The line is only at the stations where people get in and out of the car, the tunnels will travel fairly seamlessly especially as tunnels are added. Because it’s point to point travel you will move through the system much faster then any public transport could ever do, when they need to stop at every point in the system. It’s a very simple idea that will revolutionize the way people move around in Vegas. Also you need to conceptualize it in 3d, so when one station is getting to much traffic they can add another tunnel below the first tunnel or to the left or right of the 1st tunnel and double the capacity for a minimal cost.

It gets plugged up and we figure out something else.

Rideshare capacity at Harry Reid airport is approx 300 cars per hour. I guess I don’t understand how Vegas Loop capacity would be so substantially less. 140K people a day fly in and out of Harry Reid. Of course, comparatively few of them take Rideshares, but I have never seen the massive lines of people you’re talking about waiting for cars. But, perhaps I’m not there on the busiest days. What is it about Vegas Loop that makes it so much less efficient than Rideshares, Drew? Why is it crippled compared to say Uber? The operation model appears to be the same except Loop runs on private roads. Are there massive lines for Rideshare at Allegiant today (I don’t know the Rideshare usage there)?

Yes, I think it is a novelty that will wear out its welcome fairly quickly once reality sets in.

Sorry, but Richey is correct. The math on this type of system simply doesn’t work on high-volume stations. The idea that this will move tons of people leaving the airport, Thomas and Mack, or Allegiant stadium is laughable. Let’s pretend you can dispatch cars every 30 seconds. (Never gonna happen in the real world, BTW). That’s 120 vehicles an hour. Even if you cram 4 people into a car, that’s only 480 people/hour. If just 5% of Allegiant’s capacity want to use this, that’s 3,250 people. Given the capacity constraints, it would take almost 7 hours to move 3,250 people.

Traffic in the tunnels never stops — just like on the expressway. The system scales up or down like Uber, Lyft, and Taxis (to some extent) do. Yes, you add more cars. But the number of passengers is actually limited by the station size, not the tunnels. If a station has 5 loading bays (Tesla parking spaces), it can load/unload 5 cars concurrently, just like Uber at Harry Reid airport. Need to handle more passengers at a station? Just add more loading bays. Once loaded, a Tesla only goes to the destination requested (just like Rideshare) with no stops in between. Harry Reid airport currently uses 6 Rideshare loading lanes that handle 8 cars each, so 48 cars can load and unload concurrently. I’m there every month and I have never seen a thousand people in the Rideshare waiting area. The major differences between Loop and Rideshare are, 1) the tunnels do not contend with surface traffic but you have no view of the strip either, 2) you have a limited number of destinations available, and 3) you may be sharing a Tesla with a stranger who is also going to your destination.

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