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Ok, then use the money that would be used by Musk's tunnel to improve the blue line. Musk's 1 car system is great for a few but long term it adds nothing to sol

Ok, then use the money that would be used by Musk's tunnel to improve the blue line. Musk's 1 car system is great for a few but long term it adds nothing to solve the problem and drains money from the transits system. Musk is a businessman and he's looking to make a buck. I applaud him for that but he's not humanity's savior and his solutions need to be properly evaluated.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
The Boring Company isn’t asking Chicago for any money to build it (which is great! Chicago is broke due to pension obligations and historical graft/patronage), and will support itself off of use fees. It will be 100% privately financed. This is no different than how the Illinois Tollway is operated (and while the tollway is plagued with oversight, governace, and corruption issues because Illinois, Musk can have the benefit of the doubt). Sidenote: If the CTA is chronically underfunded, and the city is broke, perhaps the $2.25 fare the author mentions is structurally unsustainable. I’m not going to judge so fast and say that he’s not humanity’s savior, because I don’t see a lot of folks with his resources pushing in the right direction like he is (despite him appearing to be on the spectrum and occasionally a shit person). To be determined. https://www.boringcompany.com/chicago/ https://www.boringcompany.com/chicago/
- jijojv 8y ago
  yeah but he also overpromises and under-delivers - Thousands prepaid into his FSD vaporware since Oct 2016 #"driver is just there for legal reasons" on tesla.com/autopilot #ScamOfTheDecade
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    Sorry to hear you’re aggrieved about a preorder that hasn’t been delivered yet. I bought my Model S without FSD because it’s not proven yet and I’m happy to pay a higher price in the future for it.

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Ok, then use the money that would be used by Musk's tunnel to improve the blue line. Musk's 1 car system is great for a few but long term it adds nothing to sol

by WheelsAtLarge 8y ago

toomuchtodo 8y ago
The Boring Company isn’t asking Chicago for any money to build it (which is great! Chicago is broke due to pension obligations and historical graft/patronage), and will support itself off of use fees. It will be 100% privately financed. This is no different than how the Illinois Tollway is operated (and while the tollway is plagued with oversight, governace, and corruption issues because Illinois, Musk can have the benefit of the doubt). Sidenote: If the CTA is chronically underfunded, and the city is broke, perhaps the $2.25 fare the author mentions is structurally unsustainable. I’m not going to judge so fast and say that he’s not humanity’s savior, because I don’t see a lot of folks with his resources pushing in the right direction like he is (despite him appearing to be on the spectrum and occasionally a shit person). To be determined. https://www.boringcompany.com/chicago/ https://www.boringcompany.com/chicago/
- jijojv 8y ago
  yeah but he also overpromises and under-delivers - Thousands prepaid into his FSD vaporware since Oct 2016 #"driver is just there for legal reasons" on tesla.com/autopilot #ScamOfTheDecade
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    Sorry to hear you’re aggrieved about a preorder that hasn’t been delivered yet. I bought my Model S without FSD because it’s not proven yet and I’m happy to pay a higher price in the future for it.