Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
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Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.

Summary

Elon Musk’s Boring Company is rapidly expanding the “Vegas Loop,” a 68-mile underground Tesla-based transit system approved with minimal public input and regulatory oversight.

Backed by the Las Vegas tourism authority, the project bypasses federal environmental reviews and standard public transit scrutiny.

Despite safety, labor, and environmental violations, Boring faces modest fines and continues construction.

Critics, including former Mayor Carolyn Goodman, highlight concerns over safety, accessibility, and untested technology, but local officials and businesses support the project, viewing it as a vital traffic solution.

The Loop may set a precedent for deregulated infrastructure projects.

  • @[email protected]English
    37•1 day ago

    Elon Musk’s Boring Company spent years pitching cities on a novel solution to traffic, an underground transportation system to whisk passengers through tunnels in electric vehicles.

    Author has never seen a subway… Or doesn’t know what “novel” means.

    • @[email protected]
      48•1 day ago

      Comparing it to a subway is totally unmerited. This system is all the bad parts of a subway combined with all the bad parts of roads, with not an ounce of the benefits. It’s truly a stupid thing.

      • @[email protected]English
        8•1 day ago

        I wasn’t comparing musk’s solution to a subway. I was comparing the author’s description of “an underground transportation system to whisk passengers through tunnels in electric vehicles” to a subway system.

      • @Zahille7
        4•1 day ago

        Sounds like it’ll be like the highways from iRobot.