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This ringbound book and CD-ROM disc set provides a comprehensive guide to maglev train technology and America's new program of high-speed passenger rail travel, the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR), announced by President Obama in January 2010. This is the most comprehensive collection of official documents available on maglev train technology and high-speed passenger rail programs. This detailed material is heavily illustrated with color photographs, drawings, tables, and charts. The CD-ROM disc contains over 21,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat software, with dozens of reports about HSR and maglev research. The ringbound book provides reproductions of U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration reports on maglev technology development activities. Contents include: Background on Maglev; Maglev Technology Options; The German Technology; Japanese High-Speed Maglev; U.S. Maglev Technology; Maglev Deployment Program; Maglev Compared with OtherModes; Capital Costs; Costs of Maglev Systems; Cost Comparison with Other Modes of Transportation; Benefits Versus Costs; Transportation Perspective; Economic Perspective: Comprehensive Costs and Benefits; Maglev s Advantages, Disadvantages, and Uncertainties; Potential Advantages; Potential Disadvantages; Uncertainties; Terms and Acronyms; Comparison of Maglev Projects Planned for U.S. and Germany Using Transrapid Technology; Description Of Projects; Summary of Project Differences and Similarities; Comparison of Costs; California High-Speed Rail Authority s Reasons for Proposing Steel-Wheel Rather Than Maglev Technology; CFS Approach to Traffic Congestion Reduction; The Role of Frequency in the Travel Time Comparisons, and much more. Maglev is an advanced transport technology in which magnetic forces lift, propel, and guide a vehicle over a specially designed guideway. Utilizing state-of-the art electric power and control systems, this configuration can reduce or eliminate the need