ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. A REPORT TO CONGRESS

The Fiscal Year 1989 Appropriations Committee Conference Report (100-957) directed the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to undertake an analysis of the feasibility of magnetic levitation, or maglev, transportation systems in the United States. This report addresses in detail the questions posed by the Congress and is divided into the following sections: Introduction and Background; Current state of maglev technology; Preliminary analysis of the technical feasibility of maglev systems; Preliminary analysis of the economic feasibility of maglev systems; and Measures to promote U.S. leadership in maglev development.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The Supplement to this report is TRIS
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1990-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Economic factors; Feasibility analysis; Magnetic levitation; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497137
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM