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Musk's Boring Co. presents L.A. tunnel plan
The plans for the privately funded transportation tunnel underneath the Westside of the city were presented at a council meeting on Monday.
January 23, 2018
Elon Musk's Tunnel Boring Co. unveiled a proposal for a privately funded transportation system that would run underneath the Westside of Los Angeles. Photo: The Boring Co.
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LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk's tunneling company, The Boring Co., presented plans to build a transportation tunnel under Culver City, Calif., according to BBC News.
The plans for the privately funded transportation tunnel, in which passengers are transported on autonomous electric skates travelling at 125-150mph, were presented at a council meeting on Monday, the report said.
The proposal for the privately funded system that would run underneath the Westside of Los Angeles was reported to have been well-received by some members of the council as a way of dealing with the region's traffic congestion, BBC News reported.
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