Elon`s stupid Las Vegas tunnels may actually be a boring game changer
(CrackBerry.com)

It was easy to mock the idea of Elon Musk`s tunnels project — this was a problem we solved long ago with subways, right? Well, after actually experiencing it in a real-world situation, I`m not so sure it`s a dumb idea. When Elon Musk announced way back in 2016 that he was starting a tunnel boring company because he was frustrated by Los Angeles traffic, the idea was pretty broadly mocked. Sure, there was probably some minor innovation that The Boring Company could bring to the tunneling business, but to just make another path for even more cars? That`s pretty low on the priorities list in solving transportation gridlock. And that`s not to mention that we solved transportation tunnels long ago: subways. So I didn`t pay much attention to the Boring Company`s efforts — often a project would be announced and then end up floundering in regulations or spiraling price estimations. But one project did happen: the a simple tunnel loop at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The LVCC hosts mul...