Comments by "robheusd" (@robheusd) on "Hyperloop - The Future of Travel?" video.

  1. Yep. The economics of hyperloop are bad. That is because you have to calculate the average reduction of travel time for all journeys in which taking a hyperloop makes sense, in comparence, with alternative forms of transport. Total travel time includes the time you spent in slow transport reaching a station for hyperloop, and to final destination, and the time spent on boarding a train (safety measures will add significant time). This is bad for hyperloop as hyperloop stations will be on average further away as train stations (a rail network can service far more stations as hyperloop for the same cost of building). Like the maglev train, it turns out that this is bad for the economic viability for building such lines. Apart from that, hyperloop has bad passenger comfort, it will be like traveling in a space rocket. People with medical problems can't use such a system.
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