Techno-train system mav rail its way to U.S.
Eugene may be closer !o
Portland lhan you think
Try 20 minuter.
Traveling between the two
cities on a regular basis can
cause wear and tear on com
muters and the environment A
new technology has been pro
posed that could change all
that, making it possible tor com
muters to reach Portland from
Eugene in a meie 20 minutes
via mass bans !
Currently. European and
Japanese travelers enjoy the
benefits of high speed railroads
With speeds that exceed 125
miles per hour, these trains car
ry people as fast as airplanes, if
not faster Frances TGV (Tram
a Grande Vitesse) is one of the
more successful examples of
this technology
Associate Professor John
Baldwin, acting head o! the
planning, pubic policy and man
igement department, experi
enced the comforts of a high
speed tram while in Japan The
surface ot the cotlee would
bare y shake, tie said The
trains are magnificent T hey
carry a iot of peopV center city
to center City it's cheaper than
airfare, tun. and safer
Wail There s more A
Maglev (magnetu ev t.it oni
tram, yet another technologcal
traveling machine, use-. She
force of repui-.ion between post
tive and negative magnets em
bedded m the track and in the
tram As a result the train is
suspended inches above the
tr ii > ,i •,mouth. sieek
Od«
Presently. there .ire tew
Mj ; mv tr ims in existence
worldw te. and truer speeds
and travel distant «*“. are limited
The health implications ot tins
system are also being studied
because ol the strong electro
magnet., field created
And now there *. news tor us
there has been talk ot bui.dmg
the same systems in the United
States Federal money has
been allocated so that studies
< an con< ;ude whether high
speed r .i a-id'or Maglov trains
w .Id be ■ ■ table tor Amerx in
travelers
' • e question now . whether
it is feasible to bu ilt such sys
te” • the N irthwest M iglev
is not m our definite future, ox
cepi as an airport mover, ’ said
f d Immei, state rail planner lor
tho Oregon Department ol
Transportation
Realistically a tram between
Eugene and Portland will not be
built before high speed trams
between major cities are in use
Right now. the Northeast corn
dor and the Los Angelos/San
f rancisco routes are the best
bets tor high speed rail sys
terns according to a Depart
moot ot T ransportation study
The study also concluded
that the Portland Seattle corn
dor doesn’t appear in a table ol
the 33 largest inter city air travel
markets
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