Elon Musk's Subway System Baffles Virginia Transit Officials

I think they were so incredulous because this is being suggested as a superior alternative to existing public transit options and public resources are being invested in it in places like Chicago. So why is the public investing money in building a system that will be useful to a far fewer amount of people and will cost significantly more and will be marginally faster. If Musk was just doing this with his private money and not seeking to replace existing public transit then i doubt anyone would be as skeptical. See https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-oh...

The killer app for The Boring Company is to extend existing underground pedestrian systems in cities with bad winters.

Oh what I would not pay to have a network of pedestrian side-tunnels to get me the 0.5 miles to the subway on a -20 day with winds of 40mph.

If Boring Co. successfully pitched city officials to spend my tax dollars on underground walkways to get me to the subway without freezing my face off in January, I'd carry them through the streets on my shoulders (in summer) and build a shrine to Elon at city hall.

It sounds like they could have done some research on Boring to know what their current capabilities are, in which case they would not have been surprised when they got there.