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Whenever I read about high speed underground tunnel travel, I always feel a little weird because it just doesn't feel safe to me - even though I'm sure the peop

Whenever I read about high speed underground tunnel travel, I always feel a little weird because it just doesn't feel safe to me - even though I'm sure the people working on this are more than capable of running the numbers. I hope I'll be proven wrong because hyperloop transport is a super futuristic thing that would be cool to see. I wonder if folks back in the early 1800s felt the same way about trains? This project sounds like it was designed to lose money for the sake of good publicity. I'm sure if it works out well for LA, we'll quickly see efforts to establish similar systems in other major cities with LA as the precedent before refocusing on profitability. If we're all riding in Boring Company trains to work 30 years from now, remember it started here! haha

dingaling 8y ago
> wonder if folks back in the early 1800s felt the same way about trains Londoners were quite scathing about the first underground electric transit service in 1890, mostly due to its small cramped coaches that they called 'padded cells' 128 years later, we have... Better batteries.
semi-extrinsic 8y ago
When high speed steam locomotives were first invented, critics stated that women would not be able to travel on such trains because the high acceleration could cause their uterus to prolapse.