Shocking news! In an incredible breakthrough for American mass-transit engineering, the transportation technology company Virgin Hyperloop this past weekend successfully moved two people 500 meters across the barren Las Vegas desert at a top speed of just over 100 mph, setting a new world record for the absolute most pitiful thing anyone not named “Elon […]

It's a race to the bottom with these 'not-trains'.

Seriously, just build trains.

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    4 years ago

    What exactly is the upside of these things for state and local governments? Like why do they spend money on them instead of actual high speed rail? Surely they don't think it's going to turn a profit? Is it just because it's a shiny new toy they lose sight of the shortcomings?

    • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      They can say they did something for public transport while effectively only weakening it in the long run to benefit the car culture