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Critics of Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop Are Clueless

1 pointsby CarCooleralmost 4 years ago

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approxim8ionalmost 4 years ago
&gt; <i>The capacity goal is about 4,400 people an hour, but from what we’ve seen (in addition to some math), it’s likely to be closer to 7,000 people an hour.</i><p>That&#x27;s completely unsubstantiated. There are literally no sources provided, and nothing that remotely corroborates this figure. The only literature I can find says even the 4,400 could be hard to reach (but possible).<p>&gt; <i>Construction of the Vegas Loop cost $52.5 million. Fun fact: New York City’s Second Avenue Subway cost $2.5 billion a mile. With a “b.”</i><p>&gt; <i>Listen. The Vegas Loop isn’t mass transit.</i><p>Then maybe don&#x27;t compare it with a mass transit system with wildly different scales of operation.<p>Lot of mention of &quot;critics&quot; and &quot;boneheads&quot; but obviously no links to them. Just say you&#x27;re excited about something because you found it cool, and that covering it will likely make you money. Not this disingenuous BS indistinguishable from propaganda.