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letsdothis3 ago

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-to-orlando-hyperloop-proposed-by-florida-department-of-transportation-officials-9261976

2017: Florida Officials Propose Hyperloop That Could Make Miami-to-Orlando Trip in 26 Minutes

The Hyperloop at first sounds like one of Elon Musk's crackpot ideas. Musk, America's premier huckster polymath, claims his Hyperloop can get travelers the 380 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 30 minutes by shooting passengers at 780 mph through frictionless pneumatic tubes.

But the idea allegedly isn't that far-fetched anymore: One of the two companies working to create real Hyperloops is now planning lines in five countries. And last week, the company, Hyperloop One, announced it's working with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials to explore building a Hyperloop between Miami and Orlando.

Diagram of route https://imgur.com/a/rXReG2P Vision for America (8)

It's interesting that FDOT officials would be so eager to build a loop between the two Sunshine State cities, because the already-approved Brightline high-speed-rail project will eventually rocket people along the exact same route once construction is completed. (Gov. Rick Scott has extensive ties to the project, which makes FDOT's pitch even more curious.)

That train trip would still likely take around three hours, so it's an understatement to say a 25-minute trip would be an improvement. The Brightline's parent company, All Aboard Florida, has made plans to stock its train stations with glittering hotels and fancy food halls. A Hyperloop would pretty much bankrupt that system.

[I also see a DISNEY tie-in]

Voat post re Brightline: Brightline and Virgin Trains USA. After the trains you know that Branson will target the children, right?

Miami Access Tunnel https://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=57637&article_id=605556&view=articleBrowser{%22issue_id%22:57637,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%22605556%22}

...We are working with Cemex..

https://imgur.com/a/y4yi1QO

Why single out the Miami Children's Museum?

Check out the logo : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Children's_Museum

https://imgur.com/a/DA2jXBP

The 56,500-square-foot (5,250 m2) facility, designed by Arquitectonica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquitectonica

Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban planning corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The firm also has offices in ten other cities throughout the world.[1] Arquitectonica began in 1977 as an experimental studio founded by Peruvian architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Hope Spear, Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Hervin Romney

The firm has a long list of buildings to its name, including: Disney's All-Star Music Resort, Walt Disney World; Grand Hyatt San Antonio; Hilton Americas Convention Hotel; BMG Office Building; NASA Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center; United Nations Peacekeepers Memorial; Coney Island Urban Revitalization Plan; Georgia Tech Technology Campus Master Plan; City of Dreams Casino Resort, Cotai; Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Shanghai; Marriott Hotel in Lima; HSBC headquarters in Lima; Microsoft Headquarters, (EOS Generali) Issy les Moulineaux, Paris, France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Fort_Brescia

Bernardo Fort Brescia is a US-based Peruvian businessman and architect. He is an heir to Grupo Breca, and a co-founder of the architectural firm Arquitectonica.

Peru tax police raid Panama firm’s Lima office - https://perureports.com/peru-tax-police-raid-panama-firms-lima-office/3739/

Police raided the Lima office of Mossack Fonseca on Monday in it tax-evasion investigations into Peruvian citizens and companies named in the Panama Papers...

Ojo Publico identified offshore legal entities which are subsidiaries of Peru’s largest banks and holding companies including Credicorp, Ferreycorp, Grupo Breca, Grupo Gloria, Hochschild Mining and Intercorp.

OpakapakaCaca ago

Yeah good luck in that porous ever sinking limestone. Perhaps just what Elon deserves. The more they build in Florida, the more water they use the faster sinkholes form. The lime cannot support the deterioration and heft from the building going on above. People don't build cities on sponges for this very reason.... You reap what you sow "friend"...