> What's not mentioned here is California just broke ground on a similar project from "LA to SF" but is more like Burbank to San Jose.
No, the actual termini for HSR are in the city centers.
Unlike Musk's hyperloop proposals, where one part of hitting the low cost number was terminating far from either population center (IIRC, substantially north of LA for the southern terminus, and way out in the East Bay on the northern terminus.)
> it will never meet the legal requirement of getting from LA proper to SF proper in 2:40.
Even if that was true, Musk's proposed hyperloop orientation would hardly be an improvement, as LA proper to SF proper would, in many cases, take that long or longer only considering the time between the city center and the proposed station locations, even if the hyperloop was an instant teleport.
No, the actual termini for HSR are in the city centers.
Unlike Musk's hyperloop proposals, where one part of hitting the low cost number was terminating far from either population center (IIRC, substantially north of LA for the southern terminus, and way out in the East Bay on the northern terminus.)
> it will never meet the legal requirement of getting from LA proper to SF proper in 2:40.
Even if that was true, Musk's proposed hyperloop orientation would hardly be an improvement, as LA proper to SF proper would, in many cases, take that long or longer only considering the time between the city center and the proposed station locations, even if the hyperloop was an instant teleport.