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This would be an amazing step in the right direction, unless I’m missing something. Of course, this isn’t a heavy commuter route. In the absence of decent surr
by incadenza 8y ago
This would be an amazing step in the right direction, unless I’m missing something.
Of course, this isn’t a heavy commuter route. In the absence of decent surrounding public transit it seems unlikely to make any real dent in traffic.
- skgoa 8y agoWhat you are missing is that having hundreds of Model X based mini-busses going through this tunnel is less efficient (both in costs and energy) than having one subway train carry the same number of people. Now, if you want to be charitable, you could say that the Boring Company will bore a huge number of tunnels all across LA and install a huge number of stations. That would enable people to enjoy the advantages of individual transport (i.e. being able to go point-to-point) while still removing traffic from the surface streets. But that's not what is happening here. So far they are just doing a super inefficient mini-subway.
- jcranmer 8y ago> So far they are just doing a super inefficient mini-subway. The term you're looking for (and that Boring Company is avoiding) is "personal rapid transit."