Comment by throwaway2016a
9 years ago
My thought process was...
Hyperloops are round + tunnels are round = Boring Company
Putting cars through the tunnels is not what I first expected.
9 years ago
My thought process was...
Hyperloops are round + tunnels are round = Boring Company
Putting cars through the tunnels is not what I first expected.
It's the sort of thing a guy who owns a car company would do, not someone who's actually trying to solve a transportation problem.
Or a person who actually understands what people want in a transportation solution. Nobody outside of city planners and environmentalists take the train/bus solution seriously because it's such a lifestyle downgrade from cars.
If you're in a city that's not explicitly designed around cars, a car is a total hassle. America's gone all-in on cars, but even then the current generation is abandoning them and instead doing something crazy: Living close to where they work.
A car is a massive investment of time, money, and emotional capital that an increasing number of people are simply unwilling to make.