Colorado Getting Test Track for "Hyperloop-inspired" Transportation System

The test track will run along the E-470 Toll Highway east of Denver

Nov 15, 2017
This image, provided by Arrivo Corporation, shows an artist rendering of a futuristic pod that would be part of a system that would move passengers and freight at speeds of up to 200 mph.
This image, provided by Arrivo Corporation, shows an artist rendering of a futuristic pod that would be part of a system that would move passengers and freight at speeds of up to 200 mph.
Arrivo Corporation via AP

The Colorado Department of Transportation is partnering with Arrivo to build a test track for a "hyperloop-inspired" system that will move passengers and freight at up to 200 miles per hour. The test track will run along the E-470 Toll Highway east of Denver.

(more on Colorado's hyperloop test track...)


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