Baltimore-Washington Magnetic Levitation Corridor

Client:	Maryland Transit Administration
Location:	Baltimore, Md./Washington, D.C., Corridor
Services:	Environmental and transportation planning, cultural resources, public involvement, geographic information systems

The 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Maglev Corridor is one of several projects in the country to have received planning grants under the $950-million Maglev Deployment Program sponsored by the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration. Since 1992, KCI has led teams in studying and preparing planning and preliminary engineering documents, including draft and final environmental impact statements, to document how the corridor qualifies for final design, construction and operation. The team investigated potential guideway alignments and station locations, Maglev technologies, operating parameters, environmental impacts, ridership projections, and financing. We developed an Internet-based GIS application and used on-line document management tools to share information with team members.

Awards:

2001 / American Council of Engineering Companies / Engineering Excellence Awards National Finalist
2001 / American Council of Engineering Companies of Maryland / Engineering Excellence Grand Awards

Case Studies:

Maglev Environmental Process Strategies
Maglev Reduction in Air Travel and Greenhouse Gases

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