Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Thursday Hyperloop One executives announced that they've finished constructing their 1,640-foot-long "DevLoop" test track in the desert outside Las Vegas. But they also revealed possible U.S. routes for their high-speed transportation solution "to initiate a nationwide conversation about the future of American transportation" -- five of them suggested by state transportation department officials from Texas, Florida, Colorado, Nevada and Missouri.

Last May the company invited pitches for routes to various cities, and Thursday's 11 pitches were chosen from 2,600 participants. These 11 pitches will compete with 24 other pitches from around the globe to be one of the three chosen to "work closely with Hyperloop One engineering and business development teams to explore project development and financing." And Thursday they also announced that "by year's end the company will have a team of 500 engineers, fabricators, scientists and other employees dedicated to bringing the technology to life."
Click through for more information, and the list of the 11 U.S. cities being suggested for hyperloop destinations.

• Boston-Somerset-Providence
• Cheyenne-Houston
• Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh
• Denver-Colorado Springs
• Denver-Vail
• Kansas City-St. Louis
• Los Angeles-San Diego
• Miami-Orlando
• Reno-Las Vegas
• Seattle-Portland
• Dallas/Fort Worth-Austin-San Antonio-Houston

"The event in the nation's capital is being billed as the company's official US launch," writes The Verge, noting the company's current feasiblity studies have been looking at the United Arab Emirates, Finland and Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Moscow, and the U.K. "Meanwhile, Hyperloop One's main competitor, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (also LA-based), is currently exploring building hyperloops in a half-dozen countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East." But the senior VP of global operations for Hyperloop One said this week that "We always thought that North America is going to be our biggest market globally."

Comments

Houston-New Orleans-Austin

[PopeRatzo]

Elon ought to build the first one down here. It would be great to take a train to New Orleans for lunch, maybe hear a band in Jackson Square, have BBQ at the Broken Spoke in Austin for dinner, catch maybe a Joe Ely show and sleep in my own bed in Houston that same night.

Plus, there ain't shit in between Houston, New Orleans and Austin, so nobody will be inconvenienced.

Re:Will never happens

[Tx]

Want to go from City A to City B at 500mph? No problem. We already have a complete infrastructure in place that will allow you to go from just about any city to just about any other city at high speed.

It's called airplanes and airports and has existed since before you were born.

The actual flight part of an airplane trip may be fast, but getting to and from the airport generally is not, because airports generally can't be built right in the center of a city. For short domestic flights, the actual flight time is often only a fraction of the overall trip time. I haven't studied these hyperloop proposals, so I don't know where they're proposing to put the stations, but if they can put them close to city centers, then they could have a huge advantage over airplanes.

Re: Thunderf00t alreay debunked this fraud

[WindBourne]

nope. Heck, they do this now with Large Hadron Collider.
In fact, there are a number of companies that deal with this that say it is a none issue.

Re: Will never happens

[CohibaVancouver]

Major advantage of the hyper loop is billions in government subsidies to build it.

That's the point of government subsidies. To build / run stuff for the public that benefits the citizenry.