[ale] [OT]atlanta beltway need this!!!

[Greg Freemyer]

Jim,

I'm not sure if it is the same project, but the Atlanta - Chattanooga
project got $14M in study money in Sept.

See <http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-high-speed-rail-136662.html?cxntlid=daylf_artr>

The first sentence says:

"A proposed magnetically levitated rail line northwest from Atlanta
has just won a $14.2-million study grant from the U.S. Department of
Transportation, according to U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.)."

Later it says:

"It comes from $90 million that was set aside for magnetically
levitated — or “maglev” — rail a couple of years ago"

Not that that the AJC is perfect, but it certainly doesn't sound like
light rail to me.  And of course they could change to light rail
later, but for now it sounds like maglev is where it is headed.

Greg

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> whatever the light rail mess is Atlanta wants $B+ for.
>
> I'm a fan of monorails for people movers. Someone needs to do a
> business costs analysis of Disney World's monorail and compare to a
> comparable length and daily passenger count municiple/private system
> elsewhere. Factor in "green" level as well to make it even more
> acceptable.
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I know there are many discussions here of train travel as a good
>>> replacement for many cars, etc. With the proposed light rail process
>>> for the metro area (supposedly) moving forward I would like to see
>>> this instead.
>>
>> Are you talking about the proposed Atlanta(Hartsfield) -- Chattanooga
>> train, or something else.
>>
>>> A solar powered monorail system.
>>> http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8039/massimo-iosa-ghini-energy-belt-bologna-italy.html
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yl5l4b5
>>
>> Very cool,
>>
>> Greg
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