Hyperloop and Boring Company were both created as distractions from real proven transit technologies, and the latter has been quite successful at getting rail projects cancelled or at least confusing politicians enough to delay them.

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TulliusCicero a day ago | parent [-]

So it's basically just Tesla/Musk here, when people say "tech companies"?

Musk is an asshole, no argument there, but most tech company CEOs aren't nearly that crazy.

	▲	hamdingers a day ago \| parent [-]
		No, I provided one particularly eggregious example. Uber/Lyft have also lobbied against transit. The Google shuttles OP alludes to interfered with real transit operations.