maybe it will, maybe it won't, but it doesn't exactly solve any practical problems with transportation (see: Concorde)
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people obsess to a ridiculous degree over *speed* of travel when capacity and price are much more important
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more speed => more capacity, all other things equal, problem with Concorde is that they weren't
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airplanes are much faster than conventional HSR, but constant Tokyo-Nagoya flights still don't beat capacity of maglev
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that is, more speed *helps* create capacity, but vehicle design is crucial too
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