US:

Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Midwest Connect team is led by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and the Columbus
Partnership with support from Ohio Governor John R. Kasich, the Indiana Department of Transportation,
the Ohio Department of Transportation, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (MPO), Columbus
Airport Authority, Columbus 2020, Ohio State, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, and
the cities of Columbus, Lima, and Fort Wayne.

Chicago Pittsburgh Transportation Comparison

7+ hours 10+ hours 3 hour, 49 minutes 47 minutes

 US: Dallas-Laredo-Houston
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Texas Triangle team is led by AECOM with support from North Central Texas Council of
Governments, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Austin Capital Metro, City of Dallas, Houston-Galveston Area
Council, the Port Authority of Houston, Public Works and the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce.

Dallas Austin Transportation Comparison

3+ hours 4+ hours 3 hours, 23 minutes 19 minutes

 US: Cheyenne-Denver-Pueblo
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Rocky Mountain Hyperloop team is led by the Colorado Department of Transportation with support
from AECOM and agency partners at the City and County of Denver, Denver International Airport, and
the City of Greeley.

Denver Colorado Springs Transportation Comparison

1+ hour 2+ hours 3 hours, 8 minutes 9 minutes

 US: Miami-Orlando
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Florida Hyperloop team is led by AECOM and have the backing of the Miami-Dade Department of
Transportation and Public Works, Florida Department of Transportation, Miami-Dade Metropolitan
Planning Organization, and additional private and public-sector partners.

Miami Orlando Transportation Comparison

4+ hours 6+ hours 3 hours, 25 minutes 25 minutes

 India: Bengaluru-Chennai
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The AECOM India team is led by AECOM.

Bengaluru Chennai Travel Comparisons

6+ hours 5+ hours 3 hours, 23 minutes 23 minutes

 India: Mumbai-Chennai
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Hyperloop India team is an Indian mobility startup working on an on-demand direct-to-destination public transit
solution called Project TapRoute, that aims to reinvent public transit in India. The team originated in 2016, the first and
only Indian team that was selected to build and test India's first scalable Hyperloop pod prototype at the SpaceX
Hyperloop track in Hawthorne, CA. They are a multi-stakeholder consortium of academic and researchers from top
engineering, business and design schools of India - namely BITS Pilani, IIMA, ISB, NID - collaborating with transportation,
logistics and infrastructure experts from organizations like RITES, NITI Aayog, WRI and Bangalore Metro.

Mumbai Chennai Travel Comparison

21+ hours 23+ hours 4 hours, 16 minutes 1 hour, 3 minutes

 UK: Edinburgh-London
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
Team HypED is led by University of Edinburgh student, Adam Anyszewski, with a team of fifty university
students with backgrounds in engineering, business and law.

Edinburgh London Transportation Comparisons

7+ hours 4+ hours 3 hours, 40 minutes 50 minutes

 UK: Glasgow-Liverpool
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Northern Arc team is led by Paul Bell, Partner at Ryder Architecture, and Nic Merridew, Director at
Arup, with support from KPMG, Newcastle City Futures, and North East Local Enterprise Partnership.

Newcastle Leeds Travel Comparison

1 hour, 50+ minutes 1 hours, 30+ minutes N/A 13 minutes

 Mexico: Mexico City-Guadalajara
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The Mexloop team is a collaboration among representatives from Fernando Romeros firm FR-EE and
engineering firms Arup and Sener. This route has attracted public-sector support from various tiers of
the Mexican government at the federal, state and city levels including Mexico Transport and
Communications Ministry, Pro Mexico (Commercial Development Agency), LabCDMX (Mexico Citys
innovation agency), FerroMex (Railroad Network Operator), Mexican Institute of Infrastructure
Development, and support from every city included in the proposal.

Mexico City Guadalajara Travel Comparisons

6+ hours 17+ hours 2 hours, 40 minutes 38 minutes

 Canada: Toronto-Montreal
Fact Sheet

PROPOSING TEAM
The HyperCan team is led by AECOM Canada.

Toronto Montreal Transportation Comparison

5+ hours 4+ hours 1 hour, 10 minutes 39 minutes