The cost for the subway could also be reduced the same way as the loop by the way. Here in Switzerland a km of train tunnel costs around 50-200M per km.

The 4,000 passenger number is afair only for the current section, the planned expansion will have a capacity of 2,000 passenger per hour.

The Las Vegas Loop makes sense as a vanity project.

Have they operated at anywhere close to 4000 per hour?

> Subways in the US cost about $1B per mile.

No they don't. The most expensive subway in the country costs $1B per mile. Typical costs are much cheaper (and could be even cheaper, but that's another story).

To get down to TBC's cost/passenger, they'd need to come down to $120M/mile.

Subways at $120M/mile would be pretty freaking awesome.

Subways can run in the Boring tunnels. They are smaller than what are normally used but same size as the London Underground tunnels.

This means that need to put down rails and control systems in the tunnels. I can't see that being $10M/mile.

The huge cost for subway systems are stations. What do the Boring stations cost? I bet the $10M/mile doesn't include the stations. Fairly simple stations for Las Vegas should be pretty cheap.

Isn't the question if 4,000 people an hour is sufficient? An electric scooter can possibly get 1/100th the cargo to a destination at 1/100th the price of a semi truck, but does that actually solve the problem?

And Las Vegas isn't paying a dime for it. The cost is carried by the boring company and all that Las Vegas does is give them permission to dig the tunnels

[citation needed]

I have the impression that the Boring Company could reduce costs of subway mile significantly if they tried

> So 8% of the capacity for 1% of the cost.

If this is the way that economies of (small-) scale work w.r.t. tunnels, then how 'bout we shoot coffin-like pods down pneumatic tubes for something close to free ?

but just think of the income that's going to be generated from films and games incorporating these tunnels into their stories!

actually, I'm not even kidding.

I’d be more interested in the cost per mile for the end user.

I was under the impression you had a driver take you through the existing tunnel, all those wages can’t be cost effective for users.