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So where is it exactly?

by function_seven 8y ago

asdsa5325 8y ago
Did you not want to read the article?
- astrodust 8y ago
  The article is pretty vague on where it is, other than "Los Angeles", which as anyone knows is pretty fucking big.
  - asdsa5325 8y ago
    "But first it's all about baby steps, with the company getting to work on its first test tunnel that begins at its headquarters in LA." Is that not specific enough? Seems pretty clear to me
    - function_seven 8y ago
      I was looking for a line on a map or something. And the length of it. I know it was 500' at some point, but now it's longer, though unclear how much longer. Or where it goes. FWIW, Wikipedia answers my question. I should have checked there before commenting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company#Los_Angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company#Los_Angeles
      - astrodust 8y ago
        How many vehicles per hour can his little tunnel handle? I'm guessing under a hundred.
        function_seven 8y ago
        Beats me. I'm really interested in seeing it in person. It could be 60 cars per hour, or 240. Either one seems plausible, just a matter of how often the next one is sent on its way, and what the queuing system is like. If the endpoints can keep up with enqueuing and dequeuing the cars, then you could stuff 12 cars a minute on there (720 c/h) and have a 5 second following distance. I bet you're right, though. At least on this initial build out.
        astrodust 8y ago
        If this tunnel is working using the "skateboard" concept then you'll need a certain number of those on hand, plus some kind of turn-around system to get people on and off of them. Unless you had a massive staging and unloading area, 12 vehicles per minute is completely impossible. I think your low-end estimate is much more reasonable. I also think if people are manually driving cars it's only a matter of months until there's a spectacular crash in the tunnel because some idiot thought they could drive up the wall at speed or something.
    - astrodust 8y ago
      Tunnels are only useful if they go somewhere.
      - asdsa5325 8y ago
        It also states in the article where they are planning to tunnel to.

So where is it exactly?

asdsa5325 8y ago

Did you not want to read the article?

astrodust 8y ago
The article is pretty vague on where it is, other than "Los Angeles", which as anyone knows is pretty fucking big.
- asdsa5325 8y ago
  "But first it's all about baby steps, with the company getting to work on its first test tunnel that begins at its headquarters in LA." Is that not specific enough? Seems pretty clear to me
  - function_seven 8y ago
    I was looking for a line on a map or something. And the length of it. I know it was 500' at some point, but now it's longer, though unclear how much longer. Or where it goes. FWIW, Wikipedia answers my question. I should have checked there before commenting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company#Los_Angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company#Los_Angeles
    - astrodust 8y ago
      How many vehicles per hour can his little tunnel handle? I'm guessing under a hundred.
      - function_seven 8y ago
        Beats me. I'm really interested in seeing it in person. It could be 60 cars per hour, or 240. Either one seems plausible, just a matter of how often the next one is sent on its way, and what the queuing system is like. If the endpoints can keep up with enqueuing and dequeuing the cars, then you could stuff 12 cars a minute on there (720 c/h) and have a 5 second following distance. I bet you're right, though. At least on this initial build out.
        astrodust 8y ago
        If this tunnel is working using the "skateboard" concept then you'll need a certain number of those on hand, plus some kind of turn-around system to get people on and off of them. Unless you had a massive staging and unloading area, 12 vehicles per minute is completely impossible. I think your low-end estimate is much more reasonable. I also think if people are manually driving cars it's only a matter of months until there's a spectacular crash in the tunnel because some idiot thought they could drive up the wall at speed or something.
  - astrodust 8y ago
    Tunnels are only useful if they go somewhere.
    - asdsa5325 8y ago
      It also states in the article where they are planning to tunnel to.