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Cars and public transport are vastly different in capacity. A tunnel for cars is obviously a crazy idea but what if it carried some sort of pods that carried lo

Cars and public transport are vastly different in capacity. A tunnel for cars is obviously a crazy idea but what if it carried some sort of pods that carried lots of people at once, maybe in a vacuum, at fast speeds?

mrighele 10y ago
We could even fill those pods with burritos [1] ! (Sorry, couldn't resist) [1] http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_t...
lmm 10y ago
You couldn't make efficient pods while complying with US railroad regulations (the US high speed trains are the heaviest in the world because the laws basically require trains to be armoured. Comparison to the US love of SUVs left as an exercise to the reader). If you can find a way around those regulations that would work, but seems overcomplicated compared to just applying your way around those regulations to ordinary high-speed rail.
- hx87 10y ago
  US railroad regulations don't apply to rail systems that don't carry freight and don't share rails with freight.
  - lmm 10y ago
    Interesting. Does that mean California HSR won't have the problems of Acela and will be able to use a more sensible train design?
motoboi 10y ago
I think you probably made a joke, but this is exactly what Hyperloop is.
- grey-area 10y ago
  ;)