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

[Thompson Freeman]

Seems like I've heard of maglev rail projects since at  
least the mid 1970's, and I think back a decade earlier.  
Has maglev technology produced a viable (financially,  
energetically, etc.) product to date?? I cann't think of  
one off the top of my head.

On 11/05/2009 06:03:24 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> 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,
> >>