It is the longest automated metro system in the world, complete with luxury compartments, Wi-Fi and air conditioning. But will Dubai succeed in luring sheiks out of their cars in an emirate where gasoline only costs 25 cents a liter?
It is the longest automated metro system in the world, complete with luxury compartments, Wi-Fi and air conditioning. But will Dubai succeed in luring sheiks out of their cars in an emirate where gasoline only costs 25 cents a liter? Der Spiegel
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Beside the fact that sheiks don't drive themselves around, some one drives them, perhaps all those overextended expats and underpaid immigrant laborers that design and construct these follies in the desert can put that new metro to use.
Watch a video of the new Dubai Metro's entire Red Line at 818 miles per hour: http://archiculturefilm.com/director/?p=607
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