Go-Tube is a response to the challenge recognized by Elon Musk in his proposed Hyperloop announced in August of 2013. The speeds possible make distances of 100-400 miles attainable in 15 to 45 minutes given a sufficiently straight route to maintain high speeds. It takes about 2.5 miles to get to 600mph at 1 gravity acceleration and 7.5 miles at 1/3 gravity, so it takes at least 5 to 15 miles to speed up and slow down from full operating speed. The route is unlikely to be straight as it enters and leaves city centres and the inter-city terrain strongly influences the speeds that can be maintained. A near-vacuum tube is efficient at high speed, the work required to remove the air from the tube while introducing and removing capsules makes shorter distances less efficient. Longer travel times affect capsule designs, requiring aisles and washrooms for travellers, which means larger capsules and possibly larger tubes are needed. The designs proposed are therefor intended to serve high passenger volume inter-city regional connections with a maximum trip time of about 45 minutes.

Potential routes include:

• Vancouver, Canada - Seattle - Portland
• San Francisco - Los Angeles
• Boston - New York - Washington
• Edmonton - Calgary, Canada
• Toronto - Ottawa - Montreal, Canada