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Article assumes that the hyperloop can/would follow existing highways. Considering the cost of diverting traffic during construction, it seems unlikely you coul
by dangerlibrary 13y ago
Article assumes that the hyperloop can/would follow existing highways. Considering the cost of diverting traffic during construction, it seems unlikely you could build it for anything close to the advertised $6 billion while following existing highways.
Also, the structure would need to be tall (or short) enough to bypass highway bridges and overpasses...
- sargun 13y agoThe Hyperloop design paper states that it would be along existing highways.
- dangerlibrary 13y agoI missed that! Thank you.
- dasil003 13y agoDid you change your original comment because this thread makes no sense.
- dangerlibrary 13y agoI did not change anything. I was nitpicking about something implied in the linked article, without realizing it was in Musk's original spec/budget.
- blackjack48 13y agoThe paper also included a map that showed the route running between Hayward and Burbank, not city centers. That may be how Musk proposes to solve the curve radius problem.