Every estimate I've seen is incredibly idealistic or simply ignores the problems. Safety alone is an incredibly complex issue - the pod travels at high speeds i

Every estimate I've seen is incredibly idealistic or simply ignores the problems. Safety alone is an incredibly complex issue - the pod travels at high speeds in a tube a few inches from the walls, in vacuum. Any imperfection or leak immediately results in a catastrophe. Even if you somehow manage to stop the pods, how do the people get out? When you start adding all the safety features, the costs grow extremely fast. Hyprerloop is not impossible, just very very expensive to build and to maintain.