Greetings from Halliman !
It is de rigeur to have a character for any new type of concept or product. We have not yet had the time to do it in 3D though. We want to thank all the experts in transportation engineering, mechanical engineering and urban planning, traffic simulation and traffic engineering for their help and the time they have spent discussing the concept with us. Universally, by almost 80-20 they have supported the idea. Unhappily, the requirements of academic and caution and perhaps obligation mean that they wish to stay in the background for the moment. Massive Light Rail and PRT firms still have enormous influence in poorly funded university departments, and have a vast stake in the continuation of oversized and non responsive, train based and centrally managed transit systems.
We also want to note again to our opponents among the disabled and elderly that 1) We do not favor discontinuation of buses, that would be absurd, and 2) We are certain that handicapped bus availability will improve when street traffic is lessened. Would you oppose a ski lift as a technological structure just because it cannot take wheelchairs ? This system cannot be engineered to accept the handicapped, even if funds for it were doubled. It makes sense to separate the population according to their characteristics and use different ways to transport them. We will fight for you. And to those who feel that this will be the new way for the rich to cross L.A. in lieu of a helicopter, we answer that these tubes will carry ten thousands of people every day, making space for those on the highway who are riding their cars and who cannot afford a Hallitube license. Finally, thousands of low rise pylons will be built, without complex equipment, providing massive employment for non specialized basic labor. Let us all work together to get rid of traffic jams, and not insist that any single solution must work for every type of user, if it can be shown to benefit all users.
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