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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by jotm on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:27AM (#21629703)
If this was a real thing, I'd say building bridges/roads above the city would be the only viable (yet extremely difficult) solution. Maybe underground in some places. Would look pretty dystopian probably
Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by 72deluxe on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:33AM (#21629798)
Underground is not possible there due to the amount of underground infrastructure dating back hundreds of years. Look at the upheaval at adding a new tube station and the cost and mayhem that caused (can't remember where the last station added was but I seem to recall a new one on the Central Line last time I was in London a long long long time ago).
Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by Reason077 on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:46AM (#21629947)
Underground road tunnels are certainly possible. London's clay is over 400 feet (120m) deep (deeper as you go east, shallower as you go west) leaving plenty of easily-tunneled space if you go below most of the existing infrastructure.

There is currently a "super sewer" tunnelling project (Thames Tideway Tunnel) which goes down to a depth of about 75m, below other infrastructure.

The Elizabeth line and other tube lines are shallower, for access reasons and because building stations at a great depth is more expensive. But a road tunnel could go deeper, especially if it only permitted zero-emissions vehicles so that ventilation is easier.

Of course, it'd all be very expensive. And there is an argument that building more road relief capacity is not a desirable thing as it just encourages traffic elsewhere.

Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by zhte415 on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:36AM (#21629837)
This was tried with varying levels of success over the past 150 years and is known as the tube.
Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by jotm on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:10PM (#21632252)
Ah yeah, the sky tube. Funny how you all focused on the "maybe underground" part.