The Hyperloop, Explained [SLIDESHOW]

Nov. 7, 2013

The $6 billion Hyperloop system would cover the nearly 400 miles between San Francisco and Los Angeles in 35 minutes.

Revered by some as the future of transportation and dismissed by others as a new iteration of a pie-in-the-sky idea around for decades, the Hyperloop as proposed by Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has the potential to disrupt the world of transportation.

Read about how the Hyperloop could inspire a new wave of innovation in the transportation industry.

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Ginger Christ is an associate editor for EHS Today, a Penton publication.

She has covered business news for the past seven years, working at daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in Ohio, including the Dayton Business Journal and Crain's Cleveland Business.

Most recently, she covered transportation and leadership for IndustryWeek, a sister publication to EHS Today.

She holds a bachelor of arts in English and in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.