This is good news. Until they lay the actual track, much of the right-of-way purchased can be rededicated as hyperloop. (Not all of it... the hyperloop can’t make turns very well.)
Projected cost of rail: $68 billion to make the trip in 3 hours.
Projected cost of hyperloop: $6 billion (let’s say $10 for argument’s sake) to make it in 40 minutes.
Man, in Freepworld you’ve got to be quick on the trigger, and you were just a little quicker with the same thought.
When I fly from SF to LA, costs about $100 by air in an hour. Why should I take a train that takes 3 times as long? I often drive and do it in about 10 hours, and it's an easy pleasant drive (until hitting the LA freeways, but same problem getting out of the airport or a rail station to hit the LA freeways to get to final destination). The $68 billion will turn into $150 billion by the time this fiasco rail gets done.
Do the bullet train and hyperloop involve traveling over the ground at incredibly high speeds across major fault zones?
On the plus side, if you’re traveling in the train/hyperloop when the temblor hits, it’ll be over quick!