Maglev Consequences

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could be used for larger planes on more profitable,
longer flights. With the maglev vehicles the shorter trips excluding access
time can be cut a lot. With a study of 16 major corridors of travel, less than
300 miles in length, they studied how well the maglev vehicles could help, and
in 10 out of the 16 the time could be cut at least slightly. Also the cost of
a maglev trip will be less so that even with the longer trips where the maglev
vehicles don't have the time advantage they will have the cost advantage.
Because land is costly and scarce, adding more highway lanes and
building new airports in or near our larger cities is becoming increasingly
difficult. For example, adding new highway capacity in urban areas typically
costs more than $15 million per land mile, and a new Denver airport is estimated
to cost $3 to 4 billion.
Current transportation technologies are petroleum dependent, accounting
for 64 percent of total petroleum use. Without transportation alternatives ...

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