I saw a talk about this at Yuri's night at Moffet Field in 2008 or 2009. I was really excited about it. My former university in Paderborn, Germany was also work

I saw a talk about this at Yuri's night at Moffet Field in 2008 or 2009. I was really excited about it. My former university in Paderborn, Germany was also working on a similar system, RailCsb, that allowed the pods to form convoys and that way save space and improve aerodynamics. All really exciting. However, much time passed and neither project seems to be anywhere near actual deployment. I think on-demand public transportation is long overdue and the technology seems totally feasible. However, society seems to be too risk averse and the bureaucracy seems to kill any project like this. We can't even build a proper high speed train in the US!