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posted by martyb on Monday February 19 2018, @01:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the practice-drill dept.

In November, Washington, D.C.'s Department of Transportation granted the Boring Company a permit to excavate at a parking lot within the city:

Washington, D.C., has issued a permit allowing Elon Musk's Boring Company to do preparatory and excavation work in what is now a parking lot north of the National Mall. The company says the site could become a Hyperloop station.

The permit, reported Friday by the Washington Post, was issued way back on November 29th of 2017. The permit is part of an exploratory push by the city's Department of Transportation, which according to a spokesperson is examining the feasibility of digging a Hyperloop network under the city. The Hyperloop is an as-yet theoretical proposal to use depressurized tubes and magnet-levitated pods to move passengers at very high speeds.

From The Washington Post:

Asked about the permit, issued Nov. 29, a Boring Company spokesman said Friday that "a New York Avenue location, if constructed, could become a station" in a broad network of such stops across the new system.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) visited the Boring Company in California this month, walking in a tunnel to learn more about the technology the company says will make tunneling faster and cheaper.

The District's Department of Transportation is figuring out what other permits the Boring Company would need to cut under city roads and other public spaces, according to Bowser's chief of staff, John Falcicchio.

Previously: Elon Musk Claims to Have "Verbal Approval" to Build New York to Washington, D.C. Hyperloop
NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop: Not Vaporware?

Related: Hyperloop Pod Competition Winner Exceeds 200mph (324 km/h)
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 19 2018, @07:44AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 19 2018, @07:44AM (#640015) Journal

    rich people will use private helicopters or private planes.

    When push comes to shove, it's easier to down a helicopter than to collapse a tunnel.

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday February 19 2018, @08:18AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday February 19 2018, @08:18AM (#640020) Journal

    ROI for single explosive. If you get lucky, the plane or helicopter hits a building.
    If the hyperloop goes pop, thousands could die.

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