The link you provided is cut, ends in "..." But yea, you nailed it. 68 billion for the bullet train? Whew. For less than 10% of the cost, you could revolutionize transportation. The only thing I wonder, is 840 passengers per hour enough? That isn't nearly enough traffic. How many thousands travel between LA and San Fran every day?Assuming an average departure time of 2 minutes between capsules, a
minimum of 28 passengers per capsule are required to meet 840 passengers per
hour. It is possible to further increase the Hyperloop capacity by reducing the
time between departures. The current baseline requires up to 40 capsules in
activity during rush hour, 6 of which are at the terminals for loading and
unloading of the passengers in approximately 5 minutes.