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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/
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Saturday July 13 2019, @03:07PM (1 child)
The term of a super high tech overpriced variation of a train with lower capacity for the sole purpose of appeasing some bureaucrat's sense of style is gadgetbahn [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Saturday July 13 2019, @07:56PM
Your Youtube link is a very good summation of the Loop, although not to be confused with the Hyperloop (I think Musk WANTS people to confuse them). There are some excellent quotes in there, like "the backers go to great lengths to explain just how much [their Gadgetbahns, such as Hyperloop and the Loop] aren't a train ... or how they've never even heard of trains before".