For the same reason, high speed rail really isn't a fix to most transportation problems we face here (tho it has a more useful niche than hyperloop, and has at least been shown to work all over the world), which tend to be at the *intra* metropolitan level
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What exactly IS the main transportation problem here? The best summary I can think of right now is "wide roads and spaced-out buildings inflate our infrastructure costs per capita *and* our miles traveled per capita, encouraging cheap infrastructure while exacerbating congestion"
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Also that flight has to be over land for most part. There would be no transatlantic or pacific flights
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And that's a big assumption. Protip: it's not going to work
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I thought the plan was for hyperloop stations to be out of town too, like airports. Making it even less useful. @thestile1972
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