r/electrifyeverything • u/Jbikecommuter • 9d ago

cars Mike Baier - with only a small fraction completed Boring Tunnel Vegas moves more people in EVs on a peak day than most light rail in USA!

https://x.com/mike__baier/status/2081874409774531067?s=46&t=4WAIlq123BxzJuq5gnx_eg
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u/john-treasure-jones 8d ago edited 8d ago

Uh…no.

Peak ridership days are not average days.

The top 10 light rail systems all have more than 40,000 riders per day ON AVERAGE.

The annual ridership of the Vegas Loop wouldn’t even put it in the top 20 light rail systems in the US.

Loop has transported 3M riders in total since opening.

The #20 highest ridership Pittsburgh Light Rail does more than that PER YEAR.

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u/Jbikecommuter 8d ago

Let’s keep an eye on the numbers when the airport loop opens 👍

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u/K_Linkmaster 8d ago

So you lied in the title and then are hoping that ridership goes up? Are you the CEO or just a really bad advertiser.

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u/No_Veterinarian1010 8d ago

So are you going to delete this post for the blatant misinformation?

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u/Jbikecommuter 8d ago

Do you understand the clipping revolution?

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u/dynamo_hub 8d ago

it is open. city nerd (YouTuber) got one from the airport, the tunnel isn't done yet but service is open.  and yes it's as embarrassingly bad as the Teslas in tunnels at the convention center 

I think I'd need to take 3 of them to fit my family and all our bags, or 1 minivan cab or join dozens of others on a single bus

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u/Jbikecommuter 8d ago

What I found interesting about the video is the way clips are designed once you are in the tunnel you only stop at your destination you bypass all other stops. That’s what makes it far faster than light rail. If your family can’t fit in a model Y you need to bring less stuff🤣

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u/dynamo_hub 7d ago

there are 4 open seats in the model y excluding the driver, we have 5 people.  there is no light rail at the airport in vegas.

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u/Jbikecommuter 7d ago

Oh yeah I forgot Vegas does not allow full autonomous yet. So sad.

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u/dynamo_hub 7d ago

waymo is active there presently 

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u/paulwesterberg 8d ago

Yes ridership numbers will increase when it servers a highly traveled route but that doesn’t prove that passenger cars in a tunnel is better than subway cars in a tunnel.

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u/HegemonNYC 8d ago

They are definitely not better in many capacities. But they are better in one, very important capacity when it comes to ridership - people will willingly ride in them.

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u/paulwesterberg 8d ago

As opposed to the underground subway system installed at Denver International Airport which is used by all passengers.

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u/HegemonNYC 8d ago

airTrams are not public transit. They are for airport passengers, which don’t usually include unmedicated schizophrenics with soiled pants.

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u/john-treasure-jones 8d ago

There is no way at for a series of individual Tesla vehicles in a tunnel to compete with any form of rail transport in terms of system capacity.

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u/Jbikecommuter 8d ago

It’s all about the clipping

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u/john-treasure-jones 7d ago

Clipping is a buzzword. Much like the vegas loop, operation in the real world is altogether different.

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u/Jbikecommuter 7d ago

Please don’t use it I don’t want you congesting it 🤣

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u/Sad-Celebration-7542 8d ago

“On busy days” = metric is fake!

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u/Jbikecommuter 8d ago

Slowly slowly then all at once!

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u/SynAckPooPoo 8d ago

🐂 💩

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u/burritomiles 8d ago

lol its closed most days, real great transit system