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As a planner, my biggest questions are around land acquisition. It's not usually the kit that's the super expensive part of these projects. That said, I suppose
by peatmoss 13y ago
As a planner, my biggest questions are around land acquisition. It's not usually the kit that's the super expensive part of these projects. That said, I suppose it's possible that the land requirements for the hyperloop are less.
I meet a lot of curmudgeonly planners who like to downplay the potential impacts of new technology (hyperloop, self-driving cars, etc.), but I'm open to the possibility of truly disruptive tech. Still, I have a hard time imagining that the land acquisitions will be that much cheaper for hyperloop.
- vidarh 13y agoA large point of the proposal was the massively reduced land use requirements coming from using a structure on pylons, and from having most of it follow the existing highway on land that's already publicly owned. The assumptions regarding land use were pretty well covered in the PDF Elon Musk released.