Preliminaries to a Feasibility Analysis of the Maglev Proposal of The ...

4.3 Cost Comparisons: High Speed Rail, Maglev and Urban Rapid Transit.............................................21
5.0 Conclusions ...........................................................................................................................................22
5.1 Observations .....................................................................................................................................22
5.2 Recommendation..............................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................23
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................26
Appendix 1‐1: Initial Operating System (IOS) .........................................................................................26
Appendix 1‐2: LAX to March ...................................................................................................................30
Appendix 1‐3: LAX to Palmdale...............................................................................................................33
Appendix 1‐4: Orange Line......................................................................................................................35
Appendix 2: Characteristics of California High Speed Rail Proposal: Bay Area to Central Valley...........36
Appendix 3: Comparative Capital Costs of Urban Rapid Transit Systems ..............................................38
List of Tables
Table 1: Characteristics of Proposed Southern California Maglev System...................................................6
Table 2: Summary of Capital and Recurrent Cost Estimates on Three Segments ........................................6
Table 3: Major Capital Cost Components of Three Alignments on Initial Operating Segment ....................8
Table 4: Comparison of Maglev System Costs ............................................................................................11
Table 5: Selected TGV System Costs ...........................................................................................................13
Table 6: Comparison of BRT System Costs – Infrastructure .......................................................................15
Table 7: Comparison of BRT System Costs – Vehicles ................................................................................16
List of Figures
Figure 1: Proposed System Configuration ....................................................................................................5
Acknowledgments
This project was funded by the Leonard Transportation Center. Annual funding for the center comes
from the departments of transportation of the United States and the State of California.
Student Contributors to this study include Erin Cooper and William Tabajonda. Their various
contributions are hereby acknowledged.
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