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I think the killer route for the hyperloop is Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Las Vegas could pay for it - sidestepping California's budget issues. In return they w
by kornork 13y ago
I think the killer route for the hyperloop is Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Las Vegas could pay for it - sidestepping California's budget issues. In return they would get a giant vacuum cleaner nozzle for gamblers from southern California.
- dghughes 13y agoHasn't there been some sort of train route proposed for decades? A friend went to Las Vegas a few years ago and said condos are sold along a proposed high speed train route but it's always "just a few years from completion".
- Anechoic 13y agoThere is (was?) a privately-funded project that was well into the engineering phase (http://www.xpresswest.com http://www.xpresswest.com) but they needed a Federal loan to make the project feasible and FRA recently put the kibosh on the loan: http://www.reviewjournal.com/transportation-insider/prospects-dim-high-speed-rail-link-la-vegas http://www.reviewjournal.com/transportation-insider/prospect...
- dojomouse 13y agoThere have been several proposals I think. Last I heard it was dead. The problem is that it kind of sucks as a commercial proposition. A Hyperloop solution, on the other hand, wouldn't. I've done a basic profitability analysis on the route, will publish as soon as I can bloggify it. Basically, even with the existing air traffic only, it's a really attractive route, especially if you link it in to an SF-LA Hyperloop as well and hence capture the SF-LasVegas air traffic too. The main problem with the xpresswest train is that it basically went from nowhere to nowhere. Still needed a car at both ends. That and its being grossly expensive.