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Commentary: Enjoy waiting in lines? You'll love Elon Musk's idea

Have you ever tried to drive out of Dodger Stadium and waited an hour to get to the freeway? Have you ever stood in an interminably long line for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland? Congratulations: You've had a preview of the bottleneck joys of Loop, Elon Musk's idea for an underground "personal rapid transit" system.

Last week, Musk spent a night in Bel-Air explaining his grand PRT project to relieve the city's traffic congestion. Instead of a mass

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