Hyperloop -- no longer just a pipe dream for Columbus?

Five months after winning an international challenge from Virgin Hyperloop One, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission is ready to announce "the first step" of the proposed project in a "major announcement." In September 2017, MORPC's proposal to link Pittsburgh, Columbus and Chicago via high-speed transportation was chosen as one of 10 winners around the globe by Hyperloop One, a division of the Virgin Group.