Hyperloop Alpha

A high speed transportation system known as Hyperloop has been developed in this document.

The work has detailed two versions of the Hyperloop: a passenger only version and a passenger plus vehicle version.

Hyperloop could transport people, vehicles, and freight between Los Angeles and San Francisco in 35 minutes.

Transporting 7.4 million people each way every year and amortizing the cost of $6 billion over 20 years gives a ticket price of $20 for a one-way trip for the passenger version of Hyperloop.

The passenger only version of the Hyperloop is less than 9% of the cost of the proposed passenger only high speed rail system between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

An additional passenger plus transport version of the Hyperloop has been created that is only 25% higher in cost than the passenger only version.

This version would be capable of transporting passengers, vehicles, freight, etc. The passenger plus vehicle version of the Hyperloop is less than 11% of the cost of the proposed passenger only high speed rail system between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additional technological developments and further optimization could likely reduce this price.

The intent of this document has been to create a new open source form of transportation that could revolutionize travel.

The authors welcome feedback and will incorporate it into future revisions of the Hyperloop project, following other open source models such as Linux.