Interesting that Miami to Orlando is a proposed route for the 700+ mph Hyperloop.
I guess that would pale to Brightline average speed of around 100mph (3 hours) to merely 26 minutes.
Per TCPalm:
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/all-aboard-florida/2017/04/07/hyperloop-one-considering-miami--orlando-route-760-mph-transportation/100173514/
Hyperloop One considering Miami-to-Orlando route for 760-mph transportation
A Miami-to-Orlando proposal is one of 11 contenders in the United States under consideration for a 700-mph tube train.
Hyperloop One, the private company developing the revolutionary transportation technology, announced the U.S. pool Thursday.
With Hyperloop One, passengers and cargo loaded in pods accelerate via electric propulsion through a low-pressure, above-ground tube. The pods lift above the track using magnetic levitation and then glide at "airline speeds" thanks to low aerodynamic drag, according to the company. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk first proposed the idea in 2013.
The 11 proposals announced Thursday span the country, and join an additional 24 proposals from outside the United States.
The company plans to select 12 finalists and, eventually, three winners who will "work closely with Hyperloop One engineering and business development teams to explore project development and financing," according to the company. The company also said that by year's end it will have a team of 500 engineers, fabricators, scientists and other employees "dedicated to bringing the technology to life," but has not indicated when the transportation system could be operational.
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Florida Department of Transportation officials were among those involved in the Miami-to-Orlando proposal, according to Hyperloop.
The Florida proposal would transport passengers and cargo between Miami and Orlando, on a route west of Lake Okeechobee, in 26 minutes, a fraction of the time promised by another transportation project planning to move between the cities: All Aboard Florida.
The passenger railroad, which initially would travel at speeds between 79 and 125 mph, has promised to make the journey in less than three hours. All Aboard Florida is to have stations in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando, and is to use the existing Florida East Coast Railway tracks, which hug the Atlantic coastline through the Treasure and Space coasts. Limited passenger service between Miami and West Palm is to begin this summer with full service still several years away.
The company on Thursday also announced its Nevada test track is operational.
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The Hyperloop One contenders in the U.S. are:
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
http://www.hyperloop-one.com/ (http://www.hyperloop-one.com/)
For those who might remember 1973......(and our fear of the bomb)
Gene Roddenberry did a pilot for the TV series called "Genesis II" which used a subterranean transportation system called a "sub-shuttle".
Not unexpectedly, the Hyperloop appears to function somewhat similarly (at 2m 7s). If you see the speedometer in the movie, it shows the same speed (700 mph)
Clearly Elon Musk was into his science fiction. How many billionaires can fund their fetish of the future?
https://www.youtube.com/v/CxU4x2HKtMM
Still surprised at the route leaving millions and millions in places like WPB without a real option on here. The Texas proposal has a San Antonio, and Austin (similar distance) before going to Dallas.
Will there be a Fudrucker's at the station? Seriously I would love to see hyper fast transportation and if anyone can right now it is Elon.