a significant milestone on its first paying project. Still, the thesis behind them — coined as "individualized mass transit" by Musk — has been criticised by actual transportation planners as total novelty. After all, a car takes up the same amount of space underground as on the street.Robyn Beck/Pool via REUTERS
That's not to say the tunnels aren't cool — or that escaping the oppressive desert heat won't be lauded by Vegas holiday-makers. "I think public transport is painful. It sucks," Musk said at a Tesla event in 2017. "Why do you want to get on something with a lot of other people, that doesn't leave where you want it to leave, doesn't start where you want it to start, doesn't end where you want it to end? And it doesn't go all the time."But then again, if there's anywhere a novelty form of transportation can work, it's Las Vegas.
Eventually, the Boring Company wants to connect its tunnels to the entire strip and airport too — giving Las Vegas' own public transit network a true run for its money. "Convention guests would no longer have to worry about long walks or gridlock traffic around the convention center," Resorts World said in its press release. "They could take the transportation system to Resorts World Las Vegas for lunch, meetings, or personal appointments, and be back to their conference or expo in minutes."Get your weekly recap of all things electric vehicles, airlines, and more. Sign up for our Shifting Gears newsletter now.
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