New York to Beijing in two hours? (3)

Frictionless, cheaper, more environmentally friendly

Designers said the project is powered by magnetic levitation technology. The whole shuttle is in an almost frictionless environment, emitted from a certain ejection device, and drive to the destination without interruption. Although the vacuum pipe transport can reach incredible speed, passengers can only feel a small acceleration forces.

Designer said vacuum tube transport is a mode of transport without air, without friction, safer, cheaper and quieter than trains and planes.

In terms of travel costs, ET3 company said, compared to the expensive plane ticket prices, they are able to cut travel expenses from San Francisco to New York City to 100 U.S. dollars. This is because the cost of the vacuum pipe transport is very cheap, only a quarter of that of highway, and one tenth of that of high-speed rail. In accordance with the expected plan, this pipeline may be "attached" to the existing high-speed railway bridge on the route in order to save resources and infrastructure costs.