Elon Musk comes up with a solution to fix California's traffic nightmare
CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk envisions a series of underground roadways to prevent traffic.
During a recent TED Talk conference, Musk shares a generated mock-up video of a network of underground tunnels that sprawl out in multiple directions. Platforms will be placed in parking spots where vehicles will park. Those platforms then lower until they are underground and even with an underground channel where other cars are driving.
Each platform is connected to a skate and rides on rails as if it were a rollercoaster. "Theres no speed limit down there. We hope to have the speeds at about 200km/h." says Musk during his TED Talk. With the high speeds, drivers will be able to get from point A to point B faster than on a regular street.
Each channel sprawls out into a different one to create a functioning web of roadways. Cars can also exit the tunnel ways by getting back on the platform in the underground tunnel and being lifted up back onto the main street.
He plans to start digging in Los Angeles and then work around all of southern California to alleviate road congestion.
It all started with a tweet posted by Musk saying that he was sick traffic and he planned to "just start digging" a tunnel with a tunnel boring machine.
He showed the public just how serious he was in December of 2016 when teamed up with the Boring Company and tweeted a picture of a tunnel digging machine.
Musk says he still has some kinks to work out of his plan but has raised eyebrows by saying he has made exciting progress already.
The underground tunnels are estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars per mile but is said to prevent traffic jams and constant road construction, saving the government money as well.
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