If you've ever driven Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to San Francisco, you know you're going to be in for a long haul. On a good day, with light traffic, you can do it in about six hours. But "light traffic" and "California" are practically antonyms, so you'd better plan for at least eight hours in the car. It's no wonder Sammy Hagar wailed about it in his '80s ode to traffic, I Can't Drive 55.
You could try to cut the time down by flying. The actual flight time from LAX to SFO is about an hour, but that doesn't count traffic time getting to the airport, arriving a couple of hours early, and getting through security — all of which could add up to a five- or six-hour ordeal in itself. Not much of a time saver.
Given all those California hassles, it's no wonder that people in Hollywood envisioned things like the "beam me up, Scotty" teleportation in Star Trek or the "hyperspace" travel of Star Wars. Anything to beat the traffic!
A proposed transit system, however, might bring...
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