Magnetic hover train between LA and LV gets a boost

[Taco John]

Levitating train from L.A. to Las Vegas gets boost

Jun 6 05:54 PM US/Eastern

WASHINGTON (AP) - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
Derided by critics as pie in the sky, the train would use magnetic levitation technology to carry passengers from Disneyland to Las Vegas in well under two hours, traveling at speeds of up to 300 mph. It would be the first MagLev system in the U.S.

The money is the largest cash infusion in the project's nearly 20-year history. It will pay for environmental studies for the first leg of the project.

The money had been delayed by a drafting error in Congress' 2005 highway bill, which was corrected along with some other changes by the legislation signed Friday by Bush. The delay had allowed a competing and cheaper diesel-electric plan to emerge as an alternative, but with the money now freed up supporters hope to move forward with the MagLev plan.

The train is meant to ease traffic on increasingly clogged Interstate 15, the main route for the millions of Southern Californians who make the 250-plus-mile drive to Las Vegas each year. There is no train on the route—Amtrak's Desert Wind between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was canceled in 1997 because of low ridership.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised passage of the law, saying the MagLev project "will safely and efficiently move people between Southern California and Las Vegas."



http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

[Taco John]

Imagine the kind of football tips you can get on a train like that.

[Dukes]

Originally Posted by Taco John

The train is meant to ease traffic on increasingly clogged Interstate 15, the main route for the millions of Southern Californians who make the 250-plus-mile drive to Las Vegas each year. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Each year? Pfft, I made that trip at least four times a year when I lived in SoCal.

The train would be a great idea, not only in eleviating traffic, but getting to Vegas and back much quicker.

[Ambiguous]

Originally Posted by Dukes

Each year? Pfft, I made that trip at least four times a year when I lived in SoCal.

The train would be a great idea, not only in eleviating traffic, but getting to Vegas and back much quicker.

I've gone three times already since the beginning of the year, and the 15 is a freaking nightmare.

Coming back from Vegas took me 10 hours last time i left on a Sunday. Not to mention the perpetual malaise that has been going on in Riverside on the 215 since god knows when.

[bombquixote]

From Las Vegas to Disneyland?! This country should have been braided with maglev trains decades ago...for travel and commuting. Freakin Disneyland?!

[rugbythug]

Why in the Hell do we need 45 million for enviornmental impact studies in that area.

[Meck77]

Environmental Impact Study is code for "how much property does the government need to take from people".

Ironically enough they were considering shutting down some of NEW light rail lines in Denver already because of lack of riders.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/new...course-g-line/

[rugbythug]

Originally Posted by Meck77

Environmental Impact Study is code for "how much property does the government need to take from people".

Ironically enough they were considering shutting down some of NEW light rail lines in Denver already because of lack of riders.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/new...course-g-line/

They are just nonsense many times especially in some areas.

[Sodak]

Can you imagine what would happen to a deer if it wandered onto the tracks of an oncomming Maglev at 300 MPH?

[Meck77]

Originally Posted by Sodak

Can you imagine what would happen to a deer if it wandered onto the tracks of an oncomming Maglev at 300 MPH?

Maybe something like Okoye getting knocked out by Atwater?

[Sodak]

Originally Posted by Meck77

Maybe something like Okoye getting knocked out by Atwater?

Ooooohhhh! I was just thinking it would get splattered a little.

[CHANGSTER]

Sounds nice, though it only took about 5 hours each way when I went last week. Don't know if it would be worth the trouble to trim an hour or 2.

[Dukes]

Originally Posted by CHANGSTER

Sounds nice, though it only took about 5 hours each way when I went last week. Don't know if it would be worth the trouble to trim an hour or 2.

It takes that long when you leave early or late enough. A friend of mine and I left San Diego at 4pm one time. Took us 11 hours. Every time after that I left before 1pm or I didn't go at all

[Arkie]

When's it coming to Arkansas?

[Dukes]

When there is a reason to go to Arkansas

[cutthemdown]

cool maglev technology is very effecient and safe. Seems like it would cost a lot more then 47 million though. Also how long before they start building?

[Meck77]

That's just the environmental study. The project will be in the billions. Easy. Denver's fast tracks project is going over budget hundreds of millions of dollar per year at it's current pace. It will easily be 4 Billion dollars over budget when the new revised figures come out pretty soon.

[TallyBronco]

Like nearly all commuter trains, big promises and little results. But people have a warm heart for trains, so forget effectiveness.

[BroncosinDC]

Trains work on the East Coast where DC, Baltimore, NYC, Boston, Philly, etc are close. The West is just to big.

[Rausch 2.0]

Originally Posted by TallyBronco

Like nearly all commuter trains, big promises and little results. But people have a warm heart for trains, so forget effectiveness.

...

Originally Posted by BroncosinDC

Trains work on the East Coast where DC, Baltimore, NYC, Boston, Philly, etc are close. The West is just to big.

Passenger trains (Amtrac) suck in the Midwest.

We need to quit bailing them out. It's over $350 difference to fly instead of riding a train from St. Louis to Atlanta. $350+ CHEAPER TO FLY!

Just think about that. I can drive my ****ing self for 1/4 of that!

Why?

Why would I travel train?...

[400HZ]

Originally Posted by ambiguous

I've gone three times already since the beginning of the year, and the 15 is a freaking nightmare.

Coming back from Vegas took me 10 hours last time i left on a Sunday. Not to mention the perpetual malaise that has been going on in Riverside on the 215 since god knows when.

It's taken me 12 hours before to drive from North County San Diego. Also, you don't get the best fuel efficiency when you have to stop and go every 15 feet. If they do the hover train right with enough dining cars and everything, I'd happily shell out $100+ for a ticket to avoid the I-15 cluster****.

[broncocalijohn]

Originally Posted by Arkie

When's it coming to Arkansas?

As soon as that roof is put up, then we will think about it.

[broncocalijohn]

This would be great for us in SoCal. Changster is correct on bad timing. I could go to vegas in the morning and come back at night and never tell my wife that i went. Perfect plan!

[cutthemdown]

Originally Posted by Meck77

That's just the environmental study. The project will be in the billions. Easy. Denver's fast tracks project is going over budget hundreds of millions of dollar per year at it's current pace. It will easily be 4 Billion dollars over budget when the new revised figures come out pretty soon.

ok that makes sense because I remember hearing a plan for a calif high speed rail from SD to San Fran via LA was talked about and planned and I remember the amount of 15 billion being mentioned but i don't think that was even a full amount it would cost.

Still it makes sense to build them as long as we determine we can use them well into the future. We have to make high speed rails, maglevs, because jets are too inneffecient.

I'm really interested in trains right now and have followed Buffett into investing in them.

[cutthemdown]

I hate envirmonmental impact studies. WHat they really are is a way for the environmentalist to block everything that is progress.