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2007

12/2007. John Quain, "Super Trains: Plans to Fix U.S. Rail Could End Road & Sky Gridlock," Popular Mechanics
With airports and highways more congested than ever, new steel-wheel and maglev lines that move millions in Europe and Japan have the potential to resurrect the age of American railroads.

11/4/2007. Peter Richmond, "A Better Way to Travel?", Parade.
Many transportation experts insist that the best answer to transportation gridlock is efficient intercity rail travel. Trains use one-fifth less energy than cars or planes. They run in bad weather. They're business-efficient and tourist-friendly.

9/21/2007. James Powell and Gordon Danby, "Maglev: Transport Mode for the 21st Century," EIR.
Maglev is a completely new mode of transport that will join the ship, the wheel, and the airplane as a mainstay in moving people and goods throughout the world. Maglev has unique advantages over these earlier modes of transport and will radically transform society and the world economy in the 21st Century. Compared to ships and wheeled vehicles—autos, trucks, and trains—it moves passengers and freight at much higher speed and lower cost, using less energy. Compared to airplanes, which travel at similar speeds, Maglev moves passengers and freight at much lower cost, and in much greater volume.

4/21/2007. Paterson, Stewart. “Maglev trains ‘best option’ for Edinburgh to Glasgow route,” The Herald.
After considering more traditional options, a Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) study concluded that Maglev provided the most benefit for its cost for a high-speed link between Glasgow and Edinburgh, reducing travel time between Scotland’s two largest cities to just 15 minutes.

4/21/2007. “Floating Rail Link,” BBC News.
Councilor Alistair Watson says that the proposed Maglev link between Glasgow and Edinburgh could transform Scotland’s economy.

4/14/2007. Leib, Jeffrey. “New Talk of Maglev Train,” The Denver Post.
The Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) decision to apply for partial privatization of the FasTracks commuter train projects in Denver brings the possibility for high-tech options such as the use of Maglev technology.

3/23/2007. “Shanghai Maglev Link to be Extended,” Shanghai Daily.
Maglev line from Pudong International Airport to Longyang Road Metro Station in Shanghai will be extended to Hongqiao International Airport with hopes of being completed before the 2010 World Expo.

3/22/2007. “Updated Economic Impact Study Shows that Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Alameda Corridor Remain Vital to U.S. Economy and International Trade,” Press Release by Port of LA.

3/22/2007. Smith, Ross. “Tyne to Tees a Breeze,” The Journal.
In the UK councils announce that they are launching a study into the possibility of a maglev system between Tyneside and Teesside, which could carry the equivalent of 40,000 car journeys each day.

3/15/2007. Centers, Jessica. “Making Tracks,” Westword.
The Rocky Mountain Rail Authority looks at the pros and cons of three different rail technologies to be implemented in the I-70 corridor.

 

2006

11/28/2006. Weikel, Dan. “Ports Considering Maglev Trains to Cut Smog,” LA Times.
Port officials consider implementing maglev technology to transport freight in an effort to reduce smog and congestion.

11/24/2006. Curry, Jennifer. “Cal U Maglev Connector Plan may be Gaining More Momentum,” Pittsburgh Business Times.
The current political situation gives maglev proponents hope that government funding could result in renewed interest in the proposed maglev connection between the two California University campuses in Pennsylvania.

11/2006. Smith, Timothy. “Study Looks at a Beaumont Maglev Distribution Center,” Record Gazette.
Cal State Long Beach is conducting a study on a proposed maglev network connecting the LA and Long Beach ports to distribution centers in Beaumont, Victorville, and Los Angeles.

11/28/2006. “LA-Area Ports to Study Magnetic Levitation Cargo Train,” LA Times.
General brief on the proposed LA and Long Beach Port applications of maglev for the movement of cargo.

11/17/2006. Hanson, Kristopher. “Engineers Tout Maglev at Ports,” Long Beach Press Telegram.
Research shows that maglev technology seems a perfect fit as a solution to economic and environmental problems caused by the exhausted capacities of the current infrastructure.

 

2005 & Earlier

Summer 2005. Cooper, Hal. “42,000 miles of Electric Rail and Maglev,” 21st Century.
An experienced railway consultant lays out the requirements and timetable for how to get from here to prosperity, via electrified rail

8/17/2004. Bigelow, Bruce. “A Train without the Daily Grind,” Today at Berkeley.
Bigelow takes a thorough look at General Atomics’ new passive maglev technology and its possible applications as well as the impeding obstacles to its success and implementation.

1/2004. Hall, Peter. “Speed,” Metropolis Magazine.
Though Maglev is certainly the next big step in technology, Hall argues, the future of Maglev in the U.S. is blocked by administrative congestion and the want of awareness among government officials that leads to a lack of crucial funding to further develop Maglev project idling around the nation.

10/22/2002. Sharke, Paul. “Ticket to Ride,” The American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
Sharke gives a detailed description of the test track in Germany, the track in China, and the proposed tracks in Southern California, Pittsburgh, and the Baltimore-Washington region. He also provides an overview of the differing GA passive maglev and Transrapid technologies in a speculative report on the readiness and willingness of Americans to adopt maglev transportation as an alternative to waiting and sitting in traffic.

3/7/1999. Grata, Joe. “Is Maglev in our Future?” Post-Gazette.
A special report on the many aspects of Maglev divided into the following sections: “Many hurdles before Maglev is able to get off the ground”; “How does it work? How long is it? These and other Q’s and A’s”; “What Maglev supporters are saying”; “Maglev vs. the airports people mover”; “California firm seeks to turn Maglev plan into reality”; “Maglev’s $147 million budget”; “Oakland is ‘the place,’ in eyes of planners”; “Maglev: the profit motive”; “What Maglev costs so far; 22 firms supporting Maglev parking plan”.

5/1998. Mangiat, Jeff. “Maglev Trains on Permanent Magnets,” Popular Mechanics.
Permanent magnets in a Halbach array make passive maglev technology much more efficient to build and operate than previous Maglev systems have ever been


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