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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2018, 10:52 PM Jun 2018

Elon Musk firm tapped to build Chicago high-speed transit

Chicago (AFP) - Elon Musk's The Boring Company has been tapped to build a high-speed underground transportation system for Chicago -- the first US city to bank on the entrepreneur's futuristic concept for mass transit.

The project, to be officially announced Thursday, would employ tunnels and autonomous electric vehicles called "skates" to zip passengers between the Midwestern city's downtown core and its busy airport.

Details remain to be hammered out, including the exact route of The Chicago Express Loop.

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Elon Musk firm tapped to build Chicago high-speed transit (Original Post) PoliticAverse Jun 2018 OP

To save 27mins over the subway that now goes direct from ohare to downtown and not have lunasun Jun 2018 #1

Yeah, it's actually pretty easy to take the train downtown from the airport. NBachers Jun 2018 #2

24/7 out of airport terminal 2. Some cities you have to take a shuttle out of the airport location lunasun Jun 2018 #3

Elon Musk is a con man. Midnight Writer Jun 2018 #4

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

1. To save 27mins over the subway that now goes direct from ohare to downtown and not have

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:14 PM

Jun 2018

to ride with commoners ?
I guess for the city's future ....seems pricey/risky investment to me , but what did I know ...

NBachers

(18,132 posts)

2. Yeah, it's actually pretty easy to take the train downtown from the airport.

Reply to lunasun (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 01:03 AM

Jun 2018

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

3. 24/7 out of airport terminal 2. Some cities you have to take a shuttle out of the airport location

Reply to NBachers (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 08:24 AM

Jun 2018

leaving the area to hook up with public transport, but this subway is right in one of the terminals and goes direct to downtown
LA yes, I clearly see the project as an improvement but hard for me to see the shorter time as that big of a deal ...again what do I know ...maybe it's the near future and Chicago wants to be one of the first....

Midnight Writer

(22,978 posts)

4. Elon Musk is a con man.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 01:00 PM

Jun 2018

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