[video] The Boring Company

[Arthur]

It's a shame this tunnel network isn't a reality already. It looks so cool.

 

Source: BBC

 

US entrepreneur Elon Musk has outlined his vision for a tunnel network under Los Angeles and shown how it might work.

 

In a wide-ranging conversation with Ted curator Chris Anderson, the founder of Tesla and Space X said that he was inspired to consider a tunnel system to alleviate congestion because he found being stuck in traffic "soul-destroying".

 

He showed off a concept video of how the multi-layered tunnel system might work.

 

Cars would stop on a trolley-like device and the ground would open up to carry them below. Cars would then drive off the platform and another would get on to be returned above ground.

 

https://youtu.be/u5V_VzRrSBI

[localzuk]

Looks interesting. The easy on/off on a street thing couldn't work though - too much chance of things going wrong (ie. a car driving on top of a car that's just started going down, or rear ending one that just popped up. It'd have to be off-street stations of some form.

[Arthur]

The related TED talk is interesting too.

 

https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_future_we_re_building_and_boring

 

Elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TED's Head Curator, Chris Anderson.

 

The easy on/off on a street thing couldn't work though - too much chance of things going wrong

Yeah. That aspect needs some more thought.

[Narwhal]

Don't they have earthquakes in LA?

[localzuk]

Don't they have earthquakes in LA?

Yeah, but there's ways to engineer around them for things now. Well, unless they're super-huge.