Elon Musk has tweeted a trance-inducing video of a ride through the Boring Company’s test tunnel that’s set to be officially unveiled in December, 2018. Musk described the two-mile tunnel as „disturbingly long,“ though members of the public can soon find out for themselves when they’re offered free rides through it.<\/b>
\nBillionaire entrepreneur and Twitter enthusiast Elon Musk took to the microblogging site on Sunday to show off the interior of a \u201cdisturbingly long\u201d tunnel.
This, of course, is no ordinary tunnel as it\u2019s been built by Musk\u2019s Boring Company, the outfit that\u2019s aiming to create a new high-speed transit system beneath the streets of Los Angeles, and other cities if the scheme proves viable.
The two-mile-long test tunnel in south-west Los Angeles is gearing up for a grand opening on December 10, with members of the public to be offered free rides along its track the following day.
\u201cWalked full length of Boring Co tunnel under LA tonight,\u201d Musk said in his tweet, describing it, rather curiously, as \u201cdisturbingly long,\u201d a description that leaves us wondering how he might describe Line 3 of China\u2019s Guangzhou Metro, which, at 37.5 miles (60.4 km), is currently the longest transit tunnel in the world.
Accompanying the tweet is a trance-inducing video (below) that takes you on a ride of the full length of the tunnel ahead of its official opening in December.
The tunnel travels a short distance north from below the headquarters of SpaceX \u2014 another of Musk\u2019s ventures \u2014 before turning and traveling west for several miles.
The route that the tunnel takes is probably the least important part of its design. For Musk and his Boring Company team, it\u2019s the first real chance to showcase a functioning system as he seeks to convince city planners of its potential to transform transit in cities facing such challenges \u2014 which means pretty much all of them.
So how would Musk\u2019s high-speed, subterranean transit system work?
The idea is to use electric-powered sleds to move vehicles, as well as foot passengers and cyclists, to multiple destinations across a city at speeds of up to 150 mph.
As demonstrated in the video at the top of the page, vehicles and passenger pods would be lowered from street level onto the sleds via an elevator system, with recent reports suggesting the elevators could also connect to office buildings and private residences.
At the start of a journey, the sled transfers from a side tunnel onto the main track, so all of the passengers are constantly on the move. \u201cThis is a big difference compared to subways that stop at every stop, whether you\u2019re getting off or not,\u201d Musk said.
Another important part of the project is to revolutionize the tunneling industry with faster, more efficient boring machines.
In a positive sign for the Boring Company, it\u2019s already been chosen to enter into talks for the design of a high-speed, 18-mile tunnel link between downtown Chicago and O\u2019Hare International Airport, and the company\u2019s idea for a fast transit tunnel between Dodger Stadium and a transit hub in Los Angeles has also been welcomed by the authorities.<\/p>\n

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