HYPERLOOP – The Sustainable Transportation

Due to rapid urbanization and emergence of mega-cities, urban transportation infrastructures are stressed leading to trafficcongestion, high fuel consumption as well as increasing number of accidents and fatalities. Present transport sector globallyis largely two-dimensional and may not be able to cope up with the growth of cities which is three-dimensional in nature,the environmental pollution, the traffic congestion, the sustainability, etc. This has led to efforts towards three dimensionaltransportation systems such as passenger drones, flying cars, cars moving through multi-layer underground tunnels etc.The overall concept of three-dimensional transportation demonstrates that the transportation sector has made a significantprogress towards comprehending the necessity of a proper and sustainable transit system, which otherwise has implicationson environment, health, infrastructure and sustainability as well. However, some of these futuristic options may be associatedwith safety and security concerns – both for them, as well as caused by them. Some of these options envisage utilization ofartificial intelligence and even augmented reality. Technological challenges, the potential for cost-effectiveness, and theirsocio-economic impacts are also important considerations. Through deep and critical study, in this journal, the author willtry to analyze the concept of hyper loop and its practicality; about its various components, its working, global acceptanceof hyper loop and its possible advantages and unaddressed issues. Some critics are of the opinion that hyper loop is moreof a hypothetical idea which is totally impractical and impossible, but optimistic experts say that it just needs some hardwork, a decade’s time and huge amount of money which would then result in revolution of the whole transportation systemin a unique, unpredictable and sustainable way. A cross-impact analysis to evaluate possible future scenario for this willalso be taken up.