Dubai’s RTA and US-based The Boring Company signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of the 17-kilometre project on 13 February

The aim is to carry more than 20,000 passengers per hour initially, with eventual capacity of more than 100,000 people per hour

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, has announced a collaboration with Elon Musk on the new underground Dubai Loop project.

Ambitious proposals from Elon Musk for an underground road system in Dubai could make a positive difference to traffic in the city, but it needs to be more than a reproduction of the loop in Las Vegas,