Is a Tesla transit tunnel system coming to Music Metropolis?
Anybody that both lives in Nashville or has visited is aware of that town’s site visitors challenge is horrendous. Because the city has grown exponentially, the roadways have stayed the identical… which is why Forbes named Nashville because the worst commuter metropolis in America in 2023.
You run into standstill or gradual shifting site visitors simply as a lot as you do pedal taverns and celebration buses.
That’s why the rumor of a tunnel connecting Nashville’s airport with the downtown space is so intriguing. Quite a few cities like Chicago, New York, Denver, Boston, and Philly, simply to call a couple of, have fairly handy public transit methods that may take you from the airport to town heart. Might one thing like that be the reply to town’s rising congestion downside? The concept of digging down beneath the bottom to make a travel-able tunnel may appear far-fetched, however it’s precisely one of many issues that Elon Musk’s Boring Firm focuses on.
Based on the Nashville Enterprise Journal, discussions concerning the tunnel have been ongoing amongst Tennessee officers and Elon Musk for months, and there’s apparently some actual curiosity in developing an underground roadway that may be 5 to 10 miles lengthy operating between BNA and Nashville’s downtown space. The proposed tunnel could be lots longer than Boring Firm’s 1.7 mile loop in Las Vegas, however it could be achievable – for the best worth.
When the Nashville Airport was requested if there was any reality to the conversations a few Tesla tunnel, BNA responded with this assertion:
“Since 2018, there have been a number of theoretical discussions concerning potential transit connections between downtown and the Nashville Worldwide Airport.
Since late 2024, there have been quite a few rumored and/or hypothetical discussions concerning connecting Nashville Worldwide Airport to downtown through tunnel, identical to the theoretical discussions concerning the opportunity of colonizing Mars sooner or later.
The Airport Authority will not be in possession of any feasibility research, technical specs, enterprise phrases, lease proposals, timelines, and so on. We will affirm that the Boring Firm has an operational tunnel system within the metropolis of Las Vegas, as reported within the Nashville Enterprise Journal.”
So they’re saying in idea the tunnel might occur?
The above assertion lacks affirmation, which does make it appear as if this rumor may simply that – a rumor. That being mentioned, the Nashville Enterprise Journal did put out a report that Musk was having talks concerning the undertaking with officers from the state of Tennessee.
And simply the opportunity of these conversations probably taking place has already prompted a petition in opposition to the underground Tesla tunnel on Change.org to realize steam. Signatures are already stacking up on the petition that reads:
“The petition highlights considerations that Tennessee officers are negotiating with Musk’s Boring Firm behind closed doorways, with out neighborhood enter or accountability. Related Musk-led tunnel initiatives in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles have both failed or drawn criticism for being expensive, underwhelming, and inaccessible.”
In all probability probably the most attention-grabbing a part of this story is what the petition factors out: If a dialog is going on concerning the tunnel system, it’s taking place behind closed doorways.
Nashville Metro Council-member Russ Bradford, who represents Donelson, mainly confirmed to FOX-17 that with regards to the theoretical underground Nashville loop… not many are being saved within the loop about it:
“I’ve not been in touch with anybody. I realized of this proposed tunnel through the media like everybody else. I might assume there must be some coordination with Metro for such a undertaking.
And I additionally really feel that taxpayers wouldn’t be eager on paying for a tunnel from BNA to downtown – particularly after they overwhelmingly voted down a smaller tunnel underneath downtown. The fee would most likely be within the billions of {dollars}.”
I can’t ever assist however learn the phrase “billions” like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers.
And the one actual evil factor about this proposed tunnel could be the value tag that may seemingly be handed on to the taxpayers. Aside from that, having another strategy to get from BNA to the downtown space looks as if an enormous win within the metropolis’s battle in opposition to horrific site visitors. I’d even suggest an extra tunnel that simply runs within the downtown space… so all the pedal taverns and celebration buses have a secluded place to drive round.
In fact, simply the sheer point out of Elon’s identify ship some individuals into an unhinged frenzy. Just like the hyper woke Aftyn Behn:
Who is aware of how all of this tunnel speak will shake out. Looks like Nashvillians have been complaining concerning the metropolis’s site visitors for fairly a while, however it could be arduous to persuade the inhabitants to foot the invoice for an answer that may value billions.
And in the event you’ve by no means seen the Las Vegas Tesla loop in motion, right here’s a good suggestion of what the Nashville loop would seem like… if it ever occurred:
