Innovative Transportation: Nashville's Tesla Tunnel Project

Nashville announces partnership with Elon Musk’s Boring Company for an underground transit tunnel.

• Project aims to connect downtown Nashville directly to Nashville International Airport (BNA).

• Proposed 10-mile Tesla tunnel expected to reduce travel time from 30 minutes to under 10 minutes.

• Tunnel seeks to ease heavy traffic on the busy I-40 corridor.

• Boring Company will conduct detailed feasibility studies before construction begins.

• Project cost may approach hundreds of millions of dollars, based on similar ventures in other cities.

• Nashville officials anticipate economic and tourism benefits from efficient transit solution.

• Critics question capacity, scalability, and long-term viability based on past projects.

• Next step: Nashville awaits feasibility results before formal approval.

• City officials see the project as key to managing growing traffic and boosting local appeal.