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Hearings Today on Hydrogen-Solar-Maglev Supertrain for Michigan

State’s legislature, foolish as ever, contends that the plan is worth consideration.

Back in March, the State of Michigan announced that it would hold hearings on a proposal for a new mass transit system to run between Detroit and Lansing. The Interstate Traveler Company promises to build a 200 mph maglev train, running on hydrogen and solar power, along the right-of-way of several highways. The project would be financed completely through private means. Today, the first of those hearings will be held in the state legislature.

The Interstate Traveler Company has done little more than provide a series of graphics to support its

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Insanity Rears its Ugly Head in Michigan

State is now considering private proposal for elevated, hydrogen-powered maglev trains from Detroit to Lansing and Ann Arbor

The Detroit Free Press reports today that the Michigan State House is holding hearings on whether to consider a private plan to build a maglev rail line between Detroit and Lansing, the state capital, and Detroit and Ann Arbor, where the main state university is located. The company making the proposal, Interstate Traveler Company, claims that it could build the $2.3 billion system without public money, as long as it gets to use highway right-of-way for free. As an added bonus, profits would be

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Upcoming Transit Line Openings: 2012

Early
  • ▶ Sacramento Green Line to the River District LRT
March
  • ▶ Las Vegas Sahara Corridor BRT
April
  • ▶ 23: Rhode Island Wickford Junction Extension CR
  • ▶ 28: Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1A LRT
Spring
  • ▶ Boston Fitchburg Line Extension CR
June
  • ▶ Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1B LRT
  • ▶ New Orleans Loyola/UPT Streetcar
July
  • ▶ 30: Dallas Orange Line Phase II LRT
Summer
  • ▶ Los Angeles Orange Line Canoga Extension BRT
  • ▶ Miami Airport Link Metro
  • ▶ New York Nostrand/Rogers BRT
  • ▶ San Antonio Via Primo BRT
September
  • ▶ 21: Portland Streetcar Loop
October
  • ▶ Seattle Sounder Lakewood Extension CR
Fall
  • ▶ Calgary Northeast Line Extension LRT
  • ▶ Chicago Jeffery Corridor BRT
  • ▶ Los Angeles El Monte Transit Center
  • ▶ Seattle RapidRide C & D Lines BRT
  • ▶ Twin Cities Cedar Avenue BRT
December
  • ▶ Dallas Blue Line Extension LRT
  • ▶ 3: Dallas Orange Line Phase II LRT
  • ▶ 10: Salt Lake FrontRunner South CR
  • ▶ Montréal Train de l'Est CR

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