China’s 2nd MagLev

China confirmed its leadership in new transport technology with an announcement 13 March 2006 that it will build the world’s 2nd commercial maglev between Shanghai and Hangzhou, 175 km apart. The round trip will take less than 1 hour, fitting the journey into the human daily travel time budget and assuring massive traffic, as we explain in our papers Toward Green Mobility and The Evolution of Transport.