We live in an age of unbelievable technological progress. Yet in many areas of life, things don’t seem to have changed that much, and transportation is a woeful example of this. The roads are still lined with cars and the skies streaked with airliners. However, the fantasy of a futuristic transportation is very much alive right now and it is exemplified by a concept called hyperloop. The hyperloop could revolutionize both freight and mass transit, shortening travel times on land while highly reducing environmental damage in the process. The hyperloop concept has captivated the interest of several countries around the world and Italy is one of those.

An educated guess from one of the first civil engineer involved in the design and construction of a real-world hyperloop infrastructure tries to give some direction between hype and pragmatic design.