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HAWTHORNE, California – Are residents of the Los Angeles area a step closer to a shorter commute? Is science fiction closer to reality?
On Twitter on Sunday, Elon Musk, chairman and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, said an underground transport tunnel designed to ease traffic in Latin America was nearing completion.
CBS Los Angeles reports that tweets sparked a frenzy on the Internet.
His 23 million followers were certainly excited.
Last year, the LA suburban council approved the construction of a test tunnel from its headquarters, located at Musk 's SpaceX, until the end of the year. to the east of Los Angeles International Airport. Musk's Boring Company is seeking permission to create a tunnel in western Los Angeles.
Musk describes a system, called "Loop" by the Boring Company, as a system in which vehicles would descend by lifts into tunnels and spin at full speed into electrically powered pods.
"Loop is a high-speed underground public transport system in which passengers are transported on stand-alone electric runners traveling at a speed of 125 to 150 miles per hour," the company said on its website. "Electric skates will carry between eight and 16 passengers (public transit), or a single passenger vehicle."
The workers have been building the tunnel for more than a year. CBS L.A. reports that a crane operator was there until it went dark on Sunday.
Construction of Elon Musk's Boring Comapny Test Tunnel Begins Near SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on the Night of October 21, 2018
CBS Los Angeles
The work has long been shrouded in secrecy.
But it's no secret that drivers are fed up with long car journeys and are literally looking for everyone.
"The traffic over the ground is too important," said Jerrell King.
"I think it'll help congestion a bit," said Pedro Ochoa.
Musk had been touting the idea of the high speed metro for a few years.
Beyond the date of the beginning of the first tunnel, we know very little. But that is how Musk likes it.
In June, the company Musk announced that it had won the call for tenders for the establishment of a high speed transport connection between the airport O & # 39; Chicago Hare and downtown. The project would reduce the commute between downtown and the airport to 12 minutes instead of the usual 45 minutes of transit, and should be operational within three years.
