div > div.group > p:first-child"> The company's plan for a proposed 35-mile underground loop is outlined in a draft environmental assessment published by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Maryland Department of Transportation.
"I would consider it dead," said Gilbert Villegas, alderman for Chicago's 34th Ward. Villegas has spent time talking with Boring Company leaders and even went for a demonstration ride in the company's test tunnel in Hawthorne, California. He said the company has a ton of smart, young engineers, but their predictions for digging and completing tunnels are too ambitious.
According to the assessment,"The system would operate up to 20 hours per day, with AEVs leaving each Loop Station at predetermined times. Departure intervals would be determined by various factors including station size and passenger loading time." Initially, it would be limited to 1,000 riders per day, though that could increase over time as intermediate loop stations are added.
How well do burning cars do in a tunnel?
he sure knows how to overpromise and underdeliver on a constant basis.