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Hyperloop solves two problems that challenge the adoption of high speed rail. 1. Infrequent departure times. There are about 100 flights from New York to LA a
by MattGaiser 6y ago
Hyperloop solves two problems that challenge the adoption of high speed rail.
1. Infrequent departure times. There are about 100 flights from New York to LA a day. Plenty of departure time options. Are there going to be 100 departure choices with a train? No, it would probably be 15 at most. In Canada, we have relatively fast rail between Toronto and Montreal, two of our major cities. Even with similar travel times all in, they struggle to get people on the trains because of the lack of departure times. There are about 50 departure time options by air.
If you can have 30 people a pod, then you can have tons of departure options or even could be flexible about them.
2. 367 miles per hour is slow for a country the size of the USA. That is 7 hours point to point from New York to LA. Probably 11 hours with stops and not being able to go that speed along the whole way.
- renw0rp 6y agoSure, the faster the better, but as long as there is a couchette option 11h doesn't sound half bad.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoBeijing-Shanghai trains run three to four times an hour in each direction. Is that not often enough for intercity connections?
- me_me_me 6y agoHyperloop solves those problems like I solve those problem with my fleet of magical unicorns. The difference is no one believes me. By some accounts/promises the hyperloop should be operating now or in few years. By the looks of the demo it will be at least decade before they will build anything serious. But, I can deploy my unicorns in matter of days just need few hundred millions to R&D magical stables to keep them under control. Its future tech invest in me. /s