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We are building a new, cool mass-transit system here, there's going to be a small-bore tunnel with electric skates between downtown Chicago and the airport. Ed

• njarboe 8y ago
  That is just a regular type tunnel built by the Boring Company and using electric vehicles in it. Not an evacuated tunnel with very fast vehicles. Spending extra for Hyperloop speeds really only make sense for longer distances. Not sure why this Chinese project is so short unless it is just a bigger type demo for the company and China hopes to acquire the technology like it has for so many other advanced systems invented in the west.
  • greglindahl 8y ago
    That Chicago system is novel in several ways, but if you don't think it's as cool as other projects, that's fine.
    • njarboe 8y ago
      The tunnel is cool and great. I hope we can get these tunnels all over the place. I was just saying "Were building it here" is factually wrong about the Chicago tunnel being a Hyperloop tunnel.
      • greglindahl 8y ago
        "It" is "new cool mass-transit technology". That sounds to me like something that's a matter of opinion, not fact. Edit: Ah, your stealth edit indicates you thought I was talking about Hyperloop! I wasn't. I edited the top to indicate that.