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

Blue line extension

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

  • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    425·
    6 months ago

    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.”

    • FerNZA@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      117·
      6 months ago

      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.

      • SpiceDealer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Oh damn! Thanks for the clarification about the Burk Khalifa. I still see memes about the poop trucks to this day!

      • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        54·
        6 months ago

        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.

        • FerNZA@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          12·
          6 months ago

          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.

          • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            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.

            • FerNZA@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              11·
              6 months ago

              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

    • من البحر إلى النهر@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      6 months ago

      You should get better informed. Dubai is expanding its metro with extensions and new lines, nothing like any US suburb. I don’t know why any mention of Arab cities or countries brings out the worst in some people.

      • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        23·
        6 months ago

        If me and my gay husband lived there we’d be tortured and dead. I’m informed enough thanks

        And no that doesn’t have anything to do with fuckcars, I just felt like it 🏳️‍🌈🌈✌️

        Edit: fuck cars, fuck places like Dubai who pretend to be soo holier than thou but really are literal shit-beaches, fuck homophobic religions, governments, and people…

        …and fuck some three day old account coming here to lie. Wanna stir some shit, Du-bai-felicia? Go visit the beach 💅

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    It is interesting that they are going perpendicular from the coast instead of just parallel with these extensions. I felt like a lot of the current set-up to Dubai’s non-bus mass transit was to severe the luxury development.

    • FerNZA@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      I have only recently gone to Dubai Creek and the traffic in and out of there was really bad. I think they are targeting the highest chance of ridership first. I think the people going towards Sharjah is probably going to be the most numerous.

      Personally I am more interested in the parallel line to Al Maktuom Airport, but I guess the ridership will be too little now.