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Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by garbagecoder on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:00PM (#36988508)
Promoted comment at ars:

>The 4,500 is based on future hypothetical capacity if the Teslas were replaced with fully autonomous high capacity people movers operating at 155 mph that don't exist.

>Real world it does about 800 persons per hour with peak being around 1,300. Vehicles average around 30 mph but when considering time for loading and unloading it is closer to 12 mph.

>Yes there are routinely traffic jams in the existing tunnel even though it is a single lane going only one way with no branches or merging traffic. Pretty sure the issue is Boring failed to properly simulate how long it takes to load and unload people so the stations become backed up meaning the traffic in the tunnel backs up waiting for an open spot in the station.

Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by martin8412 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:07PM (#36988613)
800 per hour is an absolute failure of a mass transport system.
Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by stevep98 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:21PM (#36988847)
It’s a limited system at the moment because it’s just goes from the convention center to one hotel. They just don’t have the riders at the moment
Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by iamjackg on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:06PM (#36988606)
That's worse than many Disney park attractions. They could take a lesson or two from their operations folks.
Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by mrguyorama on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:01PM (#36989410)
That requires Elon actually wanting to improve public transportation instead of kneecapping it to push more car sales.
Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by Kon-Peki on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:24PM (#36989692)
If it ever gets up to some critical mass, Tesla will be able to design and build an ideal transportation van that increases capacity and loading/unloading time at the same time.

If the vehicles are only used in these dumb tunnels, they aren't going to need to meet all sorts of federal regulations like side impact and roof crush standards. Think of something like the Model X falcon wing doors but for the entire side of the car (just spitballing here...)

Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by martin8412 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:49PM (#36991651)
You're describing a metro..
Re:The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network unde... by Kon-Peki on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:09PM (#37023396)
No, I'm not.

A metro is bad. A Tesla tunnel is good.