Hyperloop

It is the latest buzzword in the travel and transportation industry where passengers can travel between 2 major cities which are less than 1000 miles apart within 30 minutes, at a speed close to 800 mph. Another one of Elon Musk’s newest inventions and an extremely powerful, practical one which has become a jaw dropper in the Travel and Transportation industry.  Existing conventional modes of transportation of people consists of four unique types: rail, road, water, and air. These modes of transport tend to be either relatively slow (i.e., road and water), expensive (i.e., air), or a combination of relatively slow and expensive (i.e., rail). Hyperloop is a new mode of transport that seeks to change this paradigm by being both fast and inexpensive for people and goods. A mode of transport that is a cross between the concorde, a rail gun and an air hockey table.

When it will become a reality is yet to be seen, but for now the authors are calling this an “Open Source Project”. It has an open design concept just like Linux did decades ago and is now a reality. The first version of this design involves passenger and the second will be passenger and vehicle.

In lines with the Hyperloop, a more comprehensive project is the Aqua=Terra T.W.I.N.S. (Trans-Web Infrastructure Network System) projects (aquaterraplanetaryholdings.us and invention.net/aquaterra) that not only provide for an advanced transportation system, it also includes a complete self-sustaining format that links, via sub-surface Tubes, land (Terra) and sea (Aqua) Stations to form an international / single-standard web system.

 We at RTS, love to research and analyze any new trends that will help companies in this space integrate profit optimization and revenue management into their existing business processes and systems. Since we work with both Passenger and Cargo, it is very exciting to learn about the specs that the Hyperloop has presented to enable them to make use of our wide product range.

The Hyperloop concept is the first of its kind to ever to be created and there is no doubt that above a very sophisticated software system/s that handle the data, visuals, reservation, financial, reporting, there is an important layer of software which is a profit enhancement system that will that make sure there is benefit and optimized use of the seats/cargo space within the Hyperloop.

Some questions that will linger on for now on our minds - What is the capacity? If it cannot meet the demand will the prices go up? Is there is a long wait time to use the Hyperloop pods, will people find themselves having to take an alternate mode of transport?

The move toward higher speed, better service, cheaper travel, and something less environmentally polluting, is going to happen — it's the wave of the future.

Deeshi Gandhi

Technical Manager