Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has another transportation system in mind, this one train-based. Hyperloop is a speculative project that envisions trainlike vehicles traveling through tubes with minimal friction, enabling speeds of more than 600 mph (fast enough to travel from San Francisco to L.A. in 35 minutes).
Musk released a preliminary design document for Hyperloop last August, saying the estimated price tag for the service would be $6 billion. That is $3 billion less than the federal money pledged for high-speed rail in California, which has been set back by a myriad of issues. While the feasibility of the Hyperloop is still being fiercely debated by transportation engineers and others, there's no doubt it would dramatically boost the speed of travel.
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