HIGH-SPEED TRAINS HIT A RED SIGNAL

Present plans now call for the Department of Transportation to halt all its work on a tracked air-cushion vehicle built by Grumman Corporation and spend only token amounts to continue work on magnetic levitation technology by Ford Motor Company and Rohr Industries, Inc. A similar disenchantment with high speed trains is beginning to show up overseas. France slowed its spending on 300 mph R & D to a trickle and Japan postponed for five years a decision on whether to attempt to develop 300 mph trains.

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• Publication Date: 1975-1-13

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 88-89
• Serial:
  • Business Week
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0007-7135

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Finance; Financing; High speed rail; Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation; Policy; Research; Tracked air cushion vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Government policies
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080468
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 2363
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1975 12:00AM