(Boring Co. promotional photo)
Elon Musk’s underground transit system, billed as a fix for traffic congestion on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond, is seeking regulatory approval to bring its Teslas up for air, where they’d directly compete for passengers with taxis, rideshares, and buses. A request by Musk’s company to operate while the application is pending was denied by then-Nevada Transportation Commissioner David Groover, who was removed from his appointed position last month, according to sources.
The effort by Paradise Transportation Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Musk’s Boring Company, is intended to let Vegas Loop, a project that could take decades to complete, take immediate advantage of traffic at Harry Reid International Airport…