Wata rana ce mai haske a Las Vegas, amma ina ƙafa 30 a ƙarƙashin ƙasa, an ɗaure ni don tafiya ta roka zuwa gaba. A gaskiya, tafiya ce ta Tesla zuwa gaba—kuma ba mai tuka kanta ba. Har ila yau, tana da ɗan jinkiri. Mai tukina ya gaya mani iyakar gudun a ƙasa nan mil 30 ne a cikin sa'a. Kuma gajere ce: tafiyar ta ƙare cikin 'yan mintuna kaɗan. A gaskiya, Vegas Loop abu ne mai ban takaici—gajeriyar tafiya, a hankali ta cikin rami mai farar bango wanda ya ɗan fi motar girma, an jera shi da filayen LED waɗanda ke canza launi kowane 'yan daƙiƙa don ƙara ɗan haske na Vegas. Na yi fatan tambayar sauran masu hawan Loop ra'ayinsu, amma… babu su. Ni kaɗai ne a nan.
Wannan ba shine mafita ta sufuri ta gaba da Elon Musk ya yi alkawari ba. Lokacin da ya fara sanar da wannan fasaha a 2017, ta zo da hotunan kimiyya: mota tana tashi daga titi zuwa kan dandamali na lif, tana gangarowa cikin hanyar sadarwa na ramuka, kuma tana tafiya da sauri akan "skate na lantarki" a 200 km/h (124 mph). "Babu iyaka na gaske ga yawan matakan rami da za ku iya samu… don haka za ku iya magance kowane matakin cunkoson birni," in ji Musk. 'Yan watanni kafin haka, tare da halinsa na rashin damuwa, ya tura tweet: "Cunkoson ababen hawa yana haukace ni. Zan gina injin huda rami in fara tono…" Ba da daɗewa ba: "A gaskiya zan yi wannan." Ya yi, kuma ya kira shi Kamfanin Boring.
Yanayin rashin gamsuwa na Vegas Loop ba zai ba da mamaki ga masu kallon Musk na dogon lokaci ba. Shugaba mai iko ya gina suna don yawan alkawari da rashin cika alkawari akan manyan ra'ayoyinsa—daga Teslas masu tuka kansu zuwa robots masu hankali zuwa ayyuka zuwa duniyar Mars—babu ɗayansu da ya faru a cikin lokutan da ya yi alkawari. Amma Kamfanin Boring kuma yana nuna "Muskism" a aikace: ba kawai rata tsakanin fantasy da gaskiya ba, amma yadda masu biyayya na trillionaire da tasirin siyasa suka yi kama da su suna kare shi daga bincike, suka, da jan kare, suna ba shi matakin iko da 'yanci wanda wasu ba su da shi.
A farkon kwanakin, Kamfanin Boring kuma ya nuna halin Musk na haɗa manyan manufofi tare da zagi na yara. A 2018, ya tara dala miliyan 10 ta hanyar sayar da 20,000 na flamethrowers masu alamar Boring, da kuma dala miliyan 1 daga hulunan wasan ƙwallon baseball na Boring. Masu son Musk sun ƙaunace shi, haka ma masu saka hannun jari. A 2022, Kamfanin Boring ya kai darajar dala biliyan 5.7. Yana gina ramukan gwaji a Los Angeles da kuma a hedkwatarsa a Texas. An ruwaito yana da hannu a ayyuka a birane a duk faɗin Amurka da bayanta: Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, San Jose, Miami. Amma ɗaya bayan ɗaya, waɗannan ayyukan sun ƙare. A yanzu, birnin da ya karɓi shawarar Boring shine Las Vegas—ko da yake hakan zai canza.
Tashoshi uku na farko na Vegas Loop sun buɗe a 2021, suna haɗa ƙarshen Babban Cibiyar Taro ta Las Vegas (LVCC) zuwa ɗayan—kimanin mil ɗaya. Tsakanin 2022 zuwa 2025, hanyar sadarwa ta faɗaɗa zuwa wuraren shakatawa na casino uku da ke kusa: Resorts World, Westgate, da Encore. Ba za ku iya tuka motar ku a cikin ramuka ba. Dole ne ku yi ajiyar ɗaya daga cikin Teslas na Loop (samfuran daidai, babu skates na lantarki) kuma ku ɗauke su a wuraren da ake kira tashoshin taxi, ko a saman ƙasa ko a ƙarƙashin wuraren shakatawa. Tikiti $4.25 (£3.15) ne don tafiya ɗaya, ko $12.50 (£9.30) don fas ɗin rana.
Ba ainihin madauki ba ne, ko. Wasu ramuka suna da hanyoyi biyu, ma'ana idan wata mota tana zuwa daga gaba, naku dole ne ta jira ta fito kafin ku iya shiga. Tsarin yana da yawan aiki sosai lokacin da akwai babban taron, amma…Akwai taro da ke gudana, direbobin sun gaya mini, amma yau tashoshin da ke ƙarƙashin LVCC sun rufe. A kololuwar sa, tsarin na iya samun Teslas 160 da ke aiki, amma yau akwai huɗu kawai—wanda ya zama uku fiye da yadda ake buƙata.
Shin wannan ainihin madadin ne ga sufurin jama'a? "Ba shi da amfani sosai," in ji Ray Delahanty, tsohon injiniyan zirga-zirga kuma mai tsara birane wanda yanzu yake buga a kafofin sada zumunta a matsayin CityNerd. Bayan ya ziyarta bara, ya yi bidiyo na YouTube mai suna "Vegas Loop yana ƙara zama wauta."
"A ka'ida, akwai lokutan da titunan saman suke da cunkoso sosai har ramin da ba shi da cunkoso a ƙasa zai iya zama mafi sauri," in ji shi, amma "yawon buɗe ido ya ragu sosai a Las Vegas," don haka akwai ƙarancin zirga-zirga. Bugu da ƙari, ya ce yawanci yana jira mintuna 10 zuwa 15 don tafiya, don haka babu lokacin da aka ajiye.
Kamfanin Boring yana da'awar cewa tsarinsa ya fi tsada fiye da tsarin metro na gargajiya saboda ramukansa sun fi ƙanƙanta kuma aikin sa ya fi sauƙi, amma yana da wuya a ga yadda lambobin suka tara. A gefe guda, da'awar Loop cewa wata rana zai iya ɗaukar "fasinjoji 90,000 a kowace awa," a iyakar ƙarfinsa na yanzu na motoci shida a minti ɗaya, tare da fasinjoji huɗu a kowace Tesla, wannan shine fasinjoji 2,400 a kowace awa, ko aƙalla 33,600 a kowace rana (yana buɗewa daga 10 na safe zuwa 9 na dare). Don kwatanta, layin Elizabeth na London kaɗai ya ɗauki fasinjoji sama da miliyan 240 a bara, ko 665,000 a kowace rana. Bugu da ƙari, Loop yana buƙatar direba ɗaya ga kowane fasinjoji huɗu, yayin da jirgin ƙasa na Elizabeth line ɗaya tare da direba ɗaya zai iya ɗaukar mutane 1,500.
"Idan ka ɗauki abin da ya kamata ya zama tsarin sufuri na jama'a kuma ka mayar da shi mafarki mai ban tsoro na neoliberal, wannan shine ainihin abin da za ka samu," in ji Ben Leffel, mataimakin farfesa na manufofin jama'a a Jami'ar Nevada, Las Vegas. A watan Maris, Leffel ya gaya wa 'yan majalisa a taron Ƙungiyar Ba da Shawara ta Sufuri ta Jirgin Ƙasa ta Nevada: "Loop na Kamfanin Boring shine mafi girma, mafi wauta zamba na sufuri da na taɓa ji… Kamfanin Boring yana yi wa masu tsara manufofi a duniya ƙarya cewa tsarinsu—Teslas a cikin ramuka—zai iya motsa mutane da yawa da sauri fiye da kowane nau'in jirgin ƙasa. Kuma ku ɗauka daga gare ni: wannan ba zai yiwu ba a zahiri. Don haka duk mai tsara manufofi da suka faɗa wa wannan ya kamata su ƙalubalance su don su ba da ko da ɗan ƙaramin shaidar kayan aiki cewa gaskiya ne, amma ba za su iya ba."
Me yasa Las Vegas ta yarda? Wani ɓangare na sha'awar ga 'yan majalisa, Leffel ya bayyana, shine cewa Loop yana da kuɗin sirri. "Ba a biya shi da kuɗin haraji ba; ana biya shi da yawa daga masu saka hannun jari, kuma yawancin waɗannan masu saka hannun jari suna cikin gidaje," in ji shi. Wannan yana nufin cewa wurin tashoshi yana yanke shawara ta masu haɓaka, ba ta buƙatun birni ba. "Don haka mun nisa daga tsarin jirgin ƙasa na jama'a mai kyau wanda ke motsa mutane da yawa kuma mun tafi zuwa madadin mai rahusa, inda tasiri akan ƙira ya tafi ga mafi girman mai bayarwa."
Kuɗin sirri kuma yana barin Boring ya guje wa kulawar hukuma a Las Vegas da kuma nazarin muhalli mai tsauri—wanda sau da yawa ya sa ayyukansa suka gaza a wasu wurare. Musk ya fito fili ya ce ba ya son ka'idojin muhalli. "Dole ne ku sami izini a gaba, maimakon, alal misali, biyan tara idan kun yi wani abu ba daidai ba, wanda ina tsammanin zai fi tasiri," ya gaya wa Cato Institute mai 'yanci a bara.
Boring yana da ɗan gogewa game da wannan. A watan Oktoba na bara, ProPublica ta yi zargin cewa ta keta ka'idojin muhalli kusan sau 800 a Las Vegas a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, gami da "fara tono ba tare da izini ba, sakin ruwa mara tsabta a kan titunan birni, da zubar da datti daga manyan motocinta," da kuma ƙananan batutuwa. Bayan rasa dubawa 689, wani rahoto daban daga Fortune ya yi iƙirarin cewa Kamfanin Boring "ya yi kamar ya bi" bayan dubawa ɗaya, "sai kawai ya ci gaba da zubar da ruwan sharar gida da zarar manajan kamfani 'ya ɗauka cewa masu duba gundumar sun bar kadarar.'" Akwai kuma rahotannin ma'aikata da masu kashe gobara suna fama da ƙonawar sinadarai da sauran raunuka yayin aiki a kan aikin, tare da hukunce-hukuncen da suka yi kama da sun yi sauƙi sosai.
Babu ɗayan wannan da ke taimakawa magance ainihin matsalolin da birane na Amurka kamar Las Vegas ke fuskanta, waɗanda suka dogara sosai kan motoci kuma suna ƙara zama masu rauni ga matsanancin zafi saboda rikicin yanayi. Maganin, kamar yadda wasu birane suka nuna, shine ƙarin bishiyoyi da ƙarancin motoci, wanda ke nufin motsa mutane ta amfani da tsarin metro ko jirgin ƙasa mai haske.
"Las Vegas ita ce kawai babban birni a yankin Mountain West na Amurka wanda ba shi da ainihin tsarin sufuri na jama'a," in ji Minja Yan, tsohuwar ƙwararriyar gidaje da ke tsayawa takarar kwamishinan gundumar Clark. "Amma saboda zaɓaɓɓun jami'an mu ba su ba da fifiko ga sufuri na jama'a ba, Kamfanin Boring ya fito da wani aiki na sirri, kuma jami'an mu sun kasance kamar, 'Ok, watakila yana kama da kyakkyawan ra'ayi.'" Jirgin ƙasa mai haske kuma zaɓi ne mai kyau, in ji ta, "amma yana buƙatar aiki don ya faru. Yana buƙatar hangen nesa, daidaitawa, da lokaci mai yawa."
Aiki yana ci gaba yanzu don faɗaɗa Vegas Loop sosai. Birnin ya amince da hanyar sadarwa na mil 68 na ramuka da tashoshi 104, suna haɗa Strip zuwa cikin gari, filin jirgin sama, da filin wasa na Allegiant mai kujeru 65,000. Kamar yadda gidan yanar gizon Kamfanin Boring ya ce, wannan "ya tabbatar da Vegas Loop a matsayin wani muhimmin ɓangare na abubuwan more rayuwa na gaba na birnin."
Abin da ke faruwa a Vegas ba ya zama a can. A watan Yuli 2025, Nashville, Tennessee, ta sanar da cewa ita ma tana sadaukar da kanta ga aikin Boring: Music City Loop. Ana shirin tashoshi kusan 20, amma matakin farko na mil 13 zai haɗa filin jirgin sama zuwa cibiyar taro ta cikin gari da babban birnin jihar. A lokacin sanarwar, an riga an fara gini, abin da ya ba jama'a da yawancin jami'an gida mamaki.
"Ba a gaya mana abin da zai faru a kowane lokaci ba har sai ya zama yarjejeniya," in ji sanata na jihar Heidi Campbell, tana nufin kanta da abokan aikinta na Democrat. Ta bayyana tsarin a matsayin "mai ɓoye da ba a saba ba. Mun sami ɗan ƙaramin memo na musamman a cikin akwatunan wasiƙun mu ranar da gwamna [Bill Lee, abokin Trump] ya yi sanarwar. Kuma ba a gayyace mu zuwa bikin ba ko kuma a ba mu cikakkun bayanai bayan haka. Suna so su ɓoye mana, kuma suna ci gaba da yin hakan."
Campbell da wasu sun tayar da damuwa iri ɗaya da na Las Vegas: cewa wannan ya fi "jirgin yawon buɗe ido" fiye da sufuri na jama'a na gaske; cewa yana toshe wasu zaɓuɓɓukan sufuri; cewa yanayin ƙasa da ruwan ƙasa na birnin suna haifar da haɗari; kuma idan ya gaza, Nashville—ba Musk ba—za a bar shi don magance sakamakon. "Ko da wannan ya tafi da kyau sosai, abin da kuke yi har yanzu shine neman hanyar ƙirƙira don motsa motoci, ba magance matsalolin cunkoso ba."
A watan Disamba na bara, an yi zanga-zangar adawa da Music City Loop a wajen kotu. Campbell ta yi imanin cewa amincewar aikin lamari ne na siyasa fiye da aiki a cikin jihar da ke ƙarƙashin rinjayar Republican: "Mutanen da nake aiki da su suna son Donald Trump sosai har duk wanda ke kusa da shi abokinsu ne. Suna jin cewa Elon Musk yana kusa da Trump, kuma suna farin ciki sosai don yin aiki tare da shi har ba sa tunanin tsarin aiki."
Yana da mahimmanci cewa wuraren da suka karɓi hangen nesa na Boring na Musk suna daidaita da shi a kasuwanci da siyasa. Tennessee ta riga ta zama gida ga Cibiyar Bayanai ta Colossus ta Musk, wacce ke ba da ƙarfin lissafi ga Grok AI, ayyukan SpaceX, da dandamalin sada zumunta na X duk wani ɓangare ne na daular kasuwanci ta Elon Musk. Wani wuri a Memphis da kuma kan iyaka a Mississippi ya haifar da cece-kuce a farkon wannan shekara lokacin da aka bayyana cewa yana amfani da injunan iskar gas mai cutar da muhalli don wutar lantarki.
A Nevada, Gigafactory na Tesla kusa da Reno ya buɗe a 2016 bayan gasa mai zafi daga wasu jihohi—Nevada ta ba da dala biliyan 1.2 a cikin abubuwan ƙarfafa haraji. Wannan yarjejeniya ta kasance ƙarƙashin jagorancin Steve Hill, sannan darektan Ofishin Ci gaban Tattalin Arziki na Gwamna. A 2018, Hill ya zama Shugaba na Hukumar Baƙi da Taro ta Las Vegas (LVCVA), wacce ke tallata birnin kuma ta mallaki cibiyar taro. An yaba shi da kawo Kamfanin Boring zuwa Las Vegas kuma "ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai himma a faɗaɗa tsarin a cikin Kwarin Las Vegas," a cewar gidan yanar gizon LVCVA.
Kamfanin Boring bai amsa buƙatun yin sharhi da yawa ba.
Wannan haɗin sha'awar kasuwanci da gwamnati yana bin tsari na yau da kullun, in ji Quinn Slobodian, marubucin Muskism (tare da Ben Tarnoff). Littafin yana jayayya cewa dabarun kasuwanci na Musk sau da yawa sun haɗa da ƙirƙirar dangantaka ta juna tare da jihar—neman yanki inda zai iya kafa ikon mallaka sannan kuma ya amfana daga kuɗin jama'a. Wannan ya yi aiki tare da SpaceX, wanda ya dogara da kwangilolin NASA na dogon lokaci kuma ya gina kan abubuwan more rayuwa na jihar da NASA ta ɗauki nauyi, da kuma Tesla, inda sama da kashi 40% na kudaden shiga a cikin watanni tara na farko na 2024 ya fito daga ƙididdigar carbon na gwamnati. Ko da yake Musk ya taimaka wa gwamnatin Trump samun dala tiriliyan 2 a cikin "ingantattun ayyuka" (wani alkawari mai yawa), wani rahoto na 2025 ya kiyasta cewa kamfaninsa sun karɓi dala biliyan 38 daga tallafin gwamnati.
"Yana cin riba sosai daga wani nau'in yanayi na 'terra nullius'—inda akwai ƙarancin ka'idoji—kuma yana iya shiga cikin sarari mara komai da sauri ya mallake shi," in ji Slobodian. Kamar yadda ya yi da rokoki na SpaceX da tauraron dan adam na Starlink a ƙasan duniya, Musk mai yiwuwa ya ga sararin ƙarƙashin ƙasa a matsayin yanki da zai mallaka. Musk ya yi fice a abin da Slobodian da Tarnoff suka kira "fabulism na kuɗi"—"alkawari ba kawai na samfur mai ɗan kyau ba, amma na gaba mai canzawa inda za a ƙirƙiri sabbin sassa da kasuwanni da ba su wanzu ba." Abin takaici, sararin da ke ƙarƙashin birane ba shi da sauƙi kamar yadda Kamfanin Boring zai yi fata, Slobodian ya lura, tunda yana cike da cikas na jiki da na ka'idoji. Akwai wani aikin Boring da aka shirya don Dubai, amma yana da aminci a ce mafarkin Musk bai mamaye duniya ba.
Shin Musk yana gundura da Boring? Yanzu yana kama da ƙaramin ɓangare na daularsa mai girma, wanda aka rufe shi da sakonninsa na sada zumunta masu tayar da hankali da kuma jerin sunayen hannun jari na SpaceX da aka yi ta yada labarai a makon da ya gabata, wanda ya kimanta kamfanin a sama da dala tiriliyan biyu. Bayanin rajista na SpaceX yana yin iƙirari mafi girma: yana tsammanin kudaden shiga na gaba na dala tiriliyan 28.5—"mafi girman kasuwa mai yiwuwa a tarihin ɗan adam." Shirye-shiryen haɓaka sun haɗa da cibiyoyin bayanai na AI a sararin samaniya, hakar ma'adinai a taurari, da "sufurin fasinjoji da kaya zuwa wata da duniyar Mars." Zai iya faruwa wata rana, kamar yadda Kamfanin Boring zai iya ɗauke ku a ƙarƙashin Las Vegas a cikin Tesla mara direba a 200 km/h. A halin yanzu, babban shirin Musk yana da kyau da yawa don zama gaskiya, amma yana da girma da yawa don gaza. Zai iya kai mu zuwa marar iyaka da bayansa, ya kawo mummunan yanayi na hypercapitalist, ko—kamar Boring—kawai ya tafi ba inda, ba da sauri ba.
Kuna da ra'ayi kan batutuwan da aka taso a cikin wannan labarin? Idan kuna son ƙaddamar da amsa har zuwa kalmomi 300 ta imel don a yi la'akari da bugawa a sashin wasiƙun mu, don Allah ku yi haka. Da fatan za a danna nan.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da ake yawan yi game da hawan Vegas Loop bisa ga gogewar mafarki mai ban tsoro na neoliberal
Tambayoyin Matakin Farko
1 Menene ainihin Vegas Loop
Tsarin ramuka ne na ƙarƙashin ƙasa a Las Vegas inda motocin Tesla ke tuka ku tsakanin wuraren shakatawa na casino da cibiyar taro Tunanin Elon Musk ne don doke cunkoson ababen hawa
2 Yaya ya bambanta da jirgin ƙasa na ƙasa ko jirgin ƙasa
Maimakon babban jirgin ƙasa guda ɗaya kuna samun ƙaramin motar lantarki don ku da ƙungiyar ku kawai Babu masu gudanarwa, babu jadawalin da aka kayyade, kuma babu tikiti—kawai ku shiga
3 Shin da gaske yana da sauri fiye da tafiya ko ɗaukar taxi
A ka'ida e, saboda kuna tsallake fitilun zirga-zirga A aikace ya dogara Idan layin gajere ne yana da sauri sosai Idan layin yana da tsawo tafiya na iya zama mafi sauri don gajerun nisa
4 Ina buƙatar app na musamman ko tikiti
E Kuna buƙatar app na Las Vegas Loop a wayar ku don neman tafiya Kuna biya kowace tafiya ta hanyar appbabu tsabar kuɗi ko katin da aka karɓa a tashar
5 Nawa ne farashin
Farashin ya bambanta da nisa da buƙata, amma yi tsammani kusan $5 zuwa $15 kowace tafiya Yana da rahusa fiye da taxi/Uber don gajerun tafiye-tafiye, amma ba mai rahusa kamar bas ɗin birni ba
Tambayoyin Matakin Tsaka-tsaki
6 Me yasa mutane ke kiransa mafarki mai ban tsoro na neoliberal
Masu suka sun ce tsarin sirri ne don riba wanda ya maye gurbin sufuri na jama'a Ba ya buɗe wa kowa daidai ba kuma yana ba da fifiko ga masu yawon buɗe ido fiye da mazauna Yana jin kamar abin wasa na masu arziki ba mafita ta gaske ga cunkoson ababen hawa ba
7 Me zai faru idan app ya fadi ko wayata ta mutu
Kuna makale Babu wani shiri na maye gurbin Dukkan tsarin ya dogara da aikin wayar ku Idan kuna da baturi mara ƙarfi ba za ku iya samun tafiya ba
8 Shin tafiyar tana da daɗi
Ramukan suna da kunkuntar kuma ba su da haske sosai Motar tana tafiya a kan bene na siminti don haka tana da tashin hankali Ba tafiya ce mai santsi mai shiru ta jirgin ƙasa ba—fiye da zama a cikin garejin ajiye motoci na ƙasa
9 Yaya tsawon lokacin jira
Lokutan jira sun bambanta sosai Wani lokaci kuna shiga kai tsaye Wani lokaci kuna jira
