Musk wows crowd with 'Boring' tunnel vision

The full-fledged project would include a tunnel along Los Angeles' notoriously busy 405 Freeway where, Musk said, traffic varied between the seventh and the eighth circles of hell.

"Like a weird little Disney ride in L.A.", Musk, casually dressed in denim, said to laughter and applause.

The biggest challenge, however, is digging the tunnel network. Musk commented, "we're not suggesting this to the exclusion of other approaches". Musk spoke of above-ground roads being converted to park space, as commuters gravitate to the personalized mass transit in his tunnels. These tunnels were not yet part of his cross-country "Hyperloop" system, which would ferry people in tubes travelling at airline speeds at a much lower cost. Hundreds of entrances were included in this project where passengers in pods could come down to the network of tunnels that will carry them across the city at high speeds.

Earlier, before the session, Musk retweeted LA Metro tweet announcing the prolonged partnership with The Boring Company and that they are going forward with their plans to build in-city Loop for the underground fast travel system. "It's very hard to weave large stations into the fabric of a city", Musk said.

That announcement on Thursday night preceded a public event Musk held in the LA suburb of Bel-Air on Thursday night, during which he and Boring Company officials talked about the tunneling activities and took questions from members of the community.

Tesla-driving Angelenos may soon be able to hop out of their battery-powered vehicle, board an electric pod in a Boring Co. tunnel and get to the port where SpaceX is about to build massive rockets that it aims to fly to Mars.

His firm behind the project - "The Boring Company" - wants to create tunnels that link up with existing subway lines to "complement the system".

The plan calls for excavated soil to be compacted into concrete reinforcement segments for the tunnels, or turned into construction bricks.

The company has already conducted test runs and reached a couple of hundred miles an hour speed.

"The crowd was majority male, and there were very few people of color", neighborhood leader Andres Cuervo told the Los Angeles Times.

'This is groundbreaking, this is establishing a precedent, and I think we all agree that we want to make sure that this goes off without a hitch, ' Hawthorne's Mayor Alex Vargas added at the meeting.

Recommended:

• 

  17 May 2018

  Bucks, Budenholzer Reach Agreement to Become Head Coach

  Budenholzer will sign a four-year deal with the Bucks, after spending the past five seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. Budenholzer, who previously had coached the Atlanta Hawks , met with Bucks ownership on Tuesday in NY .
  

  16 May 2018

  Jason Witten expects Dez Bryant to sign with Packers

  Still, despite remaining open to the idea of considering Bryant, the Giants have showed very little interest to date. Bryant would be a logical fit in Green Bay since the Packers released veteran wideout Jordy Nelson this offseason.
  

  15 May 2018

  North Korea Threatens To Cancel Trump Summit

  The official, who spoke anonymously, said he learned about the Korea Mission Center when he met with Andrew Kim in October.
• 

  16 May 2018

  Major US stock indexes head lower

  Markets focused early on economic reports with sales at U.S. retailers rising for a second straight month in April. USA equity markets closed solidly lower on Tuesday with the Dow industrials halting their eight-day advance.
  

  16 May 2018

  Deadly blast in Southern California medical building investigated as intentional

  A daycare and preschool are near the site of the explosion, but authorities said all of the children are safe. She and the three injured were likely in close proximity to the explosion, Sawyer said.
  

  15 May 2018

  Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Announces New Go Store Locations

  It is recently reported that Amazon had its eye on an Amazon Go location in San Francisco's Union Square neighborhood. Amazon's technology, including overhead cameras, keeps track of what they buy and charges customers after they leave.
• 

  17 May 2018

  Top lawyer exits as Novartis seeks to quell Cohen backlash

  It was part of efforts to learn more about how the Trump administration might approach US healthcare, Novartis said. After paying Essential Consultants a monthly fee of $100,000, the contract is now at an end.
  

  16 May 2018

  Teachers join thousands of NC educators marching to Capitol

  Test scores take precedence over learning through current textbooks, effective class sizes and well-maintained school buildings. Berger also blamed "politically motivated rhetoric and misinformation" for criticism of lawmakers' public school decisions.
  

  16 May 2018

  Ramadan 2018 date: Looking for Moon on 29th Shaban tonight

  The Islamic holy month of Ramadan will begin Thursday in Ramadan, the land of the religion's two holiest sites, authorities said. Traditionally, countries announce if their moon-sighting council spots the Ramadan crescent the evening before fasting begins.
• 

  15 May 2018

  Buildings Being Dismantled at North Korea Nuke Test Site

  Located in mountainous terrain in the northeast of the country, Punggye-ri is less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from China. The dismantlement, scheduled sometime between May 23 and May 25, is in line with the country's pledge to stop nuclear tests.
  

  15 May 2018

  FOX Renews Gotham for Its Fifth and Final Season!

  Signing off, Mazouz thanked network Fox for the opportunity to "finish strong", and the fans for "keeping this show alive". Gotham , meanwhile, was never a ratings breakout for Fox but has been a reliable procedural with a DC Comics twist.
  

  15 May 2018

  Three killed in another Indonesia bomb explosion

  Police ordered the temporary closure of all churches in Surabaya on Sunday, and a large food festival in the city was cancelled. The family fanned out on Sunday with suicide bombs attached to themselves and their children, attacking three churches.