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I'll be reservedly optimistic about this. Besides money, right of way is going to have to be an issue. Hope DoT does all it can without having to get into emi

I'll be reservedly optimistic about this. Besides money, right of way is going to have to be an issue. Hope DoT does all it can without having to get into eminent domain much. All the best, and please make up all the way to Boston.

joekrill 9y ago
I'm guessing with it being underground it may make things a little simpler?
- pizzetta 9y ago
  I don't think they'd build the whole or even the majority underground --it's super costly and trench and cover tunneling still needs access to ground level.
  - randallsquared 9y ago
    Why buy into just part of the statement? I don't think The Boring Company has any plans to do trench-and-cover tunneling, anywhere...
  - joekrill 9y ago
    But that's what's implied. It's right there in the tweet: > Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins. Obviously they'll need to be _some_ ground level access. But no where near the type of access an above-ground hyperloop would.
peller 9y ago
It sounded ridiculous the first time I heard it but trains actually have right of way over cars/pedestrians... I wonder if those rights transfer if you could buy up an old train line?[0] (Of course, a HyperLoop isn't as easy to just drive over like train tracks, but if the tracks are already there, it's actually the towns/taxpayers that are responsible for the cost of building a safe crossing for cars/people.) [0] The wiki article is pretty thin on details but it sounds like they do me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation)
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- jsmthrowaway 9y ago
  > it's actually the towns/taxpayers that are responsible for the cost of building a safe crossing for cars/people.) Depends. In some states, the costs are shared between the rail owner and the locality (by law). Michigan is one of those.
  - peller 9y ago
    Ah okay. Certainly that sounds like the fairer way to handle it!

joekrill 9y ago

I'm guessing with it being underground it may make things a little simpler?

pizzetta 9y ago
I don't think they'd build the whole or even the majority underground --it's super costly and trench and cover tunneling still needs access to ground level.
- randallsquared 9y ago
  Why buy into just part of the statement? I don't think The Boring Company has any plans to do trench-and-cover tunneling, anywhere...
- joekrill 9y ago
  But that's what's implied. It's right there in the tweet: > Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins. Obviously they'll need to be _some_ ground level access. But no where near the type of access an above-ground hyperloop would.

peller 9y ago

It sounded ridiculous the first time I heard it but trains actually have right of way over cars/pedestrians... I wonder if those rights transfer if you could buy up an old train line?[0] (Of course, a HyperLoop isn't as easy to just drive over like train tracks, but if the tracks are already there, it's actually the towns/taxpayers that are responsible for the cost of building a safe crossing for cars/people.) [0] The wiki article is pretty thin on details but it sounds like they do me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation)

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jsmthrowaway 9y ago
> it's actually the towns/taxpayers that are responsible for the cost of building a safe crossing for cars/people.) Depends. In some states, the costs are shared between the rail owner and the locality (by law). Michigan is one of those.
- peller 9y ago
  Ah okay. Certainly that sounds like the fairer way to handle it!