The Boring Company’s Chicago project seems awfully cheap for something so big
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Re: The Boring Company’s Chicago project seems awfully cheap for something so big
#2Chicagoan here. What the city really needs is a ring line - a wheel for all the spokes of current train lines. There's already a CTA train going from O'Hare to downtown (and back out again!). It's hard to imagine this having much appeal besides a shiny new toy for the consultants flying into the city.
Re: The Boring Company’s Chicago project seems awfully cheap for something so big
#3If Chicago has the same underpinning of clay much of London has and he's below basement level, dig cost can be pretty tractable. That said, I too have doubts the model can work.
Basically, I think he's overstated the potential savings from process improvement and understated the on costs of safety and compliance to standards like air quality and escape paths.