Founded by Ilon Mask Boring Company promises to change the existing transport system in the US. The greatest indignation at the businessman causes public transport. According to Mask, any passenger travel is a torment. An ill-considered schedule, constant delays and crowds, among which a serial killer may meet, is only part of the reason to change to a private car, according to the head of Tesla.

The concept of the Hyperloop transport system, a network of tunnels for fighting traffic jams from the Boring Company and even fantastic flights on a missile from Paris to New York - in reserve at Ilona Mask, there are at least three ideas for changing the usual format of passenger transportation. As the WIRED correspondent Tom Simonit found out, these projects are fueled by discontent that Mask causes public transport.

"Public transport is torture. This sucks. Who generally wants to use the service, which is packed with people who are traveling at the wrong time and in the wrong direction? And which, moreover, does not go around the clock, "- said Mask at a meeting during a conference on neurosystems in California.

According to the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, nobody likes public transport just because of its inconvenience and imperfection. Another problem, according to Mask, is the passengers themselves: "A crowd of strangers, one of whom may turn out to be a serial killer. Just great". It is because of these reasons that people prefer private transport, I'm sure Mask.

Such a statement sounds quite unexpected, given that Ilon Mask supports environmental initiatives that involve reducing the number of personal vehicles with internal combustion engines. Moreover, possession of personal transport does not meet the environmental principles, even if it is a matter of electric vehicles. That's why experts on new transportation systems offer to develop a system of public transport and car-. In addition, the second master plan Mask, created for Tesla, assumed the rent of a personal car for rent to other users.

As the author of the article Tom Simonit notes, Mask's statements look doubly strange, considering that he is working on several mass transportation systems. People do not like when a person who has not traveled by bus or train for years, promises to reform the transport system, says Simonit.

Later, a representative of the Boring Company explained the point of view of Mask. According to the employee, the businessman criticizes not the very idea of ??public transport, but its current state. The existing system is terrible, but it must become better.

"For this, the Boring Company is needed. We want to make both drivers and public transport passengers happy, by reducing traffic and building an efficient and affordable system ".

One of the first test sites for the company Mask was Los Angeles, which is building a network of tunnels for road transport. Also, Boring Company plans to build a vacuum transport network Hyperloop between Baltimore and Washington and the high-speed Loop highway in Chicago.

Source: High Tech.