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Pittsburgh Maglev Doomed

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Governing News
26 September 2003 - 9:00am

A proposed $3 billion, 45-mile Maglev connecting Greensburg, Monroeville, Downtown and Pittsburgh International Airport is doomed.

"Allegheny County Chief Executive Jim Roddey advised members of a business group to "forget about maglev," dismissing the $3 billion high-speed train project as too costly. A business-government partnership is competing against a proposed Baltimore-to-Washington maglev link for $950 million in federal funding."

Full Story: Maglev doomed, Roddey says
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 26, 2003
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