Tunneling Chicago
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TESLA AND SPACEX CEO Elon Musk added one more entry to his over-achiever resume on Thursday: construction magnate. During a media event in a cavernous and exceedingly empty train station constructed in the mid-aughts but never used, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally announced that Musk’s tunnel boring and mass transit company has won its bid to build an 18-mile high-speed connector between downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport. Musk says the boring company, called the Boring Company, will not use public funds for its project.
In just 12 minutes, 16-passenger pods traveling at speeds up to 150 mph would shuttle passengers between Block37, that empty train station constructed by Chicago’s Transit Authority for $400 million, and O’Hare International Airport. Today, the ride takes 45 minutes on the CTA’s Blue Line, and about 50 minutes by car.
18 miles at 150 MPH?? WOW
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