LOS ANGELES: Entrepreneur Elon Musk has given updated details of a project to build high-speed transport tunnels underneath Los Angeles in a bid to combat traffic and said he wanted to work with the city's subway operator.
His firm behind the project -- "The Boring Company" -- wants to create tunnels that link up with existing subway lines to "complement the system".
During the presentation in Los Angeles Thursday, Mr Musk showed a video explaining the tunnels. Passengers would embark at ground-level into an 16-person shuttle -- an elevator of sorts, which then joins a high-speed, electricity-powered network that travels at up to 200 kilometres per hour.)
The idea is for the vehicles to offer a service somewhere between riding a subway and travelling in a private car -- and for just $1, passengers could reach downtown LA from its international airport in under 10 minutes.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's long-term vision is for the tunnels to also serve his Hyperloop ultra high-speed pod project -- which he says would cut the six-hour drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles to just 30 minutes.
"We're aiming to go over 300 miles an hour in a vacuum tunnel," Mr Musk said.