hono4kami@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago[image] Sometimes it feels like folks in US would build anything but efficient transit 🤦slrpnk.netimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down112cross-posted to: publictransport@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1486arrow-down1image[image] Sometimes it feels like folks in US would build anything but efficient transit 🤦slrpnk.nethono4kami@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: publictransport@slrpnk.net
minus-squareunexposedhazardlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 hours agoThis is a 3.5km tunnel with a speed of 55km/h. Thats 3.8 minutes of travel. No fucking way this thing could ever be profitable.
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoIsn’t this simply a private lane for whoever pays?
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThats the one in California, the one in Vegas has drivers and is between the convention center and a hotel. IIRC their peak capacity estimates do things like assume loading/unloading times for a family of 4 with luggage to be under 30 seconds too.
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This is a 3.5km tunnel with a speed of 55km/h. Thats 3.8 minutes of travel. No fucking way this thing could ever be profitable.
Isn’t this simply a private lane for whoever pays?
Thats the one in California, the one in Vegas has drivers and is between the convention center and a hotel.
IIRC their peak capacity estimates do things like assume loading/unloading times for a family of 4 with luggage to be under 30 seconds too.