Hyperloop: How Can We Make The World's 5th Mode Of Transport Even Better?!

The fact that Elon Musk has conceived a high-speed transit system for the state of California is evidence that he is indeed a new breed of mastermind, not only for California, but indeed America, the land of milk and honey where innovation is destroyed long before it's ever celebrated.

That right there is the cruddy reality of our nation that ALL OF US have had to, at one point or another, learn to come to grips with. Once we have, however, things within our infrastructure really do start to take on a different appearance.

For this reason, Musk has made a proposition: why spend a projected $69-70 billion on an outdated rail that only tops-out at 116 miles per hour, when clearly the solution is to build something that's not a rail at all?!

So with the Hyperloop we eliminate a few factors that are sure to upset a few who are in Congress, but simultaneously it should bring a sigh of relief to the eskimos in Alaska, along with a few wealthy princes from Abu Dhabi.

Not that we're necessarily interested in helping-out a "few wealthy princes" from Dhabi, because God only knows that they have plenty of "help" from the massive, Ferrari theme park that they've built, but let's face it: no fossil fuels means no more punching holes into the earth.

On these key points, Elon Musk and I clearly agree with each other. However, we slightly disagree on one small factor, and that "factor" is not much more than vehicle type. To me, it doesn't seem like capsules are sufficient enough for a vacuum-based system that runs from downtown Los Angeles to San Francisco.

It's not that big of a deal; clearly Elon Musk is the "Walt Disney" of the 21st century and not myself. I simply feel that if we're going to build the Hyperloop, that we should make it as comfortable and user-friendly as possible.

In that spirit, I have outlined some sketches that I've found as free domain on the web. The passenger vehicle that is shown on this page is similar to what I envision being used on Elon's Hyperloop, and while "tube/cylinder development" is not my main focus, I have thrown-out some tube and electrical sketches anyway, just to offer a visual perspective of what I believe will ultimately become, the "Hyperloop..."

It seems as though a vehicle type like the one pictured above would provide, for the Hyperloop, a more comfortable riders' experience. The way that this is accomplished is by building vehicles that seat around 4-8 passengers, instead of 28 plus.