[Cicero]

O.K., just as long as they don’t hire Elon Musk to do it.

[beethovenfan]

But in Kalifornia we have Gov. Moonbeam’s Train to Nowhere.

[King Moonracer]

It’s like mag-lev on steroids.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

and which is eons ahead of the hell that is Interstate 5.

This sentence was obviously written by someone who hates cars and driving. True, the minute or so it takes to get past the cattle feed lots near Harris Ranch isn't exactly fragrant, but there's no part of the 5 that qualifies as anything approaching "hell". It's a nice, pleasant drive with plenty of places to stop, stretch your legs and get something to eat. If you leave LA or the Bay Area early enough, there's no traffic or cops and you can let your engine unwind.

Of course, with the absurd $15/hr minimum wage the statists are installing, most of those places to get something to eat will be gone, but that's another issue.

[dfwgator]

“They’ll be Spandex Jackets, one for everyone.”

[dangus]

What seems most remarkable about the hyperloop isn’t the maximum speed, but the acceleration. HIgh-speed trains don’t work well in the DC-Boston corridor because there are too many stops. The Acela can go 150 MPH, but averages only 72 MPH because of the stops. (84 MPH if the boarding times are subtracted.) Yet the DC-Boston corridor has several times the population of California, and a maxed out airspace. So why build a hyperloop in California? Planes suffice.

Boston::Providence::New London::New York::Newark Airport::Philadelphia::Baltimore::DC

[Mr. Blond]

What is this obsession to connect SF and LA? What is the commonality? LA to Anaheim, San Diego and Vegas makes much more sense.