i think self driving teslas in small tunnels is a pretty workable idea imo i don’t get the 45 degree caltrain wtf
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Replying to @DanielleFong
Workable ? Yes. With useful passenger throughput? No it really isn’t.
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Replying to @maxrogo
not sure what gives you the confidence to say that honestly, if you can control all the vehicles in the tunnels electronically you can have higher speeds than a road, maybe 3x
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Replying to @DanielleFong
It’s not about the speed of the vehicles. It’s about throughput of the system. The vehicles are too small. The required dwell times too high. The system has like 5 Herbies even before a breakdown of any kind.
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Replying to @maxrogo
again, i see why you might think that but not why you have confidence. in fact onramping and off ramping seem like they could be more effectively managed than in a conventional subway in many instances
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Replying to @DanielleFong
My confidence is based on reading train people’s analysis on this. And also the fact that it will neither be speedy nor high capacity vehicles. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/12/business/vegas-musk-boring-company/index.html …
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Replying to @maxrogo
have read similar... was unconvinced! they seem to be searching for reasons it won’t work — 1 ply into innovation and stop. you usually see with with incumbents
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like that 1000 passenger limit a day — seems like a low estimate
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Replying to @DanielleFong @FutureJurvetson
Based on what ? The system has an operation throughput maximum based on vehicle size, dwell times, frequency, and speed. One can calculate it now with those figures (not me! But perhaps
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Countries run by marketers like Musk are dying of corona. Countries run by engineers and scientists who lol at Boring aren't.
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not directly related but tragic and true, but elon is *not* only a marketer. his judgment on corona is f’d and i don’t know why
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