Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Elon Musk’s infrastructure firm The Boring Company (TBC) to launch the Dubai Loop project.
Under the partnership, The Boring Company will bring its Loop system to Dubai as Dubai Loop. It will introduce a 17km pilot Loop system as the first phase of the underground transport solution.
The agreement was signed during the 2025 World Governments Summit in Dubai.
The Dubai Loop pilot will include 11 stations, transporting over 20,000 passengers per hour. It will also feature electric vehicles to travel at speeds up to 160 km/h. The project will target congested city areas to help alleviate traffic.
The Dubai Loop System will connect major hubs across the city, reducing travel times to just minutes. The expanded system aims to handle over 100,000 passengers per hour, addressing urban transport demands.
This initial phase aims to expand into a next-gen underground transport system across Dubai.
The collaboration will use sustainable, new technologies for efficient, safe passenger travel with The Boring Company’s Loop system. It will also cause minimal surface disruption due to advanced tunnel-boring technology.
The announcement, however, did not specify a rollout date for the loop.
Speaking via satellite Elon Musk said: “I think once people try it out, they’ll be like wow this is really cool. It’ll seem so obvious in retrospect but until you actually do it you don’t know.
“It’s going to be great. It’s going to be like a wormhole and you’ll just wormhole from one part of the city and, boom, you’re at another part of the city. It’s great. I’m looking forward to this partnership.”
Dubai Loop is part of Dubai’s broader strategy to integrate artificial intelligence (AI)-driven transport solutions, alongside the solar-powered RAILBUS and Dubai-Abu Dhabi Sea glider.
This project will also support UAE’s ambition to advance in futuristic urban planning.
Musk’s The Boring Company specialises in creating safe, fast-to-dig, and cost-effective underground transportation tunnels.
The construction company, founded in 2017, has previously built an underground tunnel in California and Las Vegas, US. TBC said its loop system has already moved over two million passengers in Las Vegas since 2021.
Vegas Loop, under development, will eventually span 110km with 104 stations, carrying 90,000 passengers per hour.
