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A 620mph hyperloop network between Amsterdam and Paris – with journey times of just 90 minutes – could be up and running within the next eight years

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Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop is developing the ultra-fast transport technology, which involves a train-style pod that floats using magnetic levitation being pushed via electric propulsion at over 620mph through a steel tube maintained at a partial vacuum. What a boarding platform at a hyperloop station could look like. WHAT IS HYPERLOOP?

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Waterproofing mass transit systems

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Water and moisture intrusion can cause significant damage to mass transit systems, resulting in high replacement costs, lost revenue, and serious disruption in travel. Transportation Infrastructure. April 03, 2018. Underground stations require a dry environment to ensure continued operations, safety, and aesthetic appeal. Mass transit.

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Waterproofing mass transit systems

GCP Applied Technologies

Water and moisture intrusion can cause significant damage to mass transit systems, resulting in high replacement costs, lost revenue, and serious disruption in travel. Transportation Infrastructure. April 03, 2018. Underground stations require a dry environment to ensure continued operations, safety, and aesthetic appeal. Mass transit.

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Top Railway Projects in the US

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Data cited by Amtrak indicates that 75% of US consumers believe we should shift more trips to passenger rail to reduce transportation’s impact on climate change. Capable of speeds of up to more than 200 miles per hour, the system will be able to take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours. .

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Report Ranks U.S. Cities’ Efforts To Save Energy

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Other top scoring cities include Portland, OR, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Austin. Cities are evaluated on what actions they are taking to reduce energy use in five key areas: buildings; transportation; energy and water utility efforts; local government operations; and community wide initiatives.

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Race to a Smart Future

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metro to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors, among other advances—into its transportation network. The city has a broad plan for “adaptive transportation systems” that would remain useful even as technology evolves in coming years. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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Beam Me Down to L.A., Scotty

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This week, the Tesla/SpaceX CEO stepped forward and took the wraps off Hyperloop, a 700-mph magnetic levitation train that would travel through giant elevated tubes and blast passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles–a 350-mile journey–in an astounding 35 minutes. You read that right: 35 minutes.