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The Hyperloop Will Never Be Superior to High-Speed Rail
Shocking as it may seem, people enjoy not vomiting.
The Hyperloop is the Donald Trump presidential campaign of transportation technology: it seems certain to fail at any moment, and yet somehow not only lives on but gains strength.
It’s been a couple years now since Elon Musk whipped up plans to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco in about 30 minutes via travel pods capable of going 760 mph—all at a fraction of the cost of high-speed rail. A half hour would seem like the proper amount of time for an idea like that to indeed run its course; instead, there’s now a “a good-old fashioned race on” to build the system, according to Gizmodo. In addition to Musk’s SpaceX operation, two other companies are actually moving forward with a test track.