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Elon Musk's Tunnel: It Doesn't Scale, so it Doesn't Matter

Jarrett Walker · 20 Dec 2018 · humantransit.org ↗

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  1. Our reading

    The real cost of transport demonstration projects is that they confuse decision-makers about whether mass transit still needs building.

    Their wordsWhile delivering almost nothing useful, they are confusing elite opinion about whether we still need to build mass transit, which we do.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    A transport idea that does not scale does not matter, and it is for the rich: inefficiency is inequality.

    Their wordsIf it doesn’t scale, it’s for the rich. Or to put it another way: Inefficiency is inequality.
    Interesting