On Thursday, Elon Musk tweeted that he had received verbal government approval for his plan to build a hyperloop connecting New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C.
Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2017
Per his vision, the underground transit system would connect the four city centers and enable riders to complete the New York-D.C. trip in an estimated 29 minutes.
Proponents argue that not only does the proposed tunnel structure offer an unprecedented travel time, but it also provides an economically and environmentally efficient solution to address many of the problems within the transportation sector.