Here's the Boring Company's draft DC-Baltimore "Loop" Environmental Assessment: https://t.co/pTkpugoidw— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
The "purpose and need" of the Boring Co's "Loop" is that we need "high-speed passenger transportation between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore."— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
Isn't that called Amtrak? Or MARC? pic.twitter.com/of6BVdfraE
"the above-ground infrastructure associated with Ventilation Shafts— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
would typically be behind tree-lines and therefore screened from view from B-W Parkway"
Yes, because I would hate to see some ugly buildings when driving along the Parkway in my car.
Excuse me but wasn't part of what Boring Co was doing different from everybody else is reusing the dirt removed from the tunnels and turning it into bricks? But now they're going back to disposing it? pic.twitter.com/f7SFeh30iM— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
"DUE TO LIMITED SIZE OF THE WASHINGTON, D.C. LOOP STATION LOCATION, INITIAL OPERATION OF THE LOOP SYSTEM WOULD BE LIMITED TO 1,000 PASSENGERS PER DIRECTION PER DAY." pic.twitter.com/n45iug1Bzh— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
The daily initial operating capacity of the Boring Co's DC-Baltimore system is equivalent to that of a single WMATA 8-car train.— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
Except WMATA's trains run more than once per day.https://t.co/x8mK78UG3M
Due diligence in Boring Co's EA means they list their competitor transit modes between DC and Baltimore, which they say include regularly-scheduled bus and rail service that are "inexpensive, reliable" and "frequent" for a cost starting at $8. pic.twitter.com/dnslTrkiJY— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
TBC DC-Baltimore Loop would pass through several aquifiers. The tunnels themselves would be fairly shallow, 30 to 44 feet down. pic.twitter.com/vwZGXthtne— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
I've seen nothing in this document how TBC plans to deal with water infiltration and outflow pumping infrastructure.— Stephen Repetski (@srepetsk) April 18, 2019
American infrastructure is odd, because so many other countries already do it more cheaply and better. Look at the Faroe islands, who face far worse tunneling conditions and yet manage to make these roads.
ReplyDeleteI am puzzled that this is an area that needs to be disrupted except possibly on the political side.