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So, a sealed tube from A to Z, passing B through Y. No benefit to B through Y at all. So why do B through Y allow the tube to pass through? When railways happe

by alan_cx 13y ago

So, a sealed tube from A to Z, passing B through Y. No benefit to B through Y at all. So why do B through Y allow the tube to pass through? When railways happened, B through Y believed they would see economic benefit, and often did. They got a station. Not so here, correct? There for, wouldn't this need a government to force it through? How would that happen in the USA? To me this is where the idea runs in to the buffers, as it were.

shawabawa3 13y ago
> No benefit to B through Y at all. So why do B through Y allow the tube to pass through? Easy. You pay them.
- alan_cx 13y ago
  Easy? Think it through..... Who? How much? All the same? When? Then imagine all the people from B to Y who see an opportunity to screw the project for huge amounts of cash. Decades of lawyers arguing in court over every conceivable point, or opportunity. And that before environmental, and god know what else, groups get involved. Sorry, no, not easy at all. Not even slightly.
  - shawabawa3 13y ago
    The high speed rail wasn't going to stop at B through Y anyway, and the hyperloop supposedly takes less space.
    - dragonwriter 13y ago
      > The high speed rail wasn't going to stop at B through Y anyway Untrue [1]. [1] http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/newsroom/fact%20sheets/High-Speed%20Rail%20Big%20Picture.pdf http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/newsroom/fact%20sheets/High-Speed... - all but the "Northern California Unified Service" and "Amtrak Surfliner" runs are planned HSR lines/stations, and all (including those) are getting upgrades/improvements or new rail/connections as part of the HSR project.
fr0sty 13y ago
The tube will hew closely to existing highway I-5 eliminating most right-of-way issues (since the state controls the land already. Also B-Y is currently very low density and paying someone $X,XXX/yr for this nearly silent tube to pass through their field is not exactly a hard-sell.

by alan_cx 13y ago

shawabawa3 13y ago

> No benefit to B through Y at all. So why do B through Y allow the tube to pass through? Easy. You pay them.

alan_cx 13y ago
Easy? Think it through..... Who? How much? All the same? When? Then imagine all the people from B to Y who see an opportunity to screw the project for huge amounts of cash. Decades of lawyers arguing in court over every conceivable point, or opportunity. And that before environmental, and god know what else, groups get involved. Sorry, no, not easy at all. Not even slightly.
- shawabawa3 13y ago
  The high speed rail wasn't going to stop at B through Y anyway, and the hyperloop supposedly takes less space.
  - dragonwriter 13y ago
    > The high speed rail wasn't going to stop at B through Y anyway Untrue [1]. [1] http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/newsroom/fact%20sheets/High-Speed%20Rail%20Big%20Picture.pdf http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/newsroom/fact%20sheets/High-Speed... - all but the "Northern California Unified Service" and "Amtrak Surfliner" runs are planned HSR lines/stations, and all (including those) are getting upgrades/improvements or new rail/connections as part of the HSR project.

fr0sty 13y ago

The tube will hew closely to existing highway I-5 eliminating most right-of-way issues (since the state controls the land already. Also B-Y is currently very low density and paying someone $X,XXX/yr for this nearly silent tube to pass through their field is not exactly a hard-sell.