https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...y-and-edmonton
Would you ride one of these to Edmonton?
I wasnt aware that there was multiple hyperloop companies.
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...y-and-edmonton
Would you ride one of these to Edmonton?
I wasnt aware that there was multiple hyperloop companies.
Last edited by nzwasp; 08-25-2020 at 10:20 AM.
I would need a reason to go to Edmonton in the first place. That is the greater question.
I’d still drive personally, as most of my trips are vehicle related.
Kinda stupid, a high speed rail would be a lot more economical. There's a reason why there's all talk and no substance for these ... way too complicated for how much traffic YEG/YYC would see.
2017 - Hyperloop One built a test track that reached 387km/hr ... thats about it in terms of development. They're hoping their first 75 mile hyperloop will be completed in 2029. This is just yet another waste of money for a topic that gets brought up every couple years and will never happen.
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Slow news day I suppose...
This comes up every few years, ain't gonna happen. Society is more and more moving away from in person anything, why invest in mass transit to a place that isn't dramatically different than the one you're already in? This would have been useful 30 years ago but now, meh.
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Last edited by 01RedDX; 10-14-2020 at 12:40 AM.
Are there any actual working hyperloops running in the world anywhere or are they still all theoretical?
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Sweet. Now Alberta gets its own Green Line.
COVID changed everything. Even with great rail systems, people in Tokyo are getting back into personal cars.
I don't see this getting the ROI unless both Calgary and Edmonton turns into 10M population mega cities.
LA and SF probably makes a way better case for this.
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You know what would be more functional, and cheaper? Actual public transit to the international airports in both cities, and then hourly bus service betwen the airports. Hell, you could run hourly busses, and every 10 minute trains to the city centre from the airport, and still be a fraction of the cost of high speed rail or a hyperloop.
Absoloute fucking madness.
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No public ones are operational. There are a few 'test' loops for proof of concept but thats it. I think 2029 is slated as the completion for Hyperloop One.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Edmonton and Calgary is too close. Even if there is train to downtown from both airports, for the time to board a plane and taken public transit to/from airport, I would have driven there already and still have a car to use at destination.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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The only way it would make sense is to have downtown to downtown service (which isn't possible). If you do airport to airport then by the time you travel like a peasant from the airports to downtowns you are almost at the same time as driving up.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Edmonton it's 20 minutes from Jasper ave to Century park station and then another 20 minute drive by car (so say 30-40 minutes by LRT if they extend it down there). So an hour right there. Calgary is half hour to saddletown, so say another 10 minute to the airport for a train ... 1hr40min of public transit plus 30 minutes travelling via hyperloop plus however long to board and do security ... easily 3 hour trip anyways.
Airport to airport. I like the idea of being able to cross shop airfares and departure times in both cities. And being able to work and live in opposite cities would be interesting.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote