- Capsule Pipelines - Contains a definition, history, views, and sources. Covers aspects of tube transportation, pneumatic tube systems, telegram conveying, and pneumatic despatch.
- CargoCap - Describes a system for conveyance of goods through pipelines in Bochum, Germany. Includes an introduction, background, and news.
- Characteristics of a Freight Pipeline Transportation System - A scoping paper by Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Covers linear electric propulsion, drag and stability.
- Computerworld: Shipping Goes Down the Tubes - An introduction to many of the large diameter schemes under development.
- Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies - Describes ET3, a project developing an evacuated tube system. Includes a summary of the technology and application, list of benefits, FAQ, and patent and licensing information.
- Flexitaxi - Describes a Russian proposal for a tube transit system.
- International Freight Pipeline Society - Society for those interested in capsule, pneumatic, and slurry pipelines. Contains a member directory, publications, and news.
- International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems - Contains news, history, conferences, and research groups.
- Magplane Technology, Inc. - Includes a description and technical papers covering a linear synchronous motor based capsule pipeline.
- Pipenet - Describes synchronous linear motor based system for moving lightweight freight, with movie of prototype in operation.
- Public Roads: Tube Freight Transportation - A review of the subject by Lawrence Vance and Milton K. Mills, United States Federal Highway Administration.
- Tubexpress - A proposal for a system to move pallet-load general freight at high speed between cities. Includes a summary, history, outline design, and consideration of economics, energy, safety, and maintenance.
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