The Hyperloop reminds me a lot of the Swissmetro [1] project which was launched in 1974 and was intended to connect Swiss cities trough evacuated tunnels which

The Hyperloop reminds me a lot of the Swissmetro [1] project which was launched in 1974 and was intended to connect Swiss cities trough evacuated tunnels which would house maglev trains. The evacuation made the project very expensive but a lot of tests were run and a lot of the learning probably can be applied. Solving some of the problems that made the Swissmetro so expensive could lead to what the Hyperloop wants to be. [1 ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro (the German language article is much more extensive: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro)