Pop quiz:
2) Station A has 3x the capacity of Station B - but passengers on trains from A average going to two intermediary...
3) City A spends $1B on stations and connecting lines at $1B each. City B spends $1B on 1/10th capacity stations and...
ANSWERS:
1) They're the same
2) They're the same
3) They're bloody the same
Getting the picture? Public is not about "how many people you can fit onto a train at once"; it's about how much money you have to spend...
So how what about Boring Company?
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While this is normally focused on for comfort and convenience, it's also about capacity: everyone goes directly to their destination; nobody heads in the wrong direction.
First off, the tunnels are *small*. Tunneling costs are roughly proportional to the diameter squared, so this matters a *lot*.
Secondly, the tunnels are EV-only, *including...
Seventh, TBC is even focused on nearly eliminating the costs to start and stop new tunnels. While normally one has to dig deep pits and lower the TBM in, ...
Is TBC "there" already? Of course not; it takes years to decades to radically transform any given type of...
Well, guess what. Somebody is now.
Like *all* technologies, you start out small and simple. TBC started with Godot, a...
Want to be dubious about TBC's prospects? By all means, go right ahead!
So by all means, be dubious, but don't spread BS.