AZ Desert Driver
Rare combination
Yeaa, I saw the luggage and standing passengers, along with the sideways bench. Made me think of a slow speed airport shuttle, NOT something that will accelerate to 125 mph and decelerate and make a Ohare run in 12 minutes. Figured there must be a different pod for the high speed run - and the displayed pod was for getting into the loop launching environment.You don't even have to sit in the pod, there is room to stand, you can take a bike on it. So acceleration will be slow enough to not knock you over / prevent loose objects from bouncing around. Notice all the luggage just sitting lose on the floor of the pod with no one holding it, not in any sort of rack.
Hyperloop is likely a different story, the pods that go into near vacuum tunnels will see higher speeds and will likely have front facing seats only.
At least - can some one explain how you can be standing and accelerating. I don't do much public transportation and cant imagine.