[Vince Ferrer]

So in other words, it’s a $68 billion project to build a method of transit that combines the longer time of driving with the lack of convenience of flying (that is, arriving without a car).

If you took a self driving car from LA to San Fran, you would get there as fast, would still be able to use the time in the car productively, and have a car at your destination.

[anoldafvet]

Based on the cost and the fare, it would take 441,558,442 passengers just to pay for the construction cost. How many people actually travel between LA and San Francisco in a year?