

Only a handful of nations are currently testing Maglev rail technology







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The question...
By v0thanhtam on 4/30/2007 7:39:34 AM , Rating: 2
Wondering why the Australian government never try to use such technology in Australia? Why does the rest of the world have everything while the technology we get is years behind everyone else. What a shame!!!

RE: The question...
By Sahrin on 4/30/2007 10:20:38 AM , Rating: 2
Australia doesn't have advanced tech? In the US, we still drive on the Eisenhower Interstate system, that's Eisenhower as in World War II. Amtrak, the nationalized passrail system even considers its own service a joke - and has one of the worst safety records of any rail service in the world. Rail trips across the states are measured in days, not hours (granted, there are distance considerations).

There are a few forward thinkers (The Boston-NYC-Phila-Baltimore-DC megalopolis) that embrace the use of masstran for covering large distances, but in Western urban centers they are largely absent. When it is put forth (Like the TTC in Texas), it is done so by corrupt politicians looking to exploit the "green" social movement to make a few bucks (I'm looking at you, Rick Perry).

