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>CALIFORNIA PA_ ".. David O'Loughlin, president
>of the Urban Maglev Group said his company
>applied for funding through the federal
>Transportation Improvements Generating Economic
>Recovery, or TIGER, program in August. "We're
>supposed to hear if we were successful in
>getting funding for this project by the 17th of
>this month," O'Loughlin said. .. The project
><http://www.urbanmaglev.com/calu-project.html>
>will involve a five-mile loop of track
>connecting several sites at California
>University of Pennsylvania with the Center in
>the Woods senior center, Adamson Stadium, Vulcan
>Village, and downtown California (see attached
>map, below). Because it is a demonstration
>project, it will be free to ride the Maglev,
>O'Loughlin said. A parking garage for
>2,500-3,000 vehicles will be constructed at the
>Maglev station near the university. ..
>O'Loughlin said it will take about three and a
>h! alf years to complete the Maglev project once funding is obtained. .."
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>http://www.heraldstandard.com/news_detail/article/1253/2010/february/06/california-borough-waits-for-word-on-maglev.html
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>California Borough waits for word on Maglev
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>By Christine Haines, Herald-Standard, Uniontown PA, Feb 6
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>CALIFORNIA - The funding for the Maglev rail
>project proposed as a national demonstration
>test project in California Borough could be
>announced within the next two weeks.
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>David O'Loughlin, president of the Urban Maglev
>Group, attended the borough council's planning
>session this week, presenting a map showing
>areas where rights of way are still needed for the project.
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>"I can assure you, it's not dead," O'Loughlin said.
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>O'Loughlin said his company applied for funding
>through the federal Transportation Improvements
>Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program in August.
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>"We're supposed to hear if we were successful in
>getting funding for this project by the 17th of this month," O'Loughlin said.
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>O'Loughlin said the TIGER grants are very
>competitive, with 1,300 applicants requesting
>$57 billion for projects when there is only $1.5
>billion available to be given out. O'Loughlin
>said he is confident the project meets or
>exceeds the four major criteria for the grant:
>it involves a public/private partnership; it
>involves innovative technology; it is
>shovel-ready; and it will spur the creation of a new industry.
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>The project will involve a five-mile loop of
>track connecting several sites at California
>University of Pennsylvania with the Center in
>the Woods senior center, Adamson Stadium, Vulcan
>Village, and downtown California. Because it is
>a demonstration project, it will be free to ride
>the Maglev, O'Loughlin said. A parking garage
>for 2,500-3,000 vehicles will be constructed at
>the Maglev station near the university.
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>O'Loughlin said that when completed, four Maglev
>cars will run continuously, providing service to
>each of the six stations every two to four
>minutes. The system will run on a guide rail 30
>feet above the ground, supported by 3.5 to 4
>foot wide columns. The cars will float an inch
>above the rail when it is moving at full speed
>by magnetic levitation and the vehicles are
>capable of carrying both passengers and freight.
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>"California, Pennsylvania, Cal U and Center in
>the Woods will have a role in the future of
>transportation in this country. There is no
>noise, no air pollution, it's able to make tight
>turns and operate in any weather," O'Loughlin said of the Maglev system.
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>O'Loughlin noted that the 19 rights of way that
>still need to be acquired primarily go through
>wooded areas and involve borough, university and
>private properties. No homes will be taken for
>construction of the project. A complete map of
>the project is now available for viewing at the borough building.
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>O'Loughlin said it will take about three and a
>half years to complete the Maglev project once funding is obtained.
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>"Hundreds of permanent jobs will be created with
>it. The impact of this would be that people
>would come from around the world to see it," O'Loughlin said.
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>O'Loughlin said most of the jobs involved with
>the development of the project will be in
>western Pennsylvania, involving a number of
>companies. General Atomics of San Diego, Calif.,
>will produce the magnetic components of the system O'Loughlin said.
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