Comments by "Maggie Jetson" (@maggiejetson7904) on "Why tech billionaires suck at fixing transport" video.

  1. Because 1) they don't ride commoner transit or get stuck in commute like we do, 2) they assume everyone can afford their solutions, 3) they can afford much more risks of not getting to work or pick up kids from school on time than the commoners.
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  2. Most US cities do not have enough population density to pull off HSR, let alone hyperloop. US is better off with point to point air travel or driving as there are more demand in point to point than hub based air or train travel.
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  3. I do think hyperloop has potential, to be faster than air travel, but the problem is to be cost effective you have to make sure it is highly utilized and to do that you have to connect only large cities far away (so the faster than air speed matters) but not too far away (so it doesn't cost too much more than air travel). The smaller cities won't make it with their utilization and they are likely better off with train in short distance and air for long distance.
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  4.  @technophobian2962  hard to come down though and you still have aerodynamics to drag you down, not the steel wheel drag. The whole point of tube or hyperloop is to reduce air drag and reuse that vacuum effect with multiple vehicles and power it with electric instead of jet fuel.
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  5. Only in large cities. In small towns I think uber / taxi plus small cars and bikes would be better.
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  6. Speed doesn't matter, point to point travel without transfer is more important. A slower bus without transfer can be faster than HSR and lots of transfer in low speed train.
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  7. Their idea is not wrong, and in low interest rate era not bad for trying things out. I think it would work better in Asia however, like between Beijing and Shanghai, with continuous hyperloop traffic instead of airplane.
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