Donald Fry: Better Rail Connectivity to DC, BRAC Would Drive Residential ...
Citybizlist Real Estate
Maryland has had a program to develop maglev - now a federally-recognized part of high-speed rail technology - in place for more than 20 years. During that time, advocates in Baltimore have been the driving force behind the effort to make ...

Dreams of China vs local realities
Mail & Guardian Online
It is to be a year of infrastructure; of truly huge projects with the potential to put us on a Maglev train to growth and employment. That is no bad thing. Infrastructure is a pretty good way to spend money when you are trying to boost the economy in ...

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Today's Council Meeting: MagLev?
Honolulu Civil Beat (blog)
Rail proponents have previously said MagLev is proprietary and couldn't be built in Honolulu. Berg says the city didn't adequately consider alternate technologies before settling on steel-on-steel rail. He believes that rail opponents will prevail in ...

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Press-Enterprise
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Maglev gone, but high-speed rail remains
Press-Enterprise
So 11 years after maglev made its debut in the regional transportation plan for Southern California, the agency overseeing the road and transit plan has deleted most of the Anaheim-to-Vegas route once proposed, saying maglev is not moving forward and ...

Zee News
China rolls out 'maglev' train
Economic Times
This technology is known as maglev. According to Xu, his company's has minimised the risk of the new maglev train derailing or overturning. "It's ideal for mass transportation, as it is quiet and environmental-friendly. Its manufacturing cost is about ...
China introduces low cost Maglev trainNorthern Voices Online
China introduces new maglev trainUPI.com
China makes its own magnetic trainNDTV
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KONE wins an order to supply Beijing's first maglev line
Reuters
The maglev line is expected to open for operation in 2013. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2011. For further information, please contact: Anne Korkiakoski, EVP, Marketing & Communications, KONE Corporation, tel. +358 204 75 4775 Previous ...

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Around Town: All's Well That Ends Well - But future of Marietta's history ...
Marietta Daily Journal
Later, in response to a Rotarian's question, Leithead denied the CCID and other powers-that-be have given a cold shoulder to the maglev idea, which is being pushed by a local firm, American Maglev Technologies. “We've been studying maglev for six years ...

Gulf Times
'Metro Man' Sreedharan to head Kochi project
Gulf Times
He had held preliminary talks with South Korean subway line Incheon Metro for using the Maglev technology which is “cheaper to operate and offers a smooth ride without jerk or shake” compared to conventional wheels. Maglev or magnetic levitation means ...
JICA funding: Global tender not necessary, says SreedharanTimes of India
No confrontation with KMRL, says SreedharanThe Hindu

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IANS
8-coach trains to ease Metro commuters' woes in two corridors from September
Daily Pioneer
Continuing its trajectory of introducing new technologies, Delhi Metro will launch the Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) technology in phase III. Anand expounded, “DMRC had mooted the proposal of introducing wheel-less trains on the small stretch from ...
Metro to introduce eight coach trains by JuneHindustan Times

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Video: Hitching a Ride on Powder Springs' Levitating Train
Patch.com
American Maglev built its magnetic test track near downtown five years ago, and the company hopes to soon expand the mass transit option to everyday use in Cobb. By Michael Stone In 2006, the Marietta-based company built its roughly 2000-foot-long test ...