Elon Musk wants to bring high-speed "loop" transport to Chicago — and instead of just declaring that it's going to happen, as is his standard operating procedure, it looks like he's actually going to get in on a formal project bidding process.。

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es article about the Chicago Infrastructure Trust's call for bids on a new public transportation project that aims to cut down commuting time between O'Hare Airport and the city's downtown area. Chicago Deputy Mayor Bob Rivkin specifically name-dropped the Tesla/SpaceX/Boring Company boss in the piece, saying that he hoped Musk and his peers would take a shot at building the shuttle.。

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Musk answered a few questions from Twitter followers about what the Boring Company might have in store for the project, and it sounds like his plans might not be a full-on hyperloop system, which seemed to be in the plans for the NYC-DC tunnels. Instead, the pitch might look more like like Arrivo's recently announced project in Denver, which is more of a high-speed rail concept than a hyperloop.。

Musk clarified the "Loop" he mentioned would be "kinda" like the company's electric skate concept shown off in promo videos, but the system wouldn't use the vacuum environment within the tubes that his hyperloop blueprints describe to reach speeds of up to 750 mph.
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