Brent ToderianDec 29, 2022

REMEMBER: “Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even tho he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx in #Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-transportation-failures-tesla-waymo-bir-1849382788

#Hyperloop #ElonMusk #California #Rail #cars #cities #urbanism #transit #transportation

Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure

The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.

Gizmodo
Show threadDan WalkerDec 29, 2022
@BrentToderian @parismarx crazy that they would take his word for some unproven technology over well understood high speed rail, but I guess at that time he still had his veneer of competence.
Show threadStephen Gentle
@rowdypixel @BrentToderian He didn’t succeed, luckily - California HSR is being built right now.
Dec 29, 2022 at 7:09amWeb
Show threadJoe ❌👑Dec 30, 2022
@stephengentle @rowdypixel @BrentToderian It has been slowed down hugely and the cost has grown greatly because of an unending wave of lawsuits.