I made a similar argument about electric remote controlled cars on the high speed rail blog site a while back to howls of derision. Basically the aging Jerry Brown is oblivious that his calls for gen
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Max,
No direct government money, yet....that I know of, except maybe Research and Development tax credits, available to all firms.
This concept for a "revolutionary" new transport systems has
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> ... government money?
Interesting question. Supposedly hyperloop is all "private enterprise" so far. But everything else Musk has done and is doing has LOTS of government support - directly (like
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I am still waiting for Musk and his folks to invent the nuclear powered laser tunnel boring machine that is going the make this so cheap.......? Any progress on that, yet?
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If you haven't seen it, here's the SpaceX manifesto regarding the hyperloop. Whatever you think about it, they at least have tried to think about it. Wonder how much they spent on it - pretty detailed
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Note the poll is by a news outlet from a very passenger rail/transit-minded area.
Meanwhile, on the opposite coast, that smart guy with all the money is ratcheting up his "rail" project a step furt
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There are lots of potential issues with HL. Some were mentioned above. But they're engineering not concept. If you spend enough money they can be dealt with. But it won't be a short-stop Amtrak servic
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Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Ok, so talking about cryptic, who is PB?
Pb would be lead.
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Who was that dufus, who claimed to be a RR Engineer, that appeared this morning on CNN claiming to Brooke Baldwin that the 1948 24L braking system, in some ancient diesel he was in, with the old style
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Elon Musk has "no involvement" in the project.......?
Hyperlink article.....
Amtrak only 3-4 hours LA-SFO-????
Only 10 years until Hyperlink.......?
Crowdfunding?
Wow! I can't w
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LA To San Fran In 30 Minutes? Hyperloop CEO Says Speed Tube Could Become Reality
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/17/la-to-san-fran-in-5-minutes-hyperloop-ceo-says-speed-tube-could-become-rea
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>Tokaido Shinkansen?
Of the early HSR lines, that was the only one that started as a city center-city center line, separated from the "normal" railroads and everything else for that matter. Of cour
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Could not agree more with your plan for rail on the GG Bridge so long as it is standard gauge OC not broad gauge. Of course freight would then have to go. The general trend is to get rid of non-stan
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synonymouse Wrote:
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> I believe there could be condors around and
> probably some other large endangered species, but
> I don't think hsr mos
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I believe there could be condors around and probably some other large endangered species, but I don't think hsr mostly in tunnel is going to be a big problem for them. I gather the wind turbines can
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