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North Carolina Explores Hyperloop One System to Connect the Triangle

posted by martyb on Saturday July 13 2019, @07:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the hole-ly-unexpected dept.

Fnord666 writes:

North Carolina may be a future destination for a Hyperloop One transit system. The company and several transit partners are exploring a hyperloop that could link Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the RDU International Airport, near the Research Triangle Park. A pre-feasibility study suggested that traveling between Raleigh and Durham or Chapel Hill (a distance of around 30 miles) could take less than ten minutes, while hyperloop corridors in the region may ease traffic.

"North Carolina Research Triangle -- home to some of the country's top companies, universities and healthcare centers -- is an absolute prime location to examine hyperloop technology," said Virgin Hyperloop One CEO Jay Walder. Other several possible benefits highlighted include reliable travel times, improved road safety, a direct link to the airport and better logistics for cargo shipments. The hyperloop corridors could also be linked to the existing rail network and a proposed regional bus rapid transit system for the Research Triangle area.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/12/hyperloop-one-north-carolina-feasibility-study/

See also: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/12/another-state-is-looking-at-propelling-people-through-tubes-at-670-mph/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 14 2019, @02:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 14 2019, @02:23AM (#866777)

    Duke University just scuttled a decades-long attempt to bring rail to the Triangle area of North Carolina. Presumably, the point of looking at Hyperloop is not for speed, but for going underground and bypassing all the issues of obtaining an above ground path.