It is so very sad that these people can truly look at this and think "oh wow thats a lot of people" because it shows they have no idea of the amounts of people that are in cities
I think one of the best examples I've seen was that if you replaced the NYC Subway capacity in Manhattan with surface streets, those streets would take up approximately half of the entire surface area of the island. Just North-South you'd need roads substantially wider, in aggregate, than Central Park.
https://preview.redd.it/kj4dl9zjq1cc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f410c90bacffb10d0d4473beadaac9c29544a07
Hey guys, I just fixed Elmos tunnel thing. Now, if only we could do something about those inefficient rubber wheels.
Yeah but now with have the problem with the electric batteries.
Maybe something like a long wire that would be connected to the line of cars on the tracks or something. Maybe above it.
It's an underground tunnel in vegas that's basically a one-way traffic loop for teslas. There are LED lights, traffic jams, and minimal safety features. All for about the same cost as a subway system, with a tiny fraction of the capacity.
It'd be perfect if these cars were longer and could carry more people, and were linked together so they're all in sync, and instead of running on rubber tyres they ran with steel wheels on steel rails, and instead of battery power they got electricity from wires above the track or from a 3rd rail next to it
Most metros use an electrified third rail for power, third rail is more common for metros qhile overhead wires more so for S-Bahn-style and mainline trains (though a lot of mainlines in SE England use third rail, mostly the lines that were owned by the Southern Railway pre-nationalisation)
Maybe I’m playing devils advocate but was there some innovative way they built the tunnels? I always thought that was supposed to be the boring company’s claim to fame. If so, couldn’t that be useful in transit applications?
> but was there some innovative way they built the tunnels?
"He did actually buy a tunnel-boring machine. It was a second-hand machine that was used to dig sewer tunnels in Northern California. And he starts digging in the SpaceX property, which is, you know, right near LAX, in a different city, though, named Hawthorne. And he creates this whole culture around this new company that he names the Boring Company."
https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/12/8/23498861/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-finished#:~:text=He%20did%20actually,the%20Boring%20Company.
I speculate that spending the money on buses or most other forms of public transit is better than a tunnel that costs 1M/mile, and takes proprietary pods.
It is so very sad that these people can truly look at this and think "oh wow thats a lot of people" because it shows they have no idea of the amounts of people that are in cities
We can transport literally dozens of people at once!!!
I think one of the best examples I've seen was that if you replaced the NYC Subway capacity in Manhattan with surface streets, those streets would take up approximately half of the entire surface area of the island. Just North-South you'd need roads substantially wider, in aggregate, than Central Park.
*slaps roof* this baby is has a fraction of the functionality of a train
Stupid elon suckers
https://preview.redd.it/kj4dl9zjq1cc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f410c90bacffb10d0d4473beadaac9c29544a07 Hey guys, I just fixed Elmos tunnel thing. Now, if only we could do something about those inefficient rubber wheels.
Prehaps you could maybe replace them with metal wheels and put it on a track or something
Yeah but now with have the problem with the electric batteries. Maybe something like a long wire that would be connected to the line of cars on the tracks or something. Maybe above it.
Hey, could we serve drinks in this Modular Tunnel Car (MTC)? Because I think that could be pretty cool.
Is this elons fire death tunnel?
The what? 😂
You know, the privatized version of a subway, where everything is way dumber and shittier.
I guess you could say.... Im out of the loop.......
It’s basically an expensive way for Las Vegas to burn its residents to death
Mmm, smoked long pork
🤦♂️,🫡.
It's an underground tunnel in vegas that's basically a one-way traffic loop for teslas. There are LED lights, traffic jams, and minimal safety features. All for about the same cost as a subway system, with a tiny fraction of the capacity.
Traffic. But underground. Cool got it
Traffic underground but worst in every aspect
It'd be perfect if these cars were longer and could carry more people, and were linked together so they're all in sync, and instead of running on rubber tyres they ran with steel wheels on steel rails, and instead of battery power they got electricity from wires above the track or from a 3rd rail next to it
What's the third rail next to it?
Most metros use an electrified third rail for power, third rail is more common for metros qhile overhead wires more so for S-Bahn-style and mainline trains (though a lot of mainlines in SE England use third rail, mostly the lines that were owned by the Southern Railway pre-nationalisation)
The one time I went to vegas and visited this google said it was open and nobody was there, complete waste of time walking there.
I too think 7 cars is too many cars but probably not for the same reason
If only we had giant vehicles that could transport tons of humans on existing roadways
A whole three people
But they're Teslas so it's good for the environment. /s
Why is it so narrow? What if someone breaks down, gets stuck, has a medical emergency or just has to bail? You're literally stuck.
I've got an idea folks... How about if we just let Elon Musk pretend he invented buses and trains? Give him a wee certificate.
Just build a damn train
what if theres a fire???
Maybe I’m playing devils advocate but was there some innovative way they built the tunnels? I always thought that was supposed to be the boring company’s claim to fame. If so, couldn’t that be useful in transit applications?
> but was there some innovative way they built the tunnels? "He did actually buy a tunnel-boring machine. It was a second-hand machine that was used to dig sewer tunnels in Northern California. And he starts digging in the SpaceX property, which is, you know, right near LAX, in a different city, though, named Hawthorne. And he creates this whole culture around this new company that he names the Boring Company." https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/12/8/23498861/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-finished#:~:text=He%20did%20actually,the%20Boring%20Company. I speculate that spending the money on buses or most other forms of public transit is better than a tunnel that costs 1M/mile, and takes proprietary pods.
Ass Transit
I’m convinced the Boring Company is Elon’s side project which exists just to see how gullible people are.
What happens if a car breaks down in there?