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Am I the only one that finds the Boring Company the most interesting of Musk's current projects? If he can pull off fastish, cheapish tunnelling under major ci
by gerbal 9y ago
Am I the only one that finds the Boring Company the most interesting of Musk's current projects?
If he can pull off fastish, cheapish tunnelling under major cities we could see a renaissance in new subway construction in American cities.
- amackera 9y agoThe actual boring of the tunnels in cities is the smallest part of the problem. Still a lot of work to get there! But maybe someday :)
- foota 9y agoTell that to Seattle
- whicks 9y agoIsn't it a main goal of the Boring Company to reduce the cost of projects like what is happening in Seattle?
- vermontdevil 9y agoThought the same thing. And be able to go in different directions than being limited. See Big Bertha being stuck for two years.
- pmoriarty 9y agoI think Montreal already has a bunch of tunnels under much of the city, for use in its relatively hostile winter environment. Paris also has lots of tunnels underneath. That's not to mention all the sewer systems in virtually every city and subway systems in many major cities. So not only is boring tunnels under cities doable, but it's already been done.
- iraphael 9y agoI have to respectfully disagree. From the video (the only source of information we have about the company's plans), it focuses on automobile-centric high speed transportation (as opposed to, say, efficient public transportation). If there's anything we learned in the last ~30 years of urban planning is that building cities at car scales isn't the best way to promote healthy city life and community. There are many reasons for this. There's probably books that focus on just this, but if you want a better idea of how city design has affected community living in general, I recommend The Great Good Place [0]. I read somewhere else in this thread that The Boring Company is obviously something intended for Mars. I am more ok with that idea, since it might be impossible to do anything other than underground individual transportation in a place where the environment is hostile. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Good_Place_(Oldenburg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Good_Place_(Oldenbur...
- Doxin 9y agoDo mind that the concept videos of the boring companys product does include not-car carriages. It's still a step away from cars, even if it's a small step.