The LA end is really Sylmar, at the edge of the LA Basin; with additional access time and security checks, this is no faster than conventional HSR doing the tri

The LA end is really Sylmar, at the edge of the LA Basin; with additional access time and security checks, this is no faster than conventional HSR doing the trip in 2:40. "Security checks"? Why would Hyperloop require any more security checks than the HSR? If anything, you'd expect security to be faster for a constant stream of departures, vs 1000+ passengers bunched together for a train. (Or you could be sensible like the French, Japanese, Germans and Chinese and dispense with any train-related security theatre entirely, but that would probably be too much to ask in the land of the free and the home of the scared.)