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Article: Cal U Seeks Federal Grant for Urban Maglev National Demonstration Test Facility
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS
Contact: Christine Kindl of California University of
Pennsylvania, +1-724-938-5492, kindl@calu.edu
Project will create jobs, demonstrate feasibility of cost-
effective 'green' transit option
CALIFORNIA, Pa., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cal U is
seeking $299 million in federal stimulus funds for the Urban Maglev
National Demonstration Test Facility at California University of
Pennsylvania.
The university applied for funding this week through the U.S.
Transportation Department's Transportation Investment Generating
Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grants Program.
"This project will have an enormous local, regional and national
impact by ...