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by vmarsy 1993 days ago
> you would need to dig a dedicated subway tunnel

The tunnels and their exits next to interstate highway already exist per the article, so at this point the construction costs are assumed to be negligible (compared to a "$2.6 billion and take thirty years to build" system quoted in [1])

it would be used exactly like it was in Seattle: as a shortcut through the city for some routes. The bus retains all its advantages outside the tunnel, it's basically an underground dedicated bus lane.

If really popular then it can get upgraded to a real train, like it was done in Seattle.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Subway