12-20-2014, 06:10 PM
One of the advantages of Hyperloop is that it's not a trillion dollar buried train, it's built in EXISTING highway corridors, in EXISTING rights of way, on elevated stanchions. This makes it considerably LESS expensive to build than driving it underground.
Unfortunately, it ALSO means that in densely packed urban areas, like the areas Ombligo mentions, there may not BE the kind of existing rights of way to build it IN... which MAY be the reason some "obvious" cities are skipped on that map.
Also, keep in mind that we won't REALLY know how much it's going to cost until we try a section of it, build it, build the cars, and try it.
Also, if the first leg is built in California, it'll be a fair estimation that any OTHER state could build it for, oh, say, HALF that... California's transportation department could find a way to show a loss on being handed a gold brick.
I wonder (thinking out loud), how many "cars" could be run in a tube simultaneously? In other words, would this be a "one car leaves every 6 hours" deal, or one leaving every hour? Every ten minutes?
Only one criticism of one of the artists conceptions in that article; the one in front of the Golden Gate - never happen... it's now blocking the ship channel! Now, seeing if it could be "slung" under the Golden Gate Bridge (with proper upgrades and reinforcements, of course) would be interesting!
Unfortunately, it ALSO means that in densely packed urban areas, like the areas Ombligo mentions, there may not BE the kind of existing rights of way to build it IN... which MAY be the reason some "obvious" cities are skipped on that map.
Also, keep in mind that we won't REALLY know how much it's going to cost until we try a section of it, build it, build the cars, and try it.
Also, if the first leg is built in California, it'll be a fair estimation that any OTHER state could build it for, oh, say, HALF that... California's transportation department could find a way to show a loss on being handed a gold brick.
I wonder (thinking out loud), how many "cars" could be run in a tube simultaneously? In other words, would this be a "one car leaves every 6 hours" deal, or one leaving every hour? Every ten minutes?
Only one criticism of one of the artists conceptions in that article; the one in front of the Golden Gate - never happen... it's now blocking the ship channel! Now, seeing if it could be "slung" under the Golden Gate Bridge (with proper upgrades and reinforcements, of course) would be interesting!