<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>so33</author><text>&amp;gt;Public transit has failed to solve the problem despite a 100-year head start.&lt;p&gt;I take objection to this because, aside from other cities where public transit is the norm, the interurban system in LA [0] was dismantled, partially because it was forced out by cars that increased congestion to the point that streetcars could no longer run on time, and partially because of car companies advocating that buses could replace the streetcars (they didn&amp;#x27;t).&lt;p&gt;Things don&amp;#x27;t exist in a vacuum, and LA decided to make itself a city where you could only be comfortable getting from place to place inside a car.&lt;p&gt;0: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Pacific_Electric&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Pacific_Electric&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>sAuronas</author><text>Cities like LA will become denser over time. It might seem counterintuitive but increasing density alleviate traffic  (people walk).&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t clean a hotel or flip a burger remote.&lt;p&gt;Public transit has failed to solve the problem despite a 100-year head start.&lt;p&gt;Cycling... in LA...&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think the Boring Company is trying to solve the gridlock. They will, however, provide an option for those who can afford to pop down into a Teslalane [sic] for a trip to the airport. And that&amp;#x27;s fine. It&amp;#x27;s [Teslalanes] infrastructure that ultimately helps the city thrive until the time that the land use patterns rebalance. There will always be traffic - but it won&amp;#x27;t always have the same overall impact.</text></item><item><author>discodave</author><text>The old strategy of hiding your outlandish claim in an assertion in the first sentence!&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The word &amp;quot;must&amp;quot; is a very strong one here, there are other options:&lt;p&gt;* Reduce the amount of travel that people need to do (remote work, online shopping).&lt;p&gt;* Reduce the density of cities (enabled by remote work or longer commutes with better internet access).&lt;p&gt;* Increase public transport options (higher passenger density).&lt;p&gt;* Encourage cycling.&lt;p&gt;I feel like only somebody who lives in LA would make the &amp;quot;must&amp;quot; assertion and not think about all the other options... oh wait:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;b&amp;#x2F;6e27fcba-309d-494e-b87d-c73fb8bb1750&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;b&amp;#x2F;6e27fcba-309d-494e-b...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>The Boring Company FAQ</title><url>https://www.boringcompany.com/faq</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>objclxt</author><text>&amp;gt; Public transit has failed to solve the problem despite a 100-year head start.&lt;p&gt;So the question here really is &amp;quot;which would improve LA more: tunnels that carry trains, or tunnels that carry carts that hold single cars?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;There is plenty of strong evidence that shows adding additional road capacity increases overall traffic. I&amp;#x27;m not sure that adding ways to move cars around faster wouldn&amp;#x27;t have the same impact, versus a train.</text><parent_chain><item><author>sAuronas</author><text>Cities like LA will become denser over time. It might seem counterintuitive but increasing density alleviate traffic  (people walk).&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t clean a hotel or flip a burger remote.&lt;p&gt;Public transit has failed to solve the problem despite a 100-year head start.&lt;p&gt;Cycling... in LA...&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think the Boring Company is trying to solve the gridlock. They will, however, provide an option for those who can afford to pop down into a Teslalane [sic] for a trip to the airport. And that&amp;#x27;s fine. It&amp;#x27;s [Teslalanes] infrastructure that ultimately helps the city thrive until the time that the land use patterns rebalance. There will always be traffic - but it won&amp;#x27;t always have the same overall impact.</text></item><item><author>discodave</author><text>The old strategy of hiding your outlandish claim in an assertion in the first sentence!&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The word &amp;quot;must&amp;quot; is a very strong one here, there are other options:&lt;p&gt;* Reduce the amount of travel that people need to do (remote work, online shopping).&lt;p&gt;* Reduce the density of cities (enabled by remote work or longer commutes with better internet access).&lt;p&gt;* Increase public transport options (higher passenger density).&lt;p&gt;* Encourage cycling.&lt;p&gt;I feel like only somebody who lives in LA would make the &amp;quot;must&amp;quot; assertion and not think about all the other options... oh wait:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;b&amp;#x2F;6e27fcba-309d-494e-b87d-c73fb8bb1750&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;b&amp;#x2F;6e27fcba-309d-494e-b...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>The Boring Company FAQ</title><url>https://www.boringcompany.com/faq</url></story>