Russia may be one place this technology makes sense. They have to rebuild the Trans-Siberian Railway anyway to get it up to modern standards, so why not skip ah

Russia may be one place this technology makes sense. They have to rebuild the Trans-Siberian Railway anyway to get it up to modern standards, so why not skip ahead to something faster than a subsonic flight to Vladivostok? Additionally, an elevated tube might be able to take a more direct route, as the pylons could better deal with permafrost than a continuous roadbed. Paying for it is left as an exercise to the voter.