Sceptics suggest, however, that hyperloop might prove to be as ephemeral and impractical for long distance travel as other non-conventional train projects such as monorails and trains floating on magnetic track beds (Maglev).
The critics point out that the experience of being shot through a tube for half an hour or longer, without a view and without being able to move from one’s seat, might not appeal to everyone. They also point out that a hyperloop system would be able to link conurbations but – unlike a conventional high-speed train - would not be able to reach city-centre stations using existing tracks.
The chief executive of one of the two companies developing the idea – Dirk Ahlborn of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies – told a conference in New York on Tuesday that such objections would prove groundless.
“We’re trying to make travel suck less,” he said. “We’re trying to fix public transport.”
“Speed is one of the advantages (of hyperloop), but it’s not the only one. Building something that has economic sense, that has a good business model behind it, for me, is even more important.”
Sceptics suggest, however, that hyperloop might prove to be as ephemeral and impractical for long distance travel as other non-conventional train projects such as monorails and trains floating on magnetic track beds (Maglev).The critics point out that the experience of being shot through a tube for half an hour or longer, without a view and without being able to move from one’s seat, might not appeal to everyone. They also point out that a hyperloop system would be able to link conurbations but – unlike a conventional high-speed train - would not be able to reach city-centre stations using existing tracks.The chief executive of one of the two companies developing the idea – Dirk Ahlborn of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies – told a conference in New York on Tuesday that such objections would prove groundless.“We’re trying to make travel suck less,” he said. “We’re trying to fix public transport.” “Speed is one of the advantages (of hyperloop), but it’s not the only one. Building something that has economic sense, that has a good business model behind it, for me, is even more important.”
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