Another White Elephant?
Apr 16th 2008, 2:09 am
#17
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 18,187
Re: Another White Elephant?
Having read that the RTA are only now considering the commissioning of market research to determine who (if anyone) will use the Metro system, my gut feeling is that it may well prove to be a waste of money...just another useless status symbol. Like the Bangkok Skytrain, where locals cannot afford the prices and where they cannot be bothered to climb the umpteen dozen steps from ground level to the platform, I fear that few people here will bother with it. Maybe office workers travelling between Deira and Bur Dubai will find it useful, but looking at the SZR layout, how are people supposed to access the beach front hotels from the other side of the road? Construction workers will continue to use their free bus transport. As the horrendous traffic congestion here needs to be resolved, I will be happy to be proved wrong so please feel free guys and gals to go ahead and make my day.
MM, xx
Apr 16th 2008, 3:17 am
#18
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Joined: Dec 2007
Location: Doha
Posts: 535
Re: Another White Elephant?
I don't think the Bangkok Skytrain is a 'white elephant." When I have been in the last few years it has been packed with locals (office workers) at rush hours, and as a tourist I found it great for getting around the city and linking up with the river boats. Many of the major stations have escalators, if not, climbing the stairs saves on gym membership. 
I guess I will also be lucky here, as provided I can keep my tenancy, I will be a couple of minutes from the interchange station at Bur Juman. I will be able to get down SZR to Safa Park, Mall of Emirates and the other way, to Deira, with ease.
I guess I will also be lucky here, as provided I can keep my tenancy, I will be a couple of minutes from the interchange station at Bur Juman. I will be able to get down SZR to Safa Park, Mall of Emirates and the other way, to Deira, with ease.
