This is worth reading — Transit expert @humantransit.bsky.social took a ride on Elon’s “Vegas Loop” aka Teslas in Tunnels, and it didn’t change his mind that among other issues, it doesn’t scale. Because, you know, math, which The Boring Company doesn’t seem to want to show. #CityMakingMath - ThreadSky

brenttoderian.bsky.social • 32 days ago

This is worth reading — Transit expert @humantransit.bsky.social took a ride on Elon’s “Vegas Loop” aka Teslas in Tunnels, and it didn’t change his mind that among other issues, it doesn’t scale. Because, you know, math, which The Boring Company doesn’t seem to want to show. #CityMakingMath

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chessa.bsky.social•32 days ago

The lack of emergency exits means someone’s going to die in a flash flood

https://www.regionalflood.org/programs-services/public-information/flash-flood-safety#:~:text=Yes!,date%20back%20nearly%20100%20years.

notharlock.bsky.social•31 days ago

and/or battery fire

chessa.bsky.social•31 days ago

So many options it’s like Tesla roulette

thepopper.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's literally just adding another lane underground....

crackerjackson.bsky.social•32 days ago

Those tunnels are just future homes for mole-people.

bikehounds.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's like hand picking the worst parts about driving and the worst parts about taking a bus and smashing them together.

These mini tunnels might be useful for pedestrian or bike infrastructure - or roller coasters - but that's about it.

easytoslip.bsky.social•32 days ago

Question: with the one-lane tunnels —that are sometimes shared bi-directionally — what are the contingency plans if a vehicle breaks down mid-tunnel, or catches fire, etc?

richardnowels.bsky.social•32 days ago

If I never visit Vegas again it will be too soon.

naturalmessiah.bsky.social•32 days ago

Poor qualification of the problem leads to poor solutions.

#Musk is trying to solve the problem of moving CARS from A to B.

The problem is moving PEOPLE from A to B.

Move PEOPLE not CARS.

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naturalmessiah.bsky.social•32 days ago

#Tunnels are #Musk's solution to ⬇️ congestion/journey time but it's #OneMoreLane so will fail bcs of #InducedDemand:

Q. What would you do to ⬆️ car use?

A. ⬇️ congestion/journey time.

So, the thing you'd do to ⬆️ car use is the thing #Musk proposes to ⬇️ congestion/journey time. #Contradiction

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naturalmessiah.bsky.social•32 days ago

But with car-tunnels it gets worse.

Tunnels remove door-to-door advantages of private transport due to fixed entry/exit points (which become bottlenecks) & divert you away from shops along streets.

Cars are poor for mass transit as they're usually single occupancy.

Move people not seats! 😉

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