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Passenger and Freight Maglev for the US
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First generation Maglev systems have been developed in Japan and Germany and will operate commercially shortly after 2000 AD, carrying passengers between Tokyo-Osaka, and Hamburg-Berlin. Maglev will be a major mode of transport in the 21st Century. In the US, intercity truck type freight will be a bigger market for Maglev than passenger transport. A National Maglev Network is described that would serve the entire US. The payback period for the Network is a few years. Technology improvements are described that could reduce the cost of 2 way Maglev guideways from the present 30 million dollars per mile to 10 million dollars per mile. A proposed project in Florida to demonstrate this advanced technology is described.
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Powell, J. and Danby, G., "Passenger and Freight Maglev for the US," SAE Technical Paper 951921, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951921.Also In
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