The overall objective of the Low Speed Maglev Technology Development Program was to develop magnetic levitation technology that is a cost-effective, reliable and environmentally sound transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States. Magnetically levitated vehicles offer a number of benefits over traditional urban transit options, such as buses, light rail lines, subway systems, etc. Maglev vehicles are a quiet, safe, and efficient alternative, which enables city planners to place a transit system where it is most needed. Maglev technology offers a revolutionary solution to relieve congestion in highly populated urban and surrounding metropolitan areas. This report summarizes an assessment of maglev development status, provides the results of a number of trade studies performed by the General Atomics team. It also provides a summary of urban maglev design requirements, and a description of a system meeting these requirements. In addition, an engineering and construction schedule for the selected system is provided, as well as a budgetary cost estimate. An outline of a commercialization plan is presented.


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    Titel :

    Low Speed Maglev Technology Development Program


    Beteiligte:
    H. Gurol (Autor:in) / R. Baldi (Autor:in) / P. Jeter (Autor:in) / I. Kim (Autor:in) / D. Bever (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2002


    Format / Umfang :

    59 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch