Subways have a capacity of about 50,000 people per hour. TBC's tunnels have a capacity of 4,000 people per hour.
So 8% of the capacity for 1% of the cost.
Even if the numbers are an order of magnitude out, it would still be attractive. 8% of the capacity for 10% of the cost would be fabulously useful in smaller cities like Vegas.
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.
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).
Subways at $120M/mile would be pretty freaking awesome.
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.
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 ?
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.
actually, I'm not even kidding.