The Las Vegas Loop model is perfect for this sort of compact, high-volume environment. And even then it still has the same problem as subway - large trains that have to stop at every station. Heck, there's even a Las Vegas Monorail - an elevated rail that connects multiple casinos and the convention center, but it's struggled with getting funding to fully reach its potential. And because of that they carry more passengers on each train and thus each station on sees a train every several minutes at most. ![]() But that subway train still has to stop at every station, because you don't know how many people are going to get off or on at any stop. Bam, proven model that we all know works. It's a tunnel, you could easily install a set of rails down the middle and put an articulated train on it, then let it run down that path and stop at each station along the way. ![]() It will also go to and /2ju3xcFq7O- Clark County Nevada October 20, 2021 Just a few minutes later we pulled up at the west station, we got out, and headed up to the surface.Įxpanding and moving forward with plans for the "Vegas Loop." #ClarkCounty Commissioners just approved an agreement with the to establish and maintain a transportation system that will go under the Las Vegas Strip. It's not a wide tunnel - just enough to fit the car and open the doors if necessary. We got in, buckled up, and a moment later we were on our way down the tunnel. So I took the escalator down to the subterranean central hall station, a cheerful guy wearing a LOOP sweater asked where I was going (south or west), then directed me to a spot where a Tesla had just pulled out, I was joined by two other convention attendees, and less than 30 seconds later there was another Tesla pulling up. I wanted to take the free bus back my hotel, but the pickup point was on the opposite end of the convention center. Until my last day at CES, when I was wrapping up my day trawling the halls for the most interesting things of CES and my ankle started to hurt. So last week when I was at the LVCC for CES, when I passed by one of the Las Vegas Loop stations I just shrugged. Just a tech demo to show what The Boring Company can do. With four huge halls containing 4.6-million square feet of floor space, a walk from the back end of the south hall up to the new west hall covers 1.1 miles and will take the average person over 20 minutes. To host these shows with thousands of booths and hundreds of thousands of attendees each, the LVCC is utterly massive. The LVCC hosts multiple huge conventions ever year, including CES, CONEXPO, the Magic fashion show, AAPEX automotive show, and more. But one project did happen: the a simple tunnel loop at the Las Vegas Convention Center. So I didn't pay much attention to the Boring Company's efforts - often a project would be announced and then end up floundering in regulations or spiraling price estimations. ![]() And that's not to mention that we solved transportation tunnels long ago: subways. Sure, there was probably some minor innovation that The Boring Company could bring to the tunneling business, but to just make another path for even more cars? That's pretty low on the priorities list in solving transportation gridlock. To begin with, the system will be staffed with drivers.When Elon Musk announced way back in 2016 that he was starting a tunnel boring company because he was frustrated by Los Angeles traffic, the idea was pretty broadly mocked. These vehicles can reach speeds of up to 150mph, but will only travel at between 35mph and 40mph in the Las Vegas tunnels. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop will enable up to 4,400 convention visitors per hour to travel across the campus in under two minutes, free of charge, in Tesla vehicles. “The expanded Loop system, when developed, will be a game-changer and a new ‘must experience’ attraction for our visitors,” added Hill. The Boring Company also plans to build an expanded system throughout the resort corridor, known as the Vegas Loop, to limit traffic congestion in the area. ![]() “We are excited to have partnered with Elon’s company to bring this transportation ‘first’ to our valued convention customers,” said Steve Hill, president and CEO of LVCVA. The $52.5 million system will speedily transport convention guests via one-way tunnels across the 200-acre campus in all-electric Tesla vehicles. Known as the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, the transportation solution is operational and will be available when LVCC launches its first major convention in June 2021. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) shared a first look at the transportation system, which is located beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).
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