According to Sawyer Merritt, Elon Musk's The Boring Company will launch its first tunnel connecting downtown Las Vegas to Harry Reid International Airport in Q1 2026, aiming to transport up to 20,000 people per hour at costs 50-80% lower than Uber (source: Sawyer Merritt on Twitter). The system will leverage advanced AI-driven traffic management and scheduling to optimize passenger flow and minimize wait times, providing $12 rides from downtown to the airport and $10 rides from the airport to the Las Vegas Convention Center, with travel times as short as 5-8 minutes. This development highlights significant AI business opportunities in smart urban mobility, reduced surface congestion, and cost-effective transportation infrastructure, positioning AI as a core enabler of next-generation public transit solutions (source: Sawyer Merritt).