What Elon Musk is proposing runs parallel to a train that costs $2.25
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https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/why-are-cta-trains...
> Responding to an open records request, the CTA said between January of 2017 to May 2018, there were 471 disruptions of 10 minutes or longer. Of those 469 breakdowns, 162 were on the Blue Line. The Red Line was second with 94, followed by the Green with 55.
> We are running, right now, as many trains as possible, on the O’Hare branch of the Blue Line during the am/pm rush,” he says. “We are running as many trains as possible, and we are running them as closely together, as we can.”
If Boring Co can offer consistently reliable 12 minute trips that parallel the Blue Line for $20, sign me up. Cheaper than a Lyft, but more reliable than what the CTA can deliver.
TLDR Edgy Chicago journalist uses baseless complaints to push mediocre podcast on Twitter and sidestep that Chicago politics and no will to fix systemic city level financial issues are the core issue.
Musk is a businessman and he's looking to make a buck. I applaud him for that but he's not humanity's savior and his solutions need to be properly evaluated.
Sidenote: If the CTA is chronically underfunded, and the city is broke, perhaps the $2.25 fare the author mentions is structurally unsustainable.
I’m not going to judge so fast and say that he’s not humanity’s savior, because I don’t see a lot of folks with his resources pushing in the right direction like he is (despite him appearing to be on the spectrum and occasionally a shit person). To be determined.
I bought my Model S without FSD because it’s not proven yet and I’m happy to pay a higher price in the future for it.