Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by anothernewdude on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:22PM
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I agree with you, but I would add: I don't see how a hyperloop could do that either.
Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by SOLAR_FIELDS on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:46PM
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Good point! My idea is to have people simply rocket launched via pods from LA to SF over the air about 200-300 meters off the ground on average. Sure, it’s unsafe, and probably has a ton of reasons that it won’t work. But isn’t it an innovative way to solve transportation problems that definitely isn’t a tactic intended to downplay public transit in CA so that my totally unrelated car business has less of a risk of succeeding?
Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by bagels on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:44PM
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The state can't even build a "high speed" (or as other countries might call it, regular speed) train track between those places.
Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by jcranmer on Saturday April 01, 2023 @12:48AM
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The CAHSR plans were for ~350 km/h rail speed, which is basically the highest end of high-speed rail. It's the ~200 km/h speed of the NEC that is at best barely-high-speed rail.
Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by bagels on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:20AM
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The plans were for that. It's not built, and much of it, if built, is now not planned to support that speed.
Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by aeyes on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:52PM
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It's not 400 miles and not 300mph but the Hong Kong to Shenzhen XRL line is underground, traveling at up to 350kph.
https://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/road_and_railway/railway_network/x...
The idea was for the Hyperloop was to do the 400 miles straight shot from LA to San Francisco at speeds up to 300mph. I don't see how a subway could do anything comparable.