Noted tunnel partizan Elon Musk is digging again , this time for hazily specify design at an abandoned parking raft near the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms , and Explosives HQ construction in northeast Washington , DC , theWashington Post reports .
Per the Post account , Musk ’s Boring Company has been grant “ an early , and vague , building permission ” to begin some extremely preliminary oeuvre on a surgical incision of an undercover Hyperloop tunnel that could one day , in theory , stretch out from DC to Baltimore , Philadelphia , and New York . It ’s not really super clear how much work Musk has a permit to start , but a Boring Company spokesperson said the New York Avenue location could process as a “ post ” in the intercity transportation web . According to the paper , city officials do n’t seem to be committed to the labor long - term yet , though the DC Department of Transportation is examining what sort of further permissions the Boring Company would involve to send its massive tunnel - digging drill under city roads and publicly owned land .
However , Musk has support from White House aide Jared Kushner and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan , the Post added .
The Hyperloop conception involves avast connection of lock tunnelszipping with electrically - powered superfast sleds ferry car and people movers from station to station . Musk is pretty into the idea and claims he ’s been scud up governmental bread and butter for itsince July 2017 , and the company contrive to simplify the labyrinthian process of insure the necessary permits to dig tunnel everywhere by piggybacking onexisting right - of - path permitsfor rail developer . The Boring Company has previously broken basis at atest site in Los Angeleswith itsmonstrous Godot drill , though any system that could be used for public transportation is years and billions of dollars away .
Picture of The Boring Company LA tunnel taken yesterdaypic.twitter.com/TfdVKyXFsJ
— Elon Musk ( @elonmusk)October 28 , 2017
As the Post note , not everyone is happy with Musk ’s visual modality of the future tense , which involves simply schlepping personal vehicle around rather than improving multitude transit systems ( a form of transportation he’sup front about dislike ) . The Boring Company also has yet to demonstrate it can in reality build the massive shipping system formuch cheaper and at a more effective pacethan traditional exile agency like New York ’s MTA .
“ We ask to fix the Metro , ” Virginia - based Uber equipment driver Mohamed Hussein say the Post . “ Traffic is just spoilt . ”
[ Washington Post ]
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