How Would You Solve Traffic Congestion? Billionaire in LA Might Have A Solution

2. What This Plan is Actually About

Musk's newest concept to solve traffic congestion comes in the form of a 3D tunnel network that will spawn ten, twenty or thirty layers below the Earth's surface. He claims that it will essentially be a 3D building that goes upwards, while the tunnel network would go ideally downwards. However, if he intends to make this concept into a reality, he has to hurdle a lot of obstacles. For instance, the ground beneath any city is weakly mapped and would take a lot of time to dig, as exactly what lies beneath the Earth's surface is still unknown. Furthermore, he must face many environmental laws and deal with concerned neighbors along the way. Currently, what Elon Musk does have on his side is the rapid advancement of tunnel boring technology, which has made equipment much cheaper to buy over the last couple of years.