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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by goatforce5 on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @10:18AM (#6205818)
New York City had a series of tubes (pneumatic tubes, that is) connecting various post offices around Manhattan and even to Brooklyn.

http://untappedcities.com/2013/03/15/nycs-pneumatic-tube-mai...

I was going to say the destruction of it was spearheaded by the automobile companies, but I was confusing that with the fate of the streetcar system in NYC and elsewhere:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspi...

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by astrodust on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @10:49AM (#6206043)
I'd also read that it was upended by the company supplying delivery vans to the postal service: General Motors.

They could sling a package across Manhattan in minutes, but to drive there, then as now, takes a lot longer.

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by Jun8 on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @10:53AM (#6206067)
Chicago had a similar thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tunnel_Company
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