A MODEL FOR GETTING THE NATION ON-TRACK

The traffic congestion that plagues the nation is perhaps nowhere better demonstrated than along the east-west corridor from Anaheim, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. It is estimated that 52 million people will be traveling along the I-15 corridor annually by 2015. Existing I-15 highway and airport service, however, is projected to have a maximum annual capacity of moving only 38 million people.

California-Nevada Maglev Project is the only high speed system available to connect the heavily populated areas of Southern California and Southern Nevada and has the opportunity to change the shape of urban development in a metropolitan area projected to grow by at least 30 percent in the next 25 years.

Maglev has the potential to revolutionize travel between Las Vegas and Southern California and presents the most viable option to date for improving and enhancing transportation along the I-15 corridor. When complete, the train will link three major airports, three major tourist destinations, and some of the largest, fastest-growing regions in the United States.

The California-Nevada Maglev project also offers significant advantages over other Maglev projects currently under consideration for federal funding:

• Maximum availability and use of the I-15 right-of-way

• Minimum average cost-per-mile

• Ease and predictability of construction

• Maximum environmental benefit

• Strong ridership, revenue and economic benefits

• Relief of a heavily congested I-15 highway

• True high-speed intercity demonstration of Maglev technology