BENEFITS OF MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED HIGH SPEED TRANSPORTATION FOR THE UNITED STATES

Consider the prospect of traveling between Washington, D.C., and New York City at 300 miles per hour with no weather and traffic related congestion delays. Add to this the possibility that the trip would start close to your home town and take you directly to the heart of Washington. If this isn't enough, you never leave the ground, you don't stop -- except at the Washington terminus, and the vehicle you ride in is quiet, efficient, comfortable, and doesn't pollute the air along the right-of-way. Does this sound like science fiction -- well it isn't. Maglev (magnetically levitated) vehicles can do all of this and more. This paper discusses the reasons that the United States should embark on a program to develop a Maglev concept. The benefits that are discussed include reducing air traffic delays, increasing the fuel efficiency for travel that is in the 300 mile range travel, relieving some of the highway congestion that we are confronted with, and the development of a technology that will be the transportation system of the 21st century.

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• Authors:
  • Gran, R J
• Publication Date: 1990-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1-9
• Serial:
  • SAE Special Publications
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Fuel conservation; High speed ground transportation; Magnetic levitation; Reduction (Chemistry); Technological innovations; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00618129
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1-56091-063-1
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 901475, SP-834, SAE/SP-90/834
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1991 12:00AM