>Somewhat counter-intuitively, the answer to that is often "no", due to induced demand[1]. I see what you mean but couldn't you raise the same objection if som

>Somewhat counter-intuitively, the answer to that is often "no", due to induced demand[1]. I see what you mean but couldn't you raise the same objection if somebody wanted to, say, create a new subway system or something similar? More people in the new transport system means fewer people in cars on the streets means induced demand... I don't see why this particular project is different. >I think the point being made here is that ingress/egress imposes such a significant bottleneck that total throughput will still be low, and very few people would actually be able to benefit. I agree with that, it's also a problem with hyperloop. It seems like Musk's vision of the future is great if you're rich, not so much if you're poor.