My favorite hyperloop fact: the technology theoretically allows for substantially faster travel times than are often quoted. Unfortunately, those faster speeds require far faster acceleration and deceleration than most human beings feel comfortable, or can even stay conscious in.

Shipping crates on the other hand don't really give a shit. In a post-oil world I could imagine two or three hyperloops being built - but not so much for people as to replace sea shipping when giant oil-guzzling boats are no longer cost effective or morally defensible.