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The Pennsylvania project would span 54 miles from an eastern terminus near Greensburg to Pittsburgh International Airport, with stops in Monroeville and downtown Pittsburgh. 
The trip would take about 35 minutes, once the train began moving.
The plan has already received nearly $20 million from the federal government. Public hearings on the project, estimated to cost $3.5 billion if it is ultimately built, could begin by January. 
Port Authority of Allegheny County in September, 2004, agreed to accept a $1.9 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration for preliminary work on the Pennsylvania High-Speed Maglev project.
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* If public hearings begin in January, they will offer fine places to meet voters and concerned citizens. But, those who attend the meetings are generally those in favor of the Maglev. Might also be good to have literature that discounts Maglev but also supports cheaper and more effective rail options.
== Elsewhere, Maglev on the skids. ==
Voters in Florida in November 2004, overwhelmingly derailed a "bullet train" between Orlando and Tampa. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush regularly complained about the $25 billion price tag for the project that voters approved four years prior. Voters agreed with the governor's conclusion the project is too costly; they repealed the bullet-train initiative that had been added to the state Constitution.