North American Maglev Transport Institute

The North American Maglev Transport Institute (NAMTI) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, United States , and established to educate the public about the advantages of magnetic levitation (maglev) transport.[1] NAMTI also serves as a central clearing house for information on different types of maglev transport technology and to help clearly differentiate maglev technology from other modes, such as trains or USA trains.[2]

NAMTI was created by several experts on maglev technology, including the last Chief Maglev Scientist for the U.S. government, Dr. John Harding.[3][4] Dr. Harding retired from the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration in 2005 and his position was never refilled, thus leaving a gaping knowledge vacuum at the U.S. DOT of the major advances in overseas maglev technology. NAMTI was thus established as a new independent organization to stay abreast of evolving international maglev developments.[5]

The institute maintains a website filled with data, charts, maps, photos and videos of several types of maglev technology being developed around the world.[6] NAMTI resources are used by transportation planners, engineering firms, and governments around the world considering new maglev transport projects.

The NAMTI website was first captured as active in 2011.[7] It was last captured as active in October 2015.[8] The domain was posted as for sale in January 2016.[9]

## References

1. ↑ NAMTI (April 18, 2011). "China Slows Down Its High-Speed Trains" (Press release) - via Google Groups transport-innovators email list.
2. ↑ "USA Trains". What is USA. 29 August 2013. http://www.whatisusa.info/usa-trains. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
3. ↑ "Dr. John Harding". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100620213933/http://magnetbahnforum.de/index.php?en_mf_scienceadvisor_john-harding.
4. ↑ "DR. JOHN HARDING (In memoriam)". Maglev Board. https://www.maglevboard.net/de/about/in-memoriam/268-dr-john-harding-memo. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
5. ↑ "North American Maglev Transport Institute (NAMTI)". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727111014/http://namti.org/.
6. ↑ "Maglev Technology Explained". North American Maglev Transport Institute (NAMTI). Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727110924/http://namti.org/?page_id=9.
7. ↑ "Welcome To NAMTI". 2011-04-05. http://namti.org/. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
8. ↑ "NAMTI". North American Maglev Transport Institute (NAMTI). 2015-10-12. http://namti.org/. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
9. ↑ "namti.org". 2016-01-08. http://www.namti.org/. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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