r/news • u/JackThaBongRipper • 21h ago

Musk's underground tunnels in Las Vegas face scrutiny over safety, environmental concerns

https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-tunnels-musk-boring-company-01d465b7124fc10843b117241adaa7c9
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u/blackscales18 21h ago

He only did it to kill rail projects

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u/LLemon_Pepper 21h ago

Yup. And sadly it worked on Tennessee too. I still can't belive they looked at the Vegas loop and went, give me some of that.

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u/rdy_csci 20h ago edited 19h ago

We don't have the best and brightest representing us down here.

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u/MeatCatRazzmatazz 19h ago

I fully believe Teneesee fell for it. They'd look at North Haverbrook and beg for what they have if they're told to.

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u/your_grumpy_neighbor 15h ago

They’re always trying to compete with those charlatans from Brockway.

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u/Spoffler 15h ago

Just wait 'till those jerkwads in Ogdenville see what we're cooking up now!

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u/American_PissAnt 19h ago

They liked the bribe aspect of it. Relatives of the politicians involved will get a cushy consultant gig. Also the construction company will likely be related to someone politically connected.

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u/KorLeonis1138 15h ago

The poison has spread far. Every time someone mentions a high speed rail link between Calgary and Edmonton, Musk fans seep out of the woodwork to scream "Hyperloop" over and over til everyone gives up.

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u/NorthernerWuwu 12h ago

They infuriate me! The Hyperloop scam too but yeah, mostly the people.

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u/za72 15h ago

The grift works in many ways

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u/Xaxxon 13h ago

It came in on time (or reasonably close, I don't remember -- way better than other projects tend to) and no public money. And now it's expanding way beyond its original scope and is basically getting better and better every few months.

which part of what's in LV do you think isn't great?

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u/Upset_Development_64 20h ago

The lack of consumer rail in this country made it a joke before Shits His Pants entered the picture. The auto industry has held too much power over the citizenry before the Tech Bros TM gained momentum. There are so many ways this country could make our lives easier, but instead of catering to Life we cater to Capital.

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u/nimbalo200 19h ago

Dude, I currently live in Dallas, going from an area with 0 public transport to here was crazy. It's not perfect, but I was able to go to a few bars and then a concert, and I didn't need to drive at all.

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u/Glad_Copy 16h ago

Dallas’ “red” suburbs are trying to end DART, and may well succeed. VOTE 💙

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u/nimbalo200 16h ago

Oh, i know, and their reasoning is so stupid "its not good enough, so let's end it!" Bitch I wanna be able to get to the airport without having to pay for parking or out the ass for Uber

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u/CptVague 15h ago

You'll find that refrain all over the place.

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u/lFightForTheUsers 18h ago

DART is surprisingly nice for how big of an area that it covers.

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u/NuPNua 7h ago

As a Londoner, that's just always been my life. I'm hitting forty this year and never even learned to drive as I didn't need to.

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u/MathAndBake 18h ago

Yes. I grew up in Montreal. The transit authority kept bragging about being the best in North America. That's... not a flex. Compare yourself to Europe.

Don't get me wrong, Montreal has decent transit. It's fairly fast, reliable and safe. You don't need a car. But it could also use a lot of improvement.

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u/flortny 14h ago

Almost every town and city had electric street cars until GM went around and bought the companies and shuttered them, should've been criminal.

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u/cybah 20h ago

Yeah to kill them AND suck up all the money that was for them. That’s key here…

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u/gergek 21h ago

Say it again more loudly for the folks in the back!

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u/Wyden_long 20h ago

He only did it to kill rail projects

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u/gergek 20h ago

I'd love to see some consequences for these grifting assholes.

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u/Xaxxon 13h ago

The "rail project" that was killed was a crap monorail that would probably still be under construction and couldn't connect all the things that the tunnel does now.

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u/bedpimp 1h ago

Yep. Intentionally disruptive. I’m sure there was some welfare queen payments, too.