Maglev | United States The Japanese Shinkansen, or bullet train, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, providing high speed rail service across the country on a transit timetable with an unprecedented safety record. Louis Berger is helping to bring Japanese rail technology to the U.S. on the East Coast and in Texas. Challenge The northeast corridor of the United States, from Washington, D.C., to New York, is often a congested stretch of highways and rail lines. There is high demand for fast, safe and energy-e?cient transportation between two of the country’s prime travel hubs. Solution The Northeast Maglev, a Washington-based company, recently partnered with the Central Japan Railway in commissioning a Louis Berger study of a superconducting maglev train between Washington and New Yo

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