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Elon Musk Startup Picked to Build Las Vegas 'People Mover'

posted by martyb on Wednesday March 13 2019, @08:43PM   Printer-friendly
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Phoenix666 writes:

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: 2) by krishnoid on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:38PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:38PM (#814496)

    He said it as if he had made a decision and was quite confident that no one else had anything else to say about it. I guess that's just how people with billions of dollars think.

    I'm thinking it's more along the lines that he and his fellow taxicab company owners had already talked with the political decision makers a while back, indicating that it would pretty much kill off a chunk of tourism-funded income, economy, and (their employees') jobs overnight. I'm surprised they were able to get it to the border of the airport, unless the monorail people talked to the political decision makers as well.

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