Getting from place to place has always been a problem, and problems tend to inspire innovation. Cars, trains, planes, and even the humble boat exist because someone needed a better way of getting ...

It has been a transportation dream for more than 150 years: In the 1870s, a test system used a pneumatic vacuum tube to propel people under Manhattan from Warren Street to Murray Street. By the 2010s, ...

In an interview with Gizmodo, the Secretary of Transportation expressed skepticism of the Tesla CEO's still hypothetical high-speed transit system. Reading time 3 minutes U.S. Department of ...

We have no idea what we’re doing,” declared Elon Musk, standing beside a yawning “test trench” in Southern California in 2017. A crowd of engineering students and tech reporters hooted and hollered, ...

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.

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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 ...

Hyperloop meets demand for faster and more sustainable travel. Credit: Volodimir Zozulinskyi / Shutterstock. With high speeds potentially reaching up to 700mph on the ground, Hyperloop technology will ...

It seems like talk of Elon Musk’s plans for a Hyperloop tunnel system have returns and could be on track to something substantial if Musk himself is to be believed. According to Musk, The Boring ...

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 Two employees of ...