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I love public transit, but there is no doubt that this is in fact a boondoggle that shouldn't be built. That money should be used to expand commuter rail in LA
by baron816 10y ago
I love public transit, but there is no doubt that this is in fact a boondoggle that shouldn't be built. That money should be used to expand commuter rail in LA and SF, or better yet, implementing BRT. When we have driverless cars on the horizon, and the possibility that the hyperloop could work out, sinking what will likely turn out to be $100 billion into yesterday's technology makes absolutely no sense.
- hristov 10y agoHyperloop, if it ever gets built, will be at least 10 times more expensive than this. Building a 500 mile vacuum tube is not easy. The hyperloop hype is very unfortunate because it will prevent us from having a proper functioning train in the hope of some pie in the sky project that will probably not happen with the present technology.
- trome 10y agoWorse yet, Hyperloop would move 1/20th the passengers, to the tune of only 1000 people an hour. Hyperloop is horribly inefficent, and has worse right of way needs & engineering costs compared to High Speed Rail, not to mention the lack of existing talent to build it.
- wankerrific 10y agoThat money is being used to improve commuter rail. The first bits of spending are to electrify CalTrain and make grade separation improvements which will increase capacity. That sounds a lot more tangible and useful than an imaginary hyper loop or putting more "self driving" cars on the road.
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