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Originally Posted by Scott R

.5 a G will likely kill some elderly or invalid riders.

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

Why would they be on there in the first place?

This isn't a replacement for the city bus, it's a very specific resource to allow business between two very large commercial hubs. It will be filled with salesmen and such in suits, who will be visiting the LA office for the day instead of having a conference call. It won't be kids and grandmas and such, at least in the initial versions.

A 737 pulls (about) 0.2Gs at launch, no one complains about that, and that's sitting in horrible seats with no padding or support. Put some nice flat seats with bolsters, and you could run most people to 0.3 or 0.4 easily.

finally, no one will want to commute for 35 minutes while laying down in some sort of layered seating arraignment? I'm starting to think that some of you have never actually lived in a city and used a bus before, because the normal person commuting to work on the bus/train in a city like Chicago spends about 35 minutes standing, crowded in, with no bathroom breaks, no ventilation, and lateral acceleration forces that are dangerous. Compared to how some people go to work, this hyperloop deal would be a dream.

Mike, you need to acquaint yourself with the ADA...

No way someone will build one of these without a wheelchair ramp