Elon Musk was licensed to dig the first Hyperloop tunnel in Washington DC

The project of Elon Musk's underground super-fast transport system has just achieved a very important milestone when the Washington DC City Department of Transportation recently approved The Boring Company to train the first tunnel at an abandoned area.

According to the Washington Post, The Boring Company will build a hyperloop system linking New York - Philadelphia - Baltimore - Washington DC and the starting area is a barrier-free parking lot at 53 New York Avenue, nearby McDonald's. . A representative of The Boring Company said at this location, if built, it would be a station in a multi-stop network of future underground traffic systems.

The place where Hyperloop's first tunnel in Washington DC started.

The Mayor of Washington DC - Muriel E. Bowser also had The Boring Company 's California tunnel tour to learn about construction technology that is considered faster and cheaper than traditional methods. Currently the Washington DC Department of Transportation is considering other licenses that Boring Company may need to cut through surface routes as well as public spaces.

Musk received support from the US Reform Office of the White House led by the son-in-law of President Donald Trump - Jared Kushner and Maryland governor Larry Hogan. Hogan facilitated The Boring Company to obtain utility licenses.

Regarding the Hyperloop idea, this is a super-fast skateboard system that helps transport high-speed people and cars in vacuum tunnels to limit wind resistance and of course run electricity with a rail system similar to maglev. For transporting people, Hyperloop will use pods with 16 pods each. The skateboard is also designed to carry cars at very high speeds, currently reaching 387 km / h (testing) and will stop at many stations to pay guests as well as vehicles. The elevator system will take people up and down the tunnel and these tunnels can be built quite close to the ground without affecting buildings or structures.

Another key element of Hyperloop compared to the current metro system is that the size of the station is smaller and the number is much higher. The Boring Company representative also noted that in the inner and intermittent cities, the Hyperloop system is not vacuum.

Tunnel experts say Elon Musk's tunneling is technically feasible but will be slow and expensive. There are also safety considerations when under buildings are tunnels with cocoons running at very high speeds and many other challenges.

Elon Musk's vision of a super-fast transport system in the future still faces many opinions, consensus, and contradiction. Those who do not support Musk have a history of "promising too much" and citing the slow production of the Tesla Model 3 electric car. However, another part said that Elon Musk has a long history. ants with the first things like SpaceX's electric vehicle, solar cell system or unique reusable rocket.