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Old Posted Jun 24, 2021, 7:08 PM
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I mean if you believe that the first iteration is the last iteration, sure.

Just the costs of the tunnels alone is far lower than other tunneling contracts of the past. Even that is a big win.

The system will keep evolving too, presumably. We'll have to see how it evolves over time. The first operational service which is really nothing more than a convention centre shuttle shouldn't be how we judge things. Boring Co. is focusing on lowering tunneling costs right now as they think that's the quickest way to profitability, they will focus on the technology in the tunnels later.

There is no reason the mini-buses can't happen for the tunnels in the future and they can't get speeds up in the tunnels to over 100mph as far as I can tell. It's no 1,000mph hyperloop deal but it's still a world different from the service in LV. The key to making the whole thing work is making tunneling as cheap as possible so that it can cover actual useful distances and be more than a convention centre shuttle. Which makes sense.
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