“Rail map of China” by Howchou – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Model both as a toy and as a way of doing things. The high speed rail of China and its universal development in all corners of its country is a model that the Colorado Hyperloop could copy. But before we wholeheartedly take its at face value lets look at some current news on why they build these system:
Riding Beijing’s subway end to end: 88km of queues and crushes on a 20p ticket
With bullet trains as a new Silk Road, China tightens embrace of its restless West
So it is a tool of energy production and extraction and social hegemony. The United States did the same in its history. But the Colorado Hyperloop might seem to initially be a human transport system only. In reality it will be a human transportation vehicle but also will be a energy (with solar panels along the top of the Hyperloop tubes) and quite possibly a efficient material transportation system similar to the paper delivery tubes at banks.
Another development besides above ground trains from Shanghai to London is the incredible subway of Beijing.
Riding Beijing’s subway end to end: 88km of queues and crushes on a 20p ticket
Beijing’s metro system has already grown bigger than the London Underground – and by 2020 it will more than double in size again.…
Anyway, it is an incredible Guardian article. Lets home Colorado can learn from from the Chinese.