Sorry, totally missed the point here. A light rail, or any public transport system runs every day and most of the time it is not peak hours. If you want to compare, you got to take the same time length and operating hours with an event that draws as many people as the convention. As an example, the Munich single Station Theresienwiese on Subway line U4-5 handles 21000 passenger PER HOUR EACH DIRECTION during Oktoberfest!
However, if you are still really keen to compare the Loop to a subway, what you’ll find is that the Las Vegas Loop will have around 20 Loop stations per square mile through the busier parts of the Vegas Strip compared to only 2 subway stations per mile along the Berlin U4 and U5 lines on which the Theresienwiese station is located.
Hi, you might have missed the fact that this post is comparing the Loop to Light Rail lines globally, not subways. After all, the Loop costs around $20m per mile to construct compared to the average cost of LRT in the US which comes in at $202m per mile.
Is there a good source with any innovations boring came up with ? Tesla/spacex love showing off tech... Is this a case where the problem was as hard as everyone else says?
Considering that FSD v12 is now driving people door to door from driveway to parking spot over any road condition (ie. not just on geo-fenced highways) without human intervention, it is actually fulfilling many of the conditions of Level 5 autonomy, not just level 4.
These palms have been on the property for 40+ years having been planted in the late 70s by the owner/builder of the house - I bought the house in the mid- 90s and haven't had any palms fall over.
Aha! Lots of palms have a life expectancy of… about 50 years. The ones on that Californian rd in LA are reaching their natural life-expectancy for example.
the latest Tesla Model Y’s and Model 2 RWD have BYD LFP Blade batteries that can be punctured and not suffer from thermal runaway, so the chances of fires in a crash are even more remote now.
But that's Las Vegas Boulevard, the supposed mainline of the system! If the main core route has junctions requiring slowdowns like that, there's ZERO way the throughput or speed numbers you or the company put out can exist, simply as a matter of geometry and physics.
And a few blocks further East of Las Vegas Blvd you’ll see another tunnel pair running under the large 6-lane Paradise Road all the way from the Convention Centre down to the Airport. This road also has only one station on its entire length and if you look on Google Maps, most of the properties along that road are parking lots or large empty truck yards and the like, again perfect locations for long freeway-like on-ramps and off-ramps from the East-West cross-tunnels every block or two.
The most recent Loop map for Vegas shows 4 dual-bore tunnels (8 tunnels total) linking Allegiant Stadium to the rest of the Vegas Loop network so those 4 Loop stations should be able to handle significantly more passengers per hour that the single dual-bore tunnels of the current LVCC Loop.
Our 15 yo daughter (and us) suffered a year of increasing school refusal aged 14 but she is now loving her fully online classes at SwanOnline (part of Swan Christian College). Classes are over Zoom and all work is submitted through the Canvas LMS (Learning Management System) with weekly progress reports.
Meanwhile, BYD sales fell off a cliff in February (even accounting for Chinese new year being a week later than last year) and it looks like Tesla is back on top.
Yeah, everyone needs to be packin’ heat, open carry. As a deterrent. Much better than taking away everyone’s toys and having the death penalty for even thinking about committing a crime with a gun. No trial. You have a fucking gun in your hand, boom. Game over for you, douchebag.
The latest 6.7 mile Van Nuys extension of the LA Metro will cost a gob-smacking $3.6 billion or $537m per mile. And that's for an above-ground light rail running down the middle of the city streets.
100 passengers per vehicle for the subway? The MTA in New York City can pack 200 passengers per vehicle into its Division 'A' (IRT) trains - and they're about the same size as the PCC streetcar trolleys!
Yes, as I said “NOTE: figures below are typical averages which can vary with increased frequency, vehicle size, add more bays/platforms etc with BRT, LRT and metros to increase capacity and reduce wait times at ever increasing cost.”
You should put the cost for the LA Metro and the cost of the LV Loop. These people that want the trains think money grows on trees, and that it's unlimited.
TL;DR: Pentagon asking about something that is done with other vehicles (airplanes in this example) where military takes over operation of the vehicle for a mission and then returns it to the owner upon conclusion of operations.
“In late 2022, SpaceX announced Starshield, a separate Starlink service designed for government entities and military agencies. Starshield enables the DoD to own or lease Starshield satellites for partners and allies”
And of course, you may not want to pay streaming services for stuff you already own, but you’re happy paying over and over for the same movies first on beta, then VHS, then DVD, then Blue-Ray, then on whatever the next you-bewt platform is?
I’m 57 and blu-ray is almost two decades old and is indeed retro. Most people want to be able to watch movies on their laptops and desktops and big screens all over the house and mobile devices whenever and wherever they want - that’s why online is the present and the future.
The difference is that the Vegas Loop is a bunch of small-capacity cars instead of light rail vehicles that can carry way more people. The Loop isn't "transit", it's an underground road.
Getting stuck in traffic even once is an embarrassment for such a system. The fact that a medium sized event pushed the loop to it’s limit is not the argument that you think it is.
Except it didn’t push the Loop to its limit. That closure only slowed a 2 minute trip by 30 seconds. Are you sure you’d prefer waiting 15 minutes for a train and stopping and waiting at every station on the line? That’s pretty obstinate.
I’m supposed to believe YouTube over what I see everyday in life? No wonder you seem so delusional. Either you own stock in EV’s or the big bad gasoline must have hurt you at some point in life. I’m still laughing at your gas sprays all over the people in the seats comment and the blows up comment. Tell us you’ve never worked a crash scene with a vehicle fire before without actually saying it. That whole the gas tank blows up comments says you’ve watched too many movies and mistaked them for reality.
Lol they explode and burn for days usually and most fire departments don’t have anything to fight them… oh and the fumes 😂 but yes EV is sooooooo much better 🤡🤡🤡🤡
What you’re failing to understand is the relative dangers of ICE vs EV experienced during the crucial, initial few seconds of a crash event and in the seconds/minutes immediately afterwards. This is when the fuel tanks/lines etc in ICE vehicles can all too often rupture and spray flaming fuel over vehicles and people causing immediate, rapid and potentially fatal burn injuries.
There is actually LESS damage done to the wetlands, sand dunes and beach during SpaceX closures as it stops all the recreational 4WDs and motorbikes from tearing up all of those areas.
Assessments aren't for the happy path, they're to assess the impact of things like launch failures that could lead to things like widespread contamination via debris or unspent fuel.
As I mentioned further down, the fuel on Starship is liquid oxygen which immediately evaporates and methane which rapidly disperses. Unlike the extremely poisonous hypergolic fuels or kerosene used in most other rockets.
Sorry, totally missed the point here. A light rail, or any public transport system runs every day and most of the time it is not peak hours. If you want to compare, you got to take the same time length and operating hours with an event that draws as many people as the convention. As an example, the Munich single Station Theresienwiese on Subway line U4-5 handles 21000 passenger PER HOUR EACH DIRECTION during Oktoberfest!
However, if you are still really keen to compare the Loop to a subway, what you’ll find is that the Las Vegas Loop will have around 20 Loop stations per square mile through the busier parts of the Vegas Strip compared to only 2 subway stations per mile along the Berlin U4 and U5 lines on which the Theresienwiese station is located.
Hi, you might have missed the fact that this post is comparing the Loop to Light Rail lines globally, not subways. After all, the Loop costs around $20m per mile to construct compared to the average cost of LRT in the US which comes in at $202m per mile.
Any recommendations for a good ebike? Been wanting for a couple of years now
Our good ebike is a local product here in Australia called Roadrunner from SolarBike, so not sure what would be good elsewhere.
How did you build it? What’s your take on wireless charging?
I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I designed the trike in my head and then built it straight without any CAD or even drawings. :-D
Is there a good source with any innovations boring came up with ? Tesla/spacex love showing off tech... Is this a case where the problem was as hard as everyone else says?
From the Boring Co webpages:
Perhaps we could send an independent 3rd party to verify the claims of the disgruntled workers?
This bit perked up my ears:
That’s not good at all. :-(
Theres rumors that Elon said this week, in a internal but company wide meeting, that they won't do the model 2 and will focus on robotaxi.
After Reuters published that story, Elon tweeted “Reuters is lying (again)” so take such reports with a grain of salt.
Also take such Elon rebuttals with a grain of salt
I agree. :-)
I’ve found
You guys evidently haven’t seen how incredibly well FSD v12 (which has now been released to the general public) is performing.
As long as it is not at least a level 4 autonomous driving system, it doesn’t really matter how good it is.
Considering that FSD v12 is now driving people door to door from driveway to parking spot over any road condition (ie. not just on geo-fenced highways) without human intervention, it is actually fulfilling many of the conditions of Level 5 autonomy, not just level 4.
Not a fan of palms. They get very large very quickly and fall over.
These palms have been on the property for 40+ years having been planted in the late 70s by the owner/builder of the house - I bought the house in the mid- 90s and haven't had any palms fall over.
Aha! Lots of palms have a life expectancy of… about 50 years. The ones on that Californian rd in LA are reaching their natural life-expectancy for example.
Interesting thought. Seems a bit of a coincidence that two would die within weeks of each other, but still plausible I guess.
Just hoping the Food precinct is in this stage 2 development. Would be sad if we have to wait for stage 3 or 4 for that lovely planned food court.
The press release now calls this stage 2 of a 2 stage project. Where is stage 1?
Kardinya management just replied to my question about stages 3 and 4:
I haven't seen any recent data on this, but:
the latest Tesla Model Y’s and Model 2 RWD have BYD LFP Blade batteries that can be punctured and not suffer from thermal runaway, so the chances of fires in a crash are even more remote now.
EVs are 61x less likely to catch fire than internal combustion vehicles and 139x less likely to catch fire than hybrid cars.
But that's Las Vegas Boulevard, the supposed mainline of the system! If the main core route has junctions requiring slowdowns like that, there's ZERO way the throughput or speed numbers you or the company put out can exist, simply as a matter of geometry and physics.
And a few blocks further East of Las Vegas Blvd you’ll see another tunnel pair running under the large 6-lane Paradise Road all the way from the Convention Centre down to the Airport. This road also has only one station on its entire length and if you look on Google Maps, most of the properties along that road are parking lots or large empty truck yards and the like, again perfect locations for long freeway-like on-ramps and off-ramps from the East-West cross-tunnels every block or two.
Howell, I recommend you have a look at the
The most recent Loop map for Vegas shows 4 dual-bore tunnels (8 tunnels total) linking Allegiant Stadium to the rest of the Vegas Loop network so those 4 Loop stations should be able to handle significantly more passengers per hour that the single dual-bore tunnels of the current LVCC Loop.
you have a link to the latest map?
The latest one I’m aware of is that at the Boring Co website.
The adaptive headlights work beautifully on my new M3 Highland here in Australia.
I don’t understand this love affair so many people seem to have with big wheels and thin rubber tyres (or tires for North Americans :-).
Our 15 yo daughter (and us) suffered a year of increasing school refusal aged 14 but she is now loving her fully online classes at SwanOnline (part of Swan Christian College). Classes are over Zoom and all work is submitted through the Canvas LMS (Learning Management System) with weekly progress reports.
Meanwhile, BYD sales fell off a cliff in February (even accounting for Chinese new year being a week later than last year) and it looks like Tesla is back on top.
Yeah, everyone needs to be packin’ heat, open carry. As a deterrent. Much better than taking away everyone’s toys and having the death penalty for even thinking about committing a crime with a gun. No trial. You have a fucking gun in your hand, boom. Game over for you, douchebag.
So glad to live in Australia where almost nobody has guns (including perps).
The latest 6.7 mile Van Nuys extension of the LA Metro will cost a gob-smacking $3.6 billion or $537m per mile. And that's for an above-ground light rail running down the middle of the city streets.
100 passengers per vehicle for the subway? The MTA in New York City can pack 200 passengers per vehicle into its Division 'A' (IRT) trains - and they're about the same size as the PCC streetcar trolleys!
Yes, as I said “NOTE: figures below are typical averages which can vary with increased frequency, vehicle size, add more bays/platforms etc with BRT, LRT and metros to increase capacity and reduce wait times at ever increasing cost.”
You should put the cost for the LA Metro and the cost of the LV Loop. These people that want the trains think money grows on trees, and that it's unlimited.
Indeed. The latest 6.7 mile Van Nuys extension of the LA Metro will cost a gob-smacking $3.6 billion or $537m per mile.
TL;DR: Pentagon asking about something that is done with other vehicles (airplanes in this example) where military takes over operation of the vehicle for a mission and then returns it to the owner upon conclusion of operations.
“In late 2022, SpaceX announced Starshield, a separate Starlink service designed for government entities and military agencies. Starshield enables the DoD to own or lease Starshield satellites for partners and allies”
My quote was direct for Wikipedia. The official Starshield page says something similar:
I'm from the century where you don't pay steaming services for stuff you already own.
And of course, you may not want to pay streaming services for stuff you already own, but you’re happy paying over and over for the same movies first on beta, then VHS, then DVD, then Blue-Ray, then on whatever the next you-bewt platform is?
Blu-Ray is 'retro'? How old are you, 8?
I’m 57 and blu-ray is almost two decades old and is indeed retro. Most people want to be able to watch movies on their laptops and desktops and big screens all over the house and mobile devices whenever and wherever they want - that’s why online is the present and the future.
Oh yeah, the Musk stan on this subreddit. I last saw you back in 2021. You have not been missed.
Actually, I think Musk is an A-hole, but I try not to let my emotions get in the way of my objectivity in judging projects from his companies.
The difference is that the Vegas Loop is a bunch of small-capacity cars instead of light rail vehicles that can carry way more people. The Loop isn't "transit", it's an underground road.
You forget that frequency, speed and occupancy are just as important as individual vehicle capacity.
Getting stuck in traffic even once is an embarrassment for such a system. The fact that a medium sized event pushed the loop to it’s limit is not the argument that you think it is.
Except it didn’t push the Loop to its limit. That closure only slowed a 2 minute trip by 30 seconds. Are you sure you’d prefer waiting 15 minutes for a train and stopping and waiting at every station on the line? That’s pretty obstinate.
We can talk about average weekday ridership if you want but that doesn't help argument lol
We’ve already had that conversation remember and the Loop compared very well.
I’m supposed to believe YouTube over what I see everyday in life? No wonder you seem so delusional. Either you own stock in EV’s or the big bad gasoline must have hurt you at some point in life. I’m still laughing at your gas sprays all over the people in the seats comment and the blows up comment. Tell us you’ve never worked a crash scene with a vehicle fire before without actually saying it. That whole the gas tank blows up comments says you’ve watched too many movies and mistaked them for reality.
Except that the NTSB reports that In the case of gasoline vehicles, that after 20,315 fatal collisions, 644 cars caught on fire (3.17%).
Lol they explode and burn for days usually and most fire departments don’t have anything to fight them… oh and the fumes 😂 but yes EV is sooooooo much better 🤡🤡🤡🤡
What you’re failing to understand is the relative dangers of ICE vs EV experienced during the crucial, initial few seconds of a crash event and in the seconds/minutes immediately afterwards. This is when the fuel tanks/lines etc in ICE vehicles can all too often rupture and spray flaming fuel over vehicles and people causing immediate, rapid and potentially fatal burn injuries.
There is actually LESS damage done to the wetlands, sand dunes and beach during SpaceX closures as it stops all the recreational 4WDs and motorbikes from tearing up all of those areas.
Assessments aren't for the happy path, they're to assess the impact of things like launch failures that could lead to things like widespread contamination via debris or unspent fuel.
As I mentioned further down, the fuel on Starship is liquid oxygen which immediately evaporates and methane which rapidly disperses. Unlike the extremely poisonous hypergolic fuels or kerosene used in most other rockets.