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Re:Las Vegas approves 68 miles of underground transportation... by grishka on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:55AM (#37049014)
The bulk of the cost of building a subway is in the tunnel construction. Could as well retrofit the tunnels with tracks for real trains later, when everyone except Elon realizes how little sense the original idea makes.
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Re:Las Vegas approves 68 miles of underground transportation... by AlexandrB on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:20PM (#37052464)
Don't know how easy that will be. Tunnels built for cars can have much tighter turns than a train/subway tunnel. Unless the tunnels are being planned with future conversion in mind they might need significant rework to be able to carry a train.
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