2024-12-22T04:33:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/146116363/reality-checking-the-hyperloop-hyperbole Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-01-19T13:25:00-05:00 >2016-01-19T21:10:44-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jb/jbb6xyiwx16aauea.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[Hyperloop] has the swagger of Elon Musk rather than the stigma of a public bureaucracy. Second, it&rsquo;s going to be, like, a billion times faster than HSR. [...] And yet, this combination of enthusiasm and magnetism doesn&rsquo;t buy farmland. It doesn&rsquo;t ease eminent domain takings. It doesn&rsquo;t blast through bedrock or relocate utilities. It doesn&rsquo;t design station area plans. [...] The very same mountains, cities, canals, farmers, and habitats that complicate HSR also complicate Hyperloop.</p></em><br /><br /><p>For past reporting on Hyperloop in all its emerging forms:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/124224194/designing-the-hyperspace-ucla-studio-imagines-hyperloop-s-future-in-california" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Designing the Hyperspace: UCLA studio imagines Hyperloop's future in California</a></li><li><a title="A first look at the Hyperloop's real tubes and imagined winged terminals" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145191434/a-first-look-at-the-hyperloop-s-real-tubes-and-imagined-winged-terminals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A first look at the Hyperloop's real tubes and imagined winged terminals</a></li><li><a title="Unpacking the Hyperloop's lofty promises" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/136726928/unpacking-the-hyperloop-s-lofty-promises" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unpacking the Hyperloop's lofty promises</a></li><li><a title="Elon Musk launches Hyperloop Pod Competition to university students and engineers" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/129714649/elon-musk-launches-hyperloop-pod-competition-to-university-students-and-engineers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elon Musk launches Hyperloop Pod Competition to university students and engineers</a></li><li><a title="LA's Arts District now home to Hyperloop World Headquarters" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123680434/la-s-arts-district-now-home-to-hyperloop-world-headquarters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LA's Arts District now home to Hyperloop World Headquarters</a></li><li><a title="The town that Hyperloop built" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/122049432/the-town-that-hyperloop-built" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The town that Hyperloop built</a></li></ul>