kcantor
Senior Member
i think using $150 probably allows for the two way count as one way coach is only $90 and one way business class was $150 and the maximum capacity per pod (presumably without business class or other amenities is 50). probably inexact in my preference for nice round numbers but i'd still say probably closer to 30 than 16 and that's still before freight pods are factored in.Don't forget Ken that there is two-way traffic which would cut your numbers in half in terms of usage in one direction -- 16 pods going south; 16 coming north. Still it is an ambitious number!
it's also worth noting that from an engineering perspective this might be more intriguing than a hyperloop system but the downside is that you can't make longer trains - each unit has to be an independent pod so you can't increase capacity beyond what headway will allow.
at the end of the day however, the hypotheticals don't really impact the fact that there simply isn't enough density or ridership between edmonton and calgary to make sense of this whether the this is transpod or hyperloop or true high (or even medium) speed rail. transpods efforts in europe are likely to be much more successful than even the toronto - hamilton corridor which they don't seem focused on anymore. from transpod's perspective, it doesn't really matter where they build and you have to wonder if alberta isn't simply the most attractive place to build their test track rather than an attractive place to build an actual operating loop.
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