Some feedback on that idea?
The idea: drones drive into one entrance, stay hidden for a travel time, and come out at the other end. The two ends' roads join into one network, the same way the Factorissimo door joins a factory's inside and outside networks.
How tunnels connect: this is left open with three options:
Direct pairs, like underground belts.
Channels, where entrances on the same channel connect.
An underground network, where a drone can enter at any entrance and leave at any other.
Balancing: a maximum distance (possibly in tiers, like underground belts), a travel time of roughly distance divided by a tunnel speed, and an open question about whether to limit how many drones can be inside at once.
That's what I have so far at the drawing board.