TRANSPORT


“Ground transportation will move to the next level and from being shared, connected and autonomous it will also go multimodal, moving into the third dimension”


HYPERLOOP ONE – COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU?


The ten shortlisted Hyperloop One routes connect 53 urban centres and almost 150 million people. Their combined distance spans 4,121 miles


ROUTE


1 US Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh Team: Midwest Connect


2 US Dallas-Laredo-Houston Team: Texas Triangle


3 US Cheyenne-Denver-Pueblo Team: Rocky Mountain Hyperloop


4 US Miami-Orlando Team: Miami/Orlando Hyperloop


5 India Bengaluru-Chennai Team: AECOM India


6 India Mumbai-Chennai Team: Hyperloop India


7 UK Edinburgh-London Team: HypED


8 UK Glasgow-Liverpool Team: Northern Arc


9 Mexico Mexico City-Guadalajara Team: Mexloop


10 Canada Toronto-Montreal Team: HyperCan


BUYINGBUSINESSTRAVEL.COM MILES 488 640 360 257 208 685 414 339 330 400 CITIES 3 5 10 2 6 10 4 6 4 3 POPULATION 13,800,000 18,771,000 4,831,000 8,500,000 17,710,000 43,190,000 19,151,514 9,715,488 33,530,000 13,326,000


into. The pod can self-drive to the top of the tunnel. It then goes down the tunnel. It connects up and off you go at 600, 700 miles an hour up to your destination, going faster than an airline.”


MANAGING FUTURE TRAVEL What does all this innovation mean for the managed travel community? Johan Wilson, vice-president and country director UK and Ireland for CWT, says: “It comes down to travel managers listening to travellers to see which are the most popular transport options and then weighing that up against safety and cost. Financial value, comfort/ ease of travel, sustainability and, of course, how this helps your company achieve its overall goals are factors too.” He believes that as new modes of trans-


port come online, travel policies and pro- grammes will need to be updated, and due diligence carried out. “It’s a really exciting time as the business travel industry develops and, in many ways, transforms itself,” he says, adding that the challenge for travel management companies is how to develop and transform themselves with – or ideally ahead of – the industry overall. “If we do that right, we are well positioned to still be the best partner for companies when it comes to duty-of-care, as well as helping them to embrace innovation,” he says. “This might sound a bit biased, but with the market becoming more and more complex, I believe our relevance will increase.”


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