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Local leaders cooling to Boring Company tunnel promises
Virginia state transit officials are telling The Boring Company "thanks but no thanks," at least for now. The Virginia Mercury reported yesterday that the state's chief of rail transportation, Michael McLaughlin, was not sufficiently impressed by his recent visit to Elon Musk's test tunnel in California to recommend that the state work with the startup.
"It's a car in a very small tunnel," McLaughlin reportedly told the state's Transportation Board public transit subcommittee this week. "If one day we decide it's feasible, we'll obviously come back to you," he added.
[...] In February, Musk tweeted that the company was working on improving its test tunnel. "Focus right now is getting to high speed, tight follow distance in test tunnel," the CEO tweeted. He said that "Line-Storm," The Boring Company's second-generation boring machine, would start getting updates "in a month or so."
But even as The Boring Company says it's trying to improve on tunneling efficiency and design, Chicago may be looking to take a step back from the express line that Mayor Rahm Emanuel pledged to build with the company. The mayor's office announced in June 2018 that it would work with The Boring Company to build a long-awaited express line between O'Hare International Airport and the Windy City's downtown area.
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(Score: 2) by Nuke on Tuesday March 26 2019, @12:56PM (5 children)
So there is actually someone in a high position who has not fallen for Musk's charm and hype. They must be a unique case, a PhD study in psychology for someone?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @12:59PM (2 children)
Not enough $s.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday March 26 2019, @04:13PM (1 child)
Most definitely, this. It seems to me that Musk's companies are doing things the right way. I.E. no bribes, corruption, etc.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday March 26 2019, @04:22PM
In time, all things shall pass.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 26 2019, @08:17PM
Elon must've ran into a Hutt [stackexchange.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:15AM
The people that were sent out were the actual engineers who would know what they are looking at. If you RTFA, then you would also discover that the reason he went out is because the board, which is filled with random people who are not experts, forced him to after he repeatedly stated it would be a waste of time at past meetings. Apparently, there is also some sort of internal document in addition to his actual remarks, but my guess is that the FOIA hasn't gone through on that if not covered by an NDA.