Faster and more efficient ways to travel will be the way of the future.
When we think of transportation, we normally picture cars, trains, or airplanes. But recently, there has been an increasing push for a brand new type of public transportation system called the hyperloop. It is said that this technology is also physically feasible according to the 2020 Midwest Connect Hyperloop Feasibility Study, which is good news for developers that want to build their own network of hyperloops. The stats are impressive: the tubes can go at 500 miles per hour (804kph), and can get you from Columbus to Pittsburgh in 18 minutes, and 29 minutes from Columbus to Chicago. The major reason and difference of why the hyperloop can travel so fast is because most air and outside particles are not present, reducing drag. The hyperloop is also not on rails, allowing it to levitate and travel faster compared to if it had been on rails, adding to the friction.
The hyperloop is also less harmful to the environment to steam engine trains or cars, and because it can travel so fast, it may convince people to move farther out into suburbs and still be able to take public transit to work. This helps solve a major problem with adding more lanes onto a highway, which provides justification for people to move farther away and thus eventually increasing traffic even with more lanes. It is said that the hyperloops will be powered by electric motors, with the energy coming from solar panels, but it can vary company per company. Overall, the hyperloop will hopefully provide cheap, reliable, clean, and extremely fast transportation globally.
