Elon Musk wants to solve LA’s traffic problems — one tunnel at a time.
Musk dreams of digging tubes underneath the city in the attempt to find an easier and more time-efficient solution to urban gridlock.
He officially broke ground last month, using his very own boring machine, or “mole,” to dig a 30-feet-wide, 50-feet-long and 15-feet deep “test trench,” according to Wired magazine.
“We have no idea what we’re doing — I want to be clear about that,” the Tesla founder explained last week.
“We’re just going to figure out what it takes to improve tunneling speed by, I think, somewhere between 500 and 1,000 percent,” he said.
The billionaire has been griping about the traffic situation in LA for months, often taking to Twitter to voice his disgust.
“Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging,” he tweeted on Dec. 17.
“I am actually going to do this,” he said the next day.
Speaking to The Verge via Twitter, Musk delved into why he was so determined to dig below the city.
“Without tunnels, we will all be in traffic hell forever,” he said. “I really do think tunnels are the key to solving urban gridlock. Being stuck in traffic is soul-destroying.”
It’s unclear whether Musk intends to use the tunnel for a subway or road travel.
Last month, the SpaceX CEO told a Twitter user that it starts “across from my desk at SpaceX” and extends to “Crenshaw and the 105 Freeway, which is 5 mins from LAX.”
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