Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train 402
tbischel tips us to news that the MagLev train project which would run from Las Vegas to Disneyland has received approval for $45 million in funding. The project has been in the planning stages for quite some time, and it was delayed further by a drafting error in a 2005 highway bill.
"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."
Trains, US? (Score:5, Funny)
Surely this must involve burning of insane amounts of petroleum somehow! Maybe the magnets are powered by petroleum?
they better check out North Haverbrook first... (Score:5, Funny)
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_vs._the_Monorail [wikipedia.org]
The Wonders Of Engineering (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting Route (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Trains, US? (Score:5, Funny)
He's a heretic. BURN HIM!
Re:Trains, US? (Score:5, Funny)
From Vegas to Mouse-land? (Score:5, Funny)
Its a ride.
Re: "making it actually useful" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This thing is definitely going to happen. NOT. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:they better check out North Haverbrook first... (Score:3, Funny)
Bread and Circuses (Score:5, Funny)
What a world we might make then.
Re:This thing is definitely going to happen. NOT. (Score:3, Funny)
Have You Ever Made That Drive? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Huge construction project.. recession.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Huge construction project.. recession.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Trains, US? (Score:5, Funny)
We have trains in the United States. I know. I just priced taking the train instead of the airplane for a possible upcoming vacation. It turns out that the train is more than twice as expensive as the plane and takes two days instead of 5 hours.
The point was moot anyway as it turns out I am not in the class of people that can afford to go on vacation.
Re:Huge construction project.. recession.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Critics (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, the government really should get involved. It takes FAR too long and is way too unpleasant for people in LA to blow their money as it is. It's just traffic -- err tragic. ;-)
Seriously though, why shouldn't the casino owners pony up for this?