in order to make the structure less susceptible to earthquake damage.
25. UK -- The $3 billion high speed rail link to connect the chunnel with London has been approved.
26. Space -- The space station being planned by the USA, Russia, and other nations will actually enter the construction phase in 1997, with completion set for 2003. Some 34 space missions are scheduled to deliver 400 tons of facilities.Another 10 missions will be needed to deliver supplies and replace scientific payloads.

Highways

1. Asia: HongKong/Guangdong/Macau highway.
2. Asia: Proposed "Euro-Asian Landbridge." United Nations plan.
3. Asia: Proposed Beijing-Hong Kong corridor: rail and highway
4. Europe/Asia: Proposed new East-West highway from Berlin to Warsaw to Minsk to Moscow and on to the Pacific, parallel to BAM rail`line. Reportedly being stdied by German and Russian group.
5. Japan: Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway
6. Malaysia: North-South highway complete 1994.
7. North America: Proposed "NAFTA" highway from Canada across USA to Mexico. Interstate Highway 69 project.
8. USA: Proposed toll highway for Delmarva.peninsula.

Rail:

1. Africa: Proposed Casablanca to Cairo high speed rail
2. Asia: Proposed Guangdong to Hong Kong high speed rail
3. Australia: Proposed Darwin to Alice Springs line.
4. Australia: Proposed Sydney to Canberra to Melbourne high speed rail.
5. Canada: Proposed Quebec City to Toronto light rail.
6. Europe: Planned, integrated Europe high speed rail system.
7. Germany: Proposed Hamburg to Berlin maglev line.
8. Japan: Planned new maglev line
9. Russia: Proposed Moscow to Leningrad high speed rail
10. South Korea: $8 billion project to link Seoul and Pusan with 280-mile high speed rail line
11. South Korea: Proposed high speed rail.
12. Spain: Proposed high speed rail.
13. Taiwan:. $16.4 billion project
14. Turkey: Proposed high speed rail
15. USA: Proposed Los Angeles to Las Vegas high speed rail.
16. USA: Proposed Los Angeles to San Diego high speed rail
17. USA: Proposed Ohio high speed rail.
18. USA: Proposed Philadelphia to Pittsburgh high speed rail
19. USA: Proposed Raleigh to Charlotte (NC) high speed rail

Tunnels, bridges, causeways **1996 Addition**

1. Africa/Europe: Proposed Gibraltar crossing. ECE study.
2. Arctic: Bering Strait crossing.
3. Asia: Planned second Singapore to Johore causeway.
4. Canada: Northumberland Strait Crossing
5. China: Hainan Island to mainland ($1.8 bn project)
6. Europe: Eurotunnel opened 1994.
7. Europe: Great Belt, Oresund and other links to connect Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
8. Japan: (Osaka area)Akashi Kaikyo suspension bridge.
9. South America: Proposed Argentina to Uruguay bridge
10. Switzerland: Swiss Metro via tunnels throughout Switzerland
11. Thailand: Proposed southern seaboard land bridge
12. Turkey: Proposed additional Bosporus crossing.
13. USA: Boston third harbor tunnel and main artery
14. USA: Proposed San Francisco Bay.Bridge.

    Additional Note for 1996 Conference

15. Sweden-Denmark Bridge -- A consortium led by Sweden's Skanska AB, won two contracts worth $1 billion to build a bridge and its approaches for the 16.2 kilometer Oresund fixed link between Sweden and Denmark.

Waterways, canals, ports

1. Africa: Proposed Suez Canal widening.
2. Asia: Proposed Thailand Kra isthmus canal
3. Egypt: Proposed Nile to Sinai canal.
4. Egypt: Proposed Salam Canal.
5. France: Proposed Rhine to Rhone canal.
6. Panama: Proposed second Panama Canal. Study funded by IADB (BID).
7. South America: Proposed Argentina and Paraguay River Platte system. World Bank.
8. USA: Proposed Texport offshore oil loading facility

Pipelines

1. Africa: Proposed TransAfrica pipeline. TAPCO.
2. Canada: Proposed Trans Canada pipeline.
3. USA: Proposed ??? to California gas pipeline.

4. Experts and expert groups

1. Africa: Proposed Suez Canal widening. Suez Canal Auth.
2. Africa: Proposed TransAfrica pipeline. TAPCO. Basil Tsakos.
3. Asia: David Turner Proposed "Euro-Asian Landbridge
4. Asia: Proposed "Euro-Asian Landbridge." United Nations plan. ESCAP:
5. Australia: Proposed Cape York spaceport. Kaiser Engineers.
6. China: Railway Minsitry
7. Denmark: Rambøll, Hannemann and Højlund (Øresund Link Consortium - ØLC)
8. Europe: ECMT. (European Conf. of Ministers of Transport)
9. Europe: high speed rail system.Karel Van Miert
10. Europe: Michel Walrave, president of International Union of Railroads (high speed rail network development in Europe and in the world)
11. Europe: Transmanche-Link managing director of operations, Keith Price. (Channel Tunnel)
12. Europe: Wolfram O. Martinsen, president of the European Railway Industry Association
13. France: Airbus. Jean Pierson
14. France: Denis A. Doute, vice-president, Intercity Systems, Lille
15. France: GEC Alsthom (TGV engines)
16. France: Rail Transportation Systems, Inc. Gabriel Courbey, New York Office
17. France: SNCF (French National Railways) Gerard Mathieu
18. Fund justification Space Cause Mark M. Hopkins
19. Germany: ICE (intercity)
20. Germany: Smart highways. Dr. Walter Zindahl, VW, Wolfsburg
21. Germany: Transportation Minister Matthias Wissmann:
22. Germany: Wolfram O. Martinsen, president and CEO, Siemens Transportation Systems Group
23. Hong Kong: Hopewell Holdings, Gordon Wu
24. Hong Kong: Hopewell Holdings. Gordon Wu
25. Hong Kong: New airport.Ms. Anson Chan.
26. Japan. Shinkansen.
27. Japan: Australia high speed rail. Kumugai Gumi
28. Japan: Hitochi Zosen
29. Japan: HSST.
30. Japan: HSST. Pres. Hayashi.
31. Japan: IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries)
32. Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
33. Netherlands: Netherlands Engineering Consultants. African proposed Suez Canal widening
34. Netherlands: Tunnel Engineering Consultants (Øresund Link Consortium - ØLC)
35. Panama: Proposed second Panama Canal. Study funded by IADB (BID).
36. Russia: Airports: James R. Shappell, VP, The Ralph M. Parsons Co. (UK)
37. Singapore: Economic Development Board
38. South Korea: Transport Ministry
39. Sweden: Scandiaconsult (Øresund Link Consortium - ØLC)
40. Switzerland: ABB
41. Taiwan: Office of High Speed Rail, Ministry of Communications
42. Taiwan: Systems. Shirley Kuo
43. UK: James Dawson, Sir Alexander Gibb
44. UK: James Oliver (exploring status of "Bering Strait Tunnel Treaty" between Russia, USA and possibly Canada. Communications consultant to George Koumal)
45. UK: Ove Arup & Partners Ltd. (Øresund Link Consortium - ØLC)
46. UK: Pacific Investment. Feasibility study on China/Hainan Island to mainland tunnel
47. UK: Sir William Halcrow & Partners (Øresund Link Consortium - ØLC)
48. UK: Thames Water. (Has just built "giant water ring-main around London
49. United Nations: ESCAP
50. USA: Amtrak. Richard D. Johnson, chief engineer for the Northeast Corridor
51. USA: Bechtel
52. USA: Boeing
53. USA: Denver new airport. Ginger Evans.
54. USA: Ft Worth Alliance .Ross Perot, Jr or Harry McKillip
55. USA: Maglev study. Arthur D. Little
56. USA: Magneplane International, Inc. Henry Kolm
57. USA: Morrison Knudsen Corp. Gil Carmichael, senior vice-president
58. USA: Proposed Hawaii spaceport. Admiral Thomas B. Hayward USN (Ret.)
59. USA: Proposed Ohio high speed rail. Parsons Brinckerhoff
60. USA: Proposed San Francisco Bay.Bridge. T.Y. Lin International
61. World Bank

5. Previous presentations and available documents

Air Transport Industry in the Asia-Pacific: Changi Airport beyond 2000
Fong Kok Wai, Deputy Dir. of Engineering, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
1993 Global Super Projects Conference
Expansion of the Changi Airport in Singapore will be based on the concepts of "Airtropolis," that is, a city within an airport.

Bering Strait Tunnel and Railroad
George Koumal, Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel & Railroad Group (USA)
World Development Council, September 1994
About six years ago work began on a transportation concept that would place the Northern Hemisphere resources within reach to benefit mankind. The key element of the project concept is a modern railway to connect existing railroad terminals in Canada with existing railways in Russia, via Alaska, and a tunnel under the Bering Strait.

Atlanta Outer Perimeter
World Development Council, 1994
The planned Atlanta outer perimeter highway is one of the most significant circumferential route projects in the world because it will complement an inner loop that is already built. The two loops together will reflect an almost ideal situation.

Channel Tunnel or 'Chunnel'
World Development Council, September 1994
The Channel Tunnel is the culmination of a 200-year-old dream to connect the British Isles to the European mainland. Construction of the recently completed rail tunnel and its related facilities will integrate Britain's transportation system with that of mainland Europe.

Commercial Space Launch Project: Developing Facilities for Commercial Use of Space
Admiral Thomas B. Hayward USN (Ret.)
1992 Global Super Projects Conference
Discussion of Hawaii's potential as the site of a commercial space launch facility

Denmark's Great Belt
World Development Council, September 1994
Half of the population of Denmark is situated on an island connected to the other principal part by ferry. Now, the Great Belt project is underway to connect the two halves via a surface route consisting of bridges, tunnels and causeways.

Denmark-Germany Link
World Development Council, September 1994
This proposed bridge across the Fehmarn Sound would be the final link required to connect Scandinavia with Europe. It would be routed from the Danish island of Lolland to the German coast at Puttgarten, near Hamburg.

Denver International Airport
World Development Council, September 1994
The new Denver International Airport has the potential to be one of the world's top 10 "airport cities of the early 21st century."

High Speed Rail Projects: Challenges and Opportunities
Denis Douté, SNCF
1992 Global Super Projects Conference
Discussion of the vital ingredients necessary for the succesful development of a high-speed rail project and some of the risks involved.

High Speed Rail in Europe
Jean-Loup Espieussas, Deputy Director, High Speed Dept., SNCF
1993 Global Super Projects Conference
Very similar to the intense planning period which followed World War II and led to the rebuilding of Western Europe, the present process of planning a truly Pan European high speed rail network has a great ambition: to preserve today, the capacity to provide tomorrow, whenever needed, an efficient tool to serve and develop a more unified Europe

Lantau Fixed Crossing: The Vital Link to Hong Kong's New Crossing
C.K. Lau, Project Engineer, Lantau Fixed Crossing, Hong Kong
1993 Global Super Projects Conference

Macau International Airport: The New Gateway to China and Southeast Asia
Jorge Guiamaraes, Director, Macau Civil Aviation Authority
1993 Global Super Projects Conference
A discussion of the Macau Airport Project and its importance in the Pearl River Delta as a gateway to South China and Southeast Asia.

Oresund Bridge/Tunnel
World Development Council, September 1994
The planned Oresund bridge/tunnel will link Scandinavia with the European mainland.

Return to the Moon
World Development Council, September 1994
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has proposed a return to the moon as a high priority for NASA.

Singapore a Model for Southeast Asia.Development of a Global Port and Maritime Hub
Philip Ng, Chief Civil Engineer, Singapore Housing and Development Board
1993 Global Super Projects Conference
A discussion of the development, growth, expansion capacity and future of the busiest port in the world.

Super Project: California/Nevada High-Speed Rail
World Development Council, 1994
California and Nevada are studying the feasibility of building a 270-mile, $5 billion high speed rail line to connect Anaheim, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Super Project: Canadian Rail
World Development Council, 1994
A consortium led by Bombardier Inc. and GEC Alsthom is looking into the feasibility of a high-speed rail line linking Canada's five major central cities: Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Windsor.

Super Project: French High-Speed Rail
World Development Council, 1994
France is in the midst of a $34 billion plan to develop 2,800 miles of high speed rail service throughout the country

Super Project: Hong Kong Airport
World Development Council, 1994
The $21 billion Hong Kong airport, now under construction, will include an airport railway, road tunnel, land reclamation and a new town.

Super Project: Kansai International Airport
World Development Council, 1994
The $13 billion Kansai International Airport, under construction on a manmade island in Osaka Bay, will be Japan's first 24-hour airport and the world's first offshore airport.

Super Project: New York High-Speed Rail
World Development Council, 1994
New York and Massachusetts are considering the feasibility of building a high speed rail line to connect New York City and Boston. New York is also looking into a link between New York City and Albany.

Super Project: Seoul Metropolitan Airport
Conway Data, Inc.
Authorities plan for the $12.7 billion New Seoul Metropolitan Airport to become the "21st century gateway to Asia." The first of four phases of construction will be completed by 1997.

Super Project: Taiwan High-Speed Rail
Jane Opgaard Tuner, Conway Data Inc., 1994
Taiwan is in the early stages of a $20 billion project to build a 200-mile high-speed rail line to connect Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

Super Projects: German High Speed Rail
Jane Opgaard Turner, Conway Data Inc., 1994
The German Cabinet has approved the development of a $5 billion, magnetic levitation high speed rail line. The 170-mile line will connect Berlin and Hamburg.

Super Projects: Munich-Franz Josef Strauss Airport
Farhana Hasan, Conway Data Inc, 1994
On May 17, 1992, Germany celebrated the grand opening of the Munich-Franz Josef Strauss Airport, concluding the lengthiest and biggest construction project in German history.

Super Projects: Channel Tunnel High Speed Rail Link
Jane Opgaard Turner, Conway Data Inc., 1994
Construction is expected to begin in 2003 on a long-awaited project to build a multibillion-dollar high speed rail line from the Channel tunnel to the London area.

Super Projects: Ohio High Speed Rail
Jane Opgaard Turner, Conway Data Inc., 1994
Officials in Ohio are considering building a high speed rail line to connect Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati.

Super Project: Pennsylvania High Speed Rail
Jane Opgaard Turner, Conway Data Inc., 1994
The state of Pennsylvania is considering development of a high speed rail line to link Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

The Airport Core Programme - Hong Kong
Lee Shing-See, Project Manager, New Airport Projects Office, Hong Kong
1993 Global Super Projects Conference
An overview of the fundamentals that have created the need for the Airport Core Program, a description of the 10 core projects and a description of the institutional arrangements for project management and cost control.
The Alliance Project
Ross Perot, Jr., The Perot Group
1992 Global Super Projects Conference
The Alliance Project is composed of three different undertakings: the new Alliance Airport northwest of Dallas, a freeway system that links the airport back to Dallas/Ft. Worth and two big residential projects

Underground Transportation: Past, Present and Future
Yutaka Mochida, Suncoh Consultants, Japan
1992 Global Super Projects Conference
The challenges of underground transportation as discussed by the senior technical advisor of the Channel Tunnel.

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