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Article: CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SEEKS FEDERAL GRANT FOR URBAN MAGLEV NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION TEST FACILITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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CALIFORNIA, Pa., Sept. 17 -- California University of Pennsylvania issued the following news release:
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 fundamentally changing the way people and cargo move through urban areas," said California University President Angelo Armenti, Jr.
"The local businesses involved in this project are ...