Musk's Hyperloop: Inexpensive, Fast, Mass Transit ???

[EdEarl]

Elon Musk described his mass transit idea as “cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table.”

 

That seems to me to be a jet powered vehicle, smaller than a train, that rides on a cushion of air. Perhaps it is something like a hovercraft that rides on an asphalt roadbed that is closed to weather. The jet engines would give it high speed about 1000mph (1600kmh), but the vehicle would need to be protected from the environment and things around it protected from the vehicle.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hovercraft-MVPP10.jpg

 

http://au.businessinsider.com/what-is-elon-musks-hyperloop-2013-5