You should have explained the politics that crippled it. There were lots of protests and the maglev couldn't be built farther into the city.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/12/us-china-maglev-pr...

No idea what you are referring to, Reuters is blocked in china.

The radiation thing is probably just face cover, it is just too expensive to build into the city.

It depends where you live. A taxi from my apartment to the airport is about 145RMB and takes about 45 minutes. Subway plus maglev takes 60 minutes, and costs less than 50RMB (maglev is 40RMB if you have a subway card).

Line 2 goes all the way to the airport now. The connection is easier also. If you are worried about money....

True. I'm happy to pay 40 RMB to avoid standing up for half an hour (and getting home half an hour earlier), but not the extra 100 RMB on top to save another 15 minutes (and contribute to global warming) :)

It was supposed to run all the way to Beijing as originally envisioned. Too expensive, though.