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VERIFY@WUSA9.COM. FOR IMAGINE, DC TO BALTIMORE IN
15 MINUTES.4@4@
15 MINUTES.4@4@ IT COULD BECOME A REALITY.
WE ARE MONTHS AWAY FROM
LEARNING IF A FLOATING TRAIN
DESIGNED TO JAPAN WILL COME TO
OUR AREA.
OUR AREA.
OUR AREA. RIGHT NOW THAT PLAN IS IN THE
FINAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE SENT OUR OW4@N MIKE TO JAPAN
WITH THIS TRAIN IS ALREADY
RUNNING.
RUNNING.
RUNNING. AND HE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT
HOW IT COULD IMPACT OUR AREA IN
THIS WUSA 9 ORIGINAL
SUPERSPEED.4@
SUPERSPEED.4@ >> Reporter: IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
VISION OF THE FUTURE.
>> IT COMES.
>> Reporter: THE WORL4@D'4@S
FASTEST TRAIN FLOATING TH4@ROU
THE FOOTHILLS OF MOUNT FUJI.
>> WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE IT.
500 KILOMETERS PER HOUR4@.
300 MILES PER HOUR.4@
>> Reporter: IT'S CALLED A
MAGLEV, AND THIS COULD BE
COMING TO OUR HOME.
AND AMBITIOUS PLAN TO MOSTLY
TUNNEL A HIGH-SPEED ROUTE
BETWEEN DOWNTOWN DC AND
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. A PATH THE LARGELY FOLLOWS THE
PARKWAY.4@
PARKWAY.4@ >> WE STOP DOING THINGS FOR 20
OR 30 YEARS.
>> Reporter: HE'S A MARY4@LAND
BUSINESSMAN LEADING THE DC THE
BALTIMORE PROJECT.
BALTIMORE PROJECT. >> WE ARE DROWNING IN
CONGESTION.
CONGESTION. NEARLY ALL OF OUR ROADS, ALE, 4
WE HAVE THE WORST AMONG HIS
COMMUTE AND ALL OF AMERICA.4@
OUR TRAIN, BY 2025, 70% OF ALL
STATIONS WILL BE OVERCAPACITY.
>> Reporter: THAT THERE IS
SERIOUS OPPOSITION. 4@
>> IT 4@DOES ALLEVIATE OUR
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS. >> Reporter: THE TUNNEL COULD
END UP RIGHT BELOW HER HOME.
>> I WOULD THINK THE FIRST STEP
WOULD BE TO INVOLVE THE
COMMUNITY WHEN YOU BUILD THESE
PROJECTS.
PROJECTS.
PROJECTS. ASK US WHAT WE WANT.
>> I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN
FAVORITE PAPER.
FAVORITE PAPER. >> Reporter: THE TRAIN TRACKS
COULD BE BUILT RIGHT ALONG HER
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD. >> IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE TREE@
YOU CAN SLIGHTLY SEE THE
PARKWAY.
PARKWAY.
PARKWAY. IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF THOSE
TREES DOWN, AND MIGHT EVEN COME
AS CLOSE AS RIGHT TO THIS YARD
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> TURN LEFT AND THEN TURN
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >>
RIGHT. >> LOOK HOW CLOSE THE PARKWAY
IS TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
PLENTY OF TREES ON EI4@THER SID
BUT THIS IS WHERE THE ELEVATED
TRAIN TRACKS WOULD BE.
>> Reporter: IMAGINE A TRAIN
SHOOTING BY AT 300 MILES PER
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE
AMERICANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF
THIS PROJECT?
THIS PROJECT? >> IN JAPAN, THOUSANDS LIVED OR
THE TRAIN.
THE TRAIN. >>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: THEY SHARE WITH US
THEIR STORIES OF LIFE AND
MOTION NEAR THE MAGLEV.
TRIP4@ STARTS IN TOKYO, JAPAN'S
WHAT TO ME WE CAN WE SAY THAT,
MAGNETIC LEVITATION, MAGNETS ON
THE BOTTOM, MAGNETS ON THE SIDE,
NO FRICTION AND THE MAGNETS
PROPEL THE TRAIN FORWARD AND
MAKE A LEVITATE ABOVE THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. THAT MAKES IT THE FASTEST TRAIN
IN THE WORLD.
THE ROUTE ALREADY OPERATES
OUTSIDE OF TOKYO ON A TRACK 4@
ABOUT 30 MILES LONG.4@ 4@
>> WE STAR4@TED IN MOUNT VERNON
SQUARE GOING TO BALTIMORE.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE ALREADY
55 MILES, WHICH IS WRITING
FASTER THAN --
>> THE TRAIN 4@WILL SOON MAKE A
TRANSITION TO LEVITATION MODE.4
>> Reporter: IT ANNOUNCES WHEN
THE WHEELS BELOW US RETRACT AS
POWERFUL MAGNETS BEGIN THEIR
HIGH-SPEED HEAVY LIFTING.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
THE FLOW.4@
THE FLOW.4@ >> YOU CAN GET UP AND WALK
AROUND, HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE IN
YOUR HAND.
YOUR HAND. >> Reporter: IN A WORD, IT IS
SIMPLY EFFORTLESS.
SIMPLY EFFORTLESS. RODGERS TELLS US IT IS HIS
DREAM TO BUILD AN AMERICAN
MAGLEV IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. HOW OFTEN DO YOU TALK TO
SKEPTICS ABOUT THE PROJECT? 4@
AND WHEN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS
FEELS LIKE, DO PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND?4@
UNDERSTAND?4@ UNTIL YOU COME IN ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCE IT?
EXPERIENCE IT? BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY CONCEPTION
IS OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.4@
AS IN AMTRAK TRAINS.
WITH A HISTORY OF SLOW SPEEDS
AND ACCIDENTS.
AND ACCIDENTS. DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE BY AMTRAK'S
OWN INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THE JAPANESE MAGLEV FOR NOW
THAN 20 YEARS, HAS A PERFECT
PASSENGER SAFETY RECORD.
BUT AS A MAGLEV, BEEN THE
PERFECT NEIGHBOR?
PERFECT NEIGHBOR? >> [ SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ]
LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: HIS FARMLAND IS
RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE
MAGLEV.
MAGLEV.
MAGLEV. WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS?4@ 4@
IT'S GOING TO BE NEW FOR
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. IF THEY DECIDE TO BUILD IT IN
OUR HOME.
OUR HOME.
OUR HOME. WHAT YOU THINK OF IT?
>> [ SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ] IT IS WONDERFUL.
IT'S ACTUALLY QUIETER THAN A
NORMAL BULLET TRAIN AND THERE'S
MINIMAL VIBRATION.
MINIMAL VIBRATION. BUT CLOSER TO TOWN, 4@DOMINICA
SAYS NOT EVERYONE HAS SUCH A
STELLAR OPINION OF THE MAGLEV.
AND THEIR CONCERNS AS A TRAIN
RESHAPES LANDSCAPES AND LIVES.4
THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF UNEASE
ABOUT THE MAGLEV SPECIFICALLY
ANY POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS
FROM IT MAGNETIC FIELD.
AND THE ELEVATED TRACKS
PROPOSED FOR PRINCE GE4@ORGE'S
COUNTY4@.
COUNTY4@.
COUNTY4@. THOSE ARE BIG CONCERNS AND
THAT'S WHERE WE WILL PICK UP
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. LESLIE?
LESLIE?
LESLIE? >> FASCINATING STORY.4@ 4@
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS TRAIN,
BILL NEXT YEAR HOME, YOU WOULD
RECEIVE IT COULD, WE HAVE A
MAP, AN