Hyperloop One and the Colorado Department of Transportation, supported by Aecom, will enter into a public-private partnership that will begin a feasibility study that examines transport demand, economic benefits, proposed routes and potential strategies, regulatory environments and alignment with overall CDOT high-speed travel, rail and freight plans.
“We are excited to partner with Hyperloop One in exploring the next step of feasibility of this innovative technology, potentially transforming how Colorado moves. The Hyperloop technology could directly align with our goals of improving mobility and safety in Colorado, and we have been encouraged by the continued progress the technology is taking,” said Shailen Bhatt, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Within this announcement, Hyperloop One unveiled the winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge to identify the strongest new Hyperloop routes in the world. Following a close assessment of the proposals by a panel of experts in infrastructure, technology and transport, ten teams from five countries were chosen from among hundreds of applicants. Hyperloop One will commit meaningful business and engineering resources and work closely with each of the winning teams/routes to determine their commercial viability. 
The winning routes connect 53 urban centers and nearly 150 million people representing Canada, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their combined distance spans 6,628 km.
“The Global Challenge became a movement of thousands of people from more than 100 countries over six continents. Like us, they believe that Hyperloop will not only solve transportation and urban development challenges within communities, it will unlock vast economic potential and transform how our cities operate and how we live,” Shervin Pishevar, Executive Chairman of Hyperloop One said.
The Hyperloop One Global Challenge kicked off in May 2016 as an open call to individuals, universities, companies and governments to develop comprehensive proposals for deploying Hyperloop One’s innovative transportation technology in their region.
The identified routes are:
US Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh; Team: Midwest Connect
US Dallas-Laredo-Houston; Team: Texas Triangle
US Cheyenne-Denver-Pueblo; Team: Rocky Mountain Hyperloop
US Miami-Orlando: Team; Miami/Orlando Hyperloop
India Bengaluru-Chennai; Team: Aecom India
India Mumbai-Chennai; Team: Hyperloop India
UK Edinburgh-London; Team: HypED
UK Glasgow-Liverpool; Team: Northern Arc
Mexico Mexico City-Guadalajara; Team: Mexloop
Canada Toronto-Montreal; Team: HyperCan
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