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More Progress for a DC to Baltimore MagLev

April 13, 2017 By Trevor 1 Comment





I wrote a couple of years ago about a effort for a DC to Baltimore MagLev. Well, there is more progress happening; here’s an update:

DC to Baltimore MagLev

An environmental study is to be funded by the Federal Railroad Administration and conducted by the Maryland Transit Administration. The grant for the study–$27.8 million–was already awarded. But based on a WTOP article, the remainder of the $10-12 billion dollars for the project will be privately funded.

This past weekend, there was an event in DC sharing the various route options for the DC to Baltimore MagLev (you can see a short video, though it doesn’t really share much detail about the routes):

Saturday at Courtyard Marriott in NE, DC public checking out the 6 possible routes for MagLev train to run between DC and Baltimore. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/5GYzlw40mi

— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP) April 8, 2017

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You can see some of the route options and more information at the Baltimore Washington MagLev Project site, though to summarize, they are identifying 6 Alternatives leveraging the Amtrak Corridor, The Baltimore-Washington Parkway, or the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Corridor. Essentially most of the paths have a bit of an east “bulge” from the direct line between the two cities. The MagLev would also provide a faster linkage to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, which, with Metro’s woes lately, could make BWI the most easily and quickly accessed airport of the DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region!

Conclusion

The DMV is reeling from lots of rail issues of late, primarily centered around Metro. Between Metro’s expansion of the Silver Line to Dulles International Airport (IAD), to Metro’s SafeTrack initiative, which is attempting to right the wrongs of the past 30 years or so of deferred maintenance, DC riders are stuck. Having a better, faster, and reliable option to get out of the city, seems to me like a win for everyone. Needless to say, I’ve been following this, and will continue to follow the DC to Baltimore MagLev project. 

What do you think of the DC to Baltimore MagLev project? Are you in favor?

DC to Baltimore MagLev

Rendering, via CNN

 

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: MagLev, Rail, Washington DC

Why Amtrak’s recent accident reminds us that the US needs to innovate

May 14, 2015 By Trevor 1 Comment

Rendering, via CNN

Rendering, via CNN

I haven’t read as much about the Amtrak accident as I’d like to have, but, one can only take so much. In fact, the thing that spurred me to share this post, was Ed, who writes Pizza in Motion’s post here. What we know, so far, is that an Amtrak train derailed late Tuesday night. It appears that the train was traveling two times as fast as it should’ve been. The first question that Ed comments with is:

How can there not be automatic controls to slow a train and prevent that type of accident?

While I can’t answer the previous question (although Ed does, as saying such controls have existed), I can’t help but think that we, as in America, have not been innovating. I know, its a jump, from an accident to innovation, but, bear with me here. Continuing to reference Ed, who posted last year about a high speed rail / Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) train that made it as fast as 360 mph might be in our future. As is stated in that article, there is an organization, Northeast Maglev, that is trying to create a maglev, a super speedy (my term) form of transportation between Washington, DC and New York. It would be faster than the Amtrak Acela, and modern technology–that hopefully would prevent an incident like last night.

There are many barriers to getting a MagLev between DC and New York, however, to quote another article:

The train itself is built around a Japanese technology known as magnetic levitation. Instead of wheels riding along a rail, maglev uses powerful, electrically charged magnets to suspend the train midair inside a U-shaped guide rail built on either side of the track. The magnets both lift the train and propel it forward, with the reduced friction being responsible for the train’s super speed. While it sounds like the stuff of sci-fi, the technology itself has actually been around for over a century.

And if you think MagLev’s don’t exist right now; other than the most notable one in Japan, they do exist elsewhere, such as from Longyang Station to Shanghai’s airport. Even Lucky of One Mile at a Time has ridden one! Suffice it to say, the concept that we could travel from DC to downtown New York in 60-100 minutes is a whole lot better than we have now by land or air.

What do you think? Is it time for the US to innovate? Would you rather a faster, safer solution to traveling between the nation’s political and economic capitals?

Filed Under: Editorial, Travel Tagged With: Amtrak, MagLev

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