Department of Transportation in Colorado has teamed up with Arrivo to use Hyperloop-like technology to connect the city of Denver. The partnership is looking at ways to use vacuum tubes to reduce congestion and create a local transport system that connects distances far faster than at present. This sounds like good news.
Arrivo's system is essentially a mix between a Hyperloop and Elon Musk's ideas for how to reduce traffic jam in LA. A series of vacuum tubes would be installed in the median strip of highways, and cars would enter at designated locations.
Arrivo's plan doesn't just include car-based sleds but can also be used to ship cargo containers and passenger shuttles which should at least help solve the region's overcrowding of vehicles.
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The top speed of this system will be maxed out at 200 miles per hour, which is still twice as faster than the top speed limit for cars. The system will be computer controlled to its hoped that much like self-driving cars, the arithmetically Arrivo pods will help reduce congestion.
The backstory here is that, after Elon Musk revealed Hyperloop, SpaceX engineer, Brogan Bam Brogan and investor Shervin Pishevar went into business. Their partnership, Hyperloop Technologies quickly established itself as the leader in this fast transportation space race.
This clearly shows the future is now and we're all here for this.
SOURCE: Colorado DOT