Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure. By Eric A. Taub This article is ...

A quarter-mile white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of ...

The news that a nonprofit composed of a group of civic-minded Minnesotans is seeking a grant of federal funds to study a new transportation system between Rochester and the Twin Cities (“Hyperloop a ...

While researchers have encountered major headwinds in turning the Hyperloop into a reality, the European Hyperloop Center is still hoping to open the first functional tube by the end of the decade.

A decade ago, Elon Musk told the world that the transportation of the future would include 600 mph trains inside tubes. Glass tubes. Steel tubes. Concrete tubes. One tube going everywhere, connecting ...

It has been almost a decade since Elon Musk floated the idea of hyperloop, a new mode of transportation that promises to move people and goods at the speed of airplanes while staying on the ground.

Elon Musk is very much an ideas man. He regularly comes out with elaborate solutions to the world's problems. His musings have included robotaxis, nuking the Martians, and brain chips capable of ...

Mass transportation, apart from the sheer volume of passengers and freight, isn't something India tends to be remembered for. But this may change with the advent of ultra-high-speed rail (UHSR), or ...

Imagine traveling from New York to Los Angeles in less than an hour or from London to Paris in 15 minutes. Sounds impossible, right? Well, not for China’s biggest missile manufacturer, which claims to ...

Virgin Hyperloop One has built a test track in Nevada. The speed of the pod reached 240 mph in December 2017. (Photo courtesy of Virgin Hyperloop One.) JEFFERSON CITY — The long-term goal is to build ...

For the past decade, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has been pushing forward on a near-frictionless high-speed capsule system it ultimately hopes will revolutionize both passenger and freight ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Virgin Hyperloop One has built a test track in Nevada. The speed of the pod reached 240 mph in December 2017. (Photo courtesy of ...