A skeptical response to Musk's hyperloop

Re:A skeptical response to Musk's hyperloop by jpatokal on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @10:12PM (#6215776)

The LA end is really Sylmar, at the edge of the LA Basin; with additional access time and security checks, this is no faster than conventional HSR doing the trip in 2:40.

"Security checks"? Why would Hyperloop require any more security checks than the HSR? If anything, you'd expect security to be faster for a constant stream of departures, vs 1000+ passengers bunched together for a train.

(Or you could be sensible like the French, Japanese, Germans and Chinese and dispense with any train-related security theatre entirely, but that would probably be too much to ask in the land of the free and the home of the scared.)

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Re:A skeptical response to Musk's hyperloop by mehwoot on Thursday August 15, 2013 @07:06AM (#6217101)

Security checks is not the main cost of time there. The hyperloop is suggested to end up in Sylmar, which according to google, is about a 30 minute drive from Union Station in the center of Los Angeles, where the HSR will stop at. I don't live in LA so I'm not sure whether that 30 minutes is optimistic or pessimistic.

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