#4 My thoughts about the topic "Transport of the future"

In the podcast, the host has mentioned a future transportation conception, called "Hyperloop One". I had heared this name few years ago, thought this idea is very amazing. A land transportation can run faster, and cost cheaper (buiding cost, the first presenter of the conception said) than airplane. Though it sounds beautiful, I think that will have many ten years to make it popularize. For example, Maglev train, the japanese one is still in experiment. The only Maglev train runs in operation is in Shanghai, China. And the second question is the public can accept the new transportation or not.

In a class at NTUB last year, I heared the teacher said: "Our (Taiwan's) High Speed Rail must starts from Keelung to Kenting, not just from Nangang to Zuoying. Because after the tourists got off the ship in Keelung, they can get more fluent to their destination."
And now, the central government are discussing the issue about extending the HSR route to Pingtung. Both idea sounds reasonable, but they all got the question. First is extend the route, needs collect people's land for building, and would the contruction make the environmental pollution, harmful to our island we live? Second is after building and starts running, would people use it? Or would it may be the waste money construction? They are serious questions for discussion.