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Saw the link first, pulse went up to 180. Then read the text and this:
There is no need for the kind of rubbish presented in the article linked to below
... and now my heart rate is normalising again. Phew. Yes, it is so stupid. As someone on Reddit put it: "Congrats, you've reinvented underground mass transit, without the 'mass'."
And I'm trying real hard not to get started on a rant about Musk.
SwissChap
This belongs here ... underground roads are roads, too.
I realise that at present this is an overhyped nothing, but the plans to build tunnels under cities are real in many cities, including London. The idea is to ensure a future for individual car traffic which cities realise requires more capacity than can be provided above ground/shouldn't be accommodated above ground at all any more. I think this is profoundly misguided and stupid. Obviously, travel by public transport underground sets a non-reversible precedent, but I think people should be able to travel overground as much as possible. What's ideal for accommodation underground is freight, and that would take a huge load off city streets. Not all freight could be accommodated in this way, but a much more reliable and environmentally-friendly delivery network could quite easily be built using existing, proven technology. There is no need for the kind of rubbish presented in the article linked to below.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/18/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-party-tonight-los-angeles