The research aims to develop a more comprehensive approach to assessing the social impacts of High-Speed Rail infrastructure throughout its entire life cycle, from planning to operation.

The research investigates how High-Speed Rail investments affect firms’ location choices and the spatial distribution of economic activity.

What factors determine the number of passengers choosing a high-speed rail station?This is the key question explored in the study "The Catchment Area of High-Speed Rail Stations in Italy: An Analysis Based on Mobile Phone Big Data".

As of September 2024, there are approximately 37.2 million Italians in possession of a telephone SIM card, which roughly corresponds to the population aged 12 years or older, who moved every day. Each traveller makes an average of 2.54 trips per day, totalling over 94 million trips per day, corresponding to over 2.3 billion trips*km. Focusing the analysis on a regional level, a significant hetero...