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[video]Dubai Metro Blue Line extension

whatson.ae Everything we know so far about Dubai Metro's underground Blue Line

All the information on the proposed new Dubai Metro Line...

Looks like they plan to have the blue line extension ready to go in 2029 mentioned in the embedded video not the article.

The plan is to have 55% of the population within 800 meters of public transportation stations by 2040.

A little bit old, but I always like to watch the video linked below: Youtube - Dubai Progress by MetroCucumber

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Lmao. A post praising Dubai on fuckcars of all places. Dubai that uses trucks instead of a proper sewer system. Dubai that looks at American suburbia and goes “we want that.”
- Uhm, I stay here and I want the public transport to get better, which it is. Except for my work, I can reach most of my points of interests already without a car.
  There is a proper sewer system. I think you are probably referring to the Burj Khalifa's first 2 months when they had problems connecting it to the sewerage system, but that has already been done. There were other hiccups and needed to have a part of it upgraded, but it was connected to the sewerage system very closely after the opening.
  Some of the buildings are inspired by buildings in America, but there are influences from all around the world.
  
  Oh damn! Thanks for the clarification about the Burk Khalifa. I still see memes about the poop trucks to this day!
  
  The goal is pathetically low for a city of that size and means. London has a population of eight million, is of comparable size, and is covered by public transport.
  I used to live in a small village of 500 people and we had complete bus coverage within 2-300 metres.
  Dubai has the means to do much better, but creating and maintaining a well thought through bus network isn’t cool enough. If they actually cared they could have the entire place covered within a couple of years.
  2040 my arsehole.
  
  Everything we know so far about Dubai Metro's underground Blue Line
  Sorry I stated that incorrectly, 800 meters to a public transport station. The bus picking you up to the stations does stop every few hundred meters at the different bus stops (from the parts that I have seen). There is also an app so you can follow the bus to your pick up spot so you don't have to burn in the heat waiting during summer and only exit your building once they are close. I haven't taken the RTA busses, but it works with the same card as the train, but I can't say how good it is.
  Also remember the London underground has more than a hundred years on this Metro system. It doesn't cover nearly as much. I don't know how much the RTA busses cover. I have never needed to go to the parts that the Metro doesn't cover.
  
  Yeah exactly. London is nearly 2000 years old, building anything there is a massive pain. Dubai is like a decade old, they ought to have planned the city with public transport in mind.
  Tracking your bus with an app is old news. We’ve had that since 2010 here. I’d be more surprised if that wasn’t a thing. You can use public transport cards, but most people just use their phones to pay, like with everything else.
  I’m guessing the remaining 50% that won’t be covered will be the povvo people they don’t want on the metro.
  
  If I had to guess, the Dubai Master Plan from the 60s was probably car driven. They have to break down a lot of structures to create the metro, as well as the New Etihad Rail.
  The comment about the app is more to explain the difficulties in using public transport in 50 degrees celsius if you had to wait at a bus stop.
  I don’t know many rich people that take the train, so I don’t think it is specifically aimed for them. There is a first class cabin, but it is very small in my opinion.
  The train does go through a lot of the richer areas yes. But I think that is mostly to get people to their places of work there.
  If you are a solo traveller, the metro is a cheaper alternative to driving.
  Unfortunately, here the transport card is still a must
- I hope my city becomes more like Dubai
  
  A hellscape?
  
  Yee, with lots of racism, homophobia, slavery and other fun stuff.
  
  I have lived on 4 continents now and before I came to live here I had a very skewed view of how the UAE is. There laws are very consistent with the rest of the western world. You probably know someone that works here or has worked here recently and asked them how it is here.
  
  Like the Indians that were basically enslaved to build the infrastructure for the 2021 World Cup?
  
  You do know the UAE is a different country than Qatar?
  
  Ah, I see… I thought I saw that it was UAE that hosted, bc I couldn’t remember for sure and I looked it up… but I guess I read too hastily.
  Idk, still doesn’t sound like a place I’d want to go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
  Then again, the US is getting worse by the minute, not sure how much longer I’ll feel safe here either.
  
  No worries.
  From the link you posted, what they did to address those concerns:
  In November 2020, the United Arab Emirates overhauled its legal system to loosen restrictions on alcohol consumption, permit cohabitation, and increase penalty for honor killings, among other changes
  Not that I think that those things were the big changes, but the headline articles about what we find strange (in the western parts of the world) hasn't been there, except for the guy who got his fine upgraded to jail time for the incident with airport staff.
  
  Everyone I know who worked/lived there came back, because it was a literal hellscape...
  
  Okay, fair enough I guess.

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