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posted by martyb on Wednesday March 13 2019, @08:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-can-dig-it!!-Elon-Musk dept.

Phys.org:

The Las Vegas visitors authority on Tuesday picked Elon Musk's tunnel-making startup "The Boring Company" to build an underground "people mover" as part of a massive convention center expansion.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board of directors touted its choice as a "monumental decision that will revolutionize Southern Nevada's transportation."

The Boring Company will design, construct and operate a convention center transport system consisting of a loop of express-route tunnels capable of carrying passengers in autonomous electric vehicles at high speeds, according to LVCVA.

Travellers of the Vegas underground are advised to keep an eye out for Deathclaws, Mirelurks, Mole rats, and Feral Ghouls.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @05:43AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @05:43AM (#814070)

    I doubt it will go to the airport. They've had a hard enough time getting the monorail there. The problem is that the tax and mass transit systems start throwing money around and generating all sorts of hubbub whenever something threatens them, as the airport is where they get most of their big dollar business from. Heck, the monorail is privately funded itself by corporations with big bank accounts and they still haven't gotten all the necessary red tape taken care of in that regard.

  • (Score: 2) by Spamalope on Thursday March 14 2019, @06:00AM

    by Spamalope (5233) on Thursday March 14 2019, @06:00AM (#814077) Homepage

    Parent means Taxi.
    And he's exactly right. The Taxi lobby has been blocking common sense mass transit. From the most obvious place, the airport.