HER FAMILY.
IT'S CALLED THE BORING
COMPANY BUT TODAY IT IS BEHIND
SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT HIGH-
SPEED RAIL AT O'HARE.
WE GO LIVE FOR THAT STORY.
THIS REALLY IS EXCITING IF IT
COMES TO FRUITION.
Reporter: IT ABSOLUTELY IS
EXCITING.
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE UNDERNEATH
WHERE I'M STANDING RIGHT NOW
ABOUT 60 FEET DOWN, IS BLOCK
37, STATION BASICALLY SHUT DOWN
ABOUT A DECADE AGO WHEN WORK
STOPPED ON A. WORK COULD NOW
AGAIN BEGIN BECAUSE OF A
BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR AND
BUSINESSMAN ELON MUSK. THIS IS
THE LOOP SYSTEM ENVISIONED
OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT, AND
FEATURES VEHICLES WHICH MOVE
FROM THE GROUND LEVEL ON
ELEVATORS TO UNDERGROUND
TUNNELS.
THEN THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
WOULD MAKE THE TRIP IN ABOUT 12
MINUTES WHICH WOULD COST
BETWEEN $20 AND $25 AND HAS TOP
SPEEDS OF 150 MILES AN HOUR.
ELON MUSK BELIEVES THE LOOP
COULD BE THE SOLUTION TO
TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK IN LOS
ANGELES, CHICAGO, AND OTHER
MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.
THE ONE WE THINK COULD WORK
IT IS WORTH TRYING.
Reporter: NOW THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTED WITH THE BORING
COMPANY TO WIN OUT IN THIS
PROCESS.
AT THIS POINT THEY WILL HAVE
THE RIGHT TO TRY AND BUILD THIS
THING, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN MAKE
IT HAPPEN, WE EXPECT ELON MUSK
TO BE HERE HIMSELF AT -- THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE MAYOR COMING
UP THE NEXT HALF HOUR EXPECTED
TO GO UNDERNEATH THE STATION
WITH THE MAYOR WILL TELL US
