Inside the Hyperloop: the pneumatic travel system faster than the speed of sound

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. No, a car is considerably shorter, and thus this is easier to get into

Even if this did just have a door on one side, people can move to the seat away from the door, in the same way they to to the middle of a bench seat on a car (or the window seat of an airplane). Or it can have doors on both sides.

It's not a long trip. That's the point of this. They're claiming half an hour for LA to SF. If they do want to use it for significantly longer trips, then, yes, you would need either some way of allowing people to walk (crouching) to a toilet, or have each pod under control of anyone in it, so that they can request a bathroom stop, as you do in a car.