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Maglev Consequences
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Magnetically levitated ground transportation, or "maglev," is an
advanced mode of surface high speed transportation whereby a vehicle gliding
above a guide track is suspended, guided, and propelled by magnetic forces.
Because they never touch the guide track causing friction, maglev vehicles can
be ....
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....l have the cost advantage.
Because land is costly and scarce, adding more highway lanes and
building new airports in or near our larger cities is becoming increasingly
difficult. For example, adding new highway capacity in urban areas typically
costs more than $15 million per land mile, and a new Denver airport is estimated
to cost $3 to 4 billion.
Current transportation technologies are petroleum dependent, accounting
for 64 percent of total petroleum use. Without transportation alternatives .... |
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