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- Why Dubai is Terribly Designed
Dubai is an incredible city in the United Arab Emirates. The City was developed extremely quickly, within just a few decades, which resulted in some key infrastructure being left out. Throughout the video, i explain why Dubai was designed so terribly, and the new, Dubai 2040 Plan that hopes to fix this whole mess.
The 2040 Plan is an incredible plan to fix most of the infrastructure problems Dubai is facing. The plan also hopes for Dubai's population to go from the current, 3.5 Million residents, to 6 Million residents by 2040. More citizens requires more infrastructure, so this plan hopes to set Dubai up for a good future as a thriving City.
Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai is home to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, and many other incredible megaprojects. But the city is lacking key infrastructure for it to function properly. The Dubai 2040 Plan will fix all this, and will drastically improve the City in just 20 years. Dubai is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Dubai 2040, Tourism.
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Dubai has very good public transport. I don’t know why you are saying it doesn’t. Also USE has very low accidental rate. The picture you showed was from 2013. 9 years later accidents have become lower than ever.
Dubai has one of the best metro system in the world. If u have been there you can see. As the resident on the city i know the city well than a youtuber. The city also have lane dedicated for cycling and walking. If you have at lest once visited the city you could see truth rather not spread the lies around.
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Dubai drainage system is not good 😐 😕
I suggest watching some Cities Skylines tutorials
Ahaha you re the best , well said , literally some simple players that are playing in free time are better then Dubai's whole city planning team
Lmao
I think they should watch city beautiful , not just bikes , city nerd because they videos are very informative
Just watch tutorials or build videos from TH-camrs like imperatur, T4rget, City Planner Plays, and official Cities Skylines TH-cam channel, and get the ideas from the pro or mod builds, not noob builds, finding Cities Skylines tutorials from the internet is just difficult to understand if you don’t use TH-cam. And you should watch the British TH-camr Biffa who fixes the traffic from 5% to almost 90%.
The comment I wanted to see thanks mate😂
I am from the capital city, Abu Dhabi. I've been to Dubai as a driver for 9-10 times and I do understand the key aspects that you have mentioned but I certainly believe the harsh weather plays a big role into building the infrastructure needed to take vehicle-dependency out of the equation. There are many solutions to the hot weather, such as covering the sidewalks with white sunshades to reflect the heat upwards and to ease on pedestrians and/or by adding external air conditioner from the underground. Two obvious disadvantages are noisiness and a large usage of electricity. I'm keen to read your ideas!
Adding white shades on top of the side walks sounds like a double edged sword idea. Mostly because this light will reflect backwards to the earth's atmosphere, damaging it in the process.
I don't have a better solution, but here is my take. We should add shades, as you said, but they carry sand. That way, some of the heat and light gets absorbed in the sand and it minimizes damage to people's eyes and the earth atmosphere.
Better solution for heat: trees, a shit ton of trees
@@kevinaguilar7541 what do you mean by "they carry sand"
What about solar powered sunshades for pedestrian walkways? Feel free to add in the pros and cons for that
@@perniciousseizurehellio3438 imagine a sand box with pillars.
I really hope this project succeeds and it won't just be another publicity project, because right now, Dubai is just a series of attractions surrounded by massive highways
Bingo
theres nothing wrong with a publicity project
@@c.m.b.7567 yeah but Dubai as a city has been a publicity project
Dubai is just a theme park. Wont be going back there again!
@@papadstavros It reminds me of Houston. We have walkable neighborhoods around downtown then after that it’s NOTHING but strip malls, freeways, and suburban housing.
Disappointed by the thumbnail. I expected the negatives of Dubai be contrasted against London. Yet, London was not mentioned whatsoever. Why is it in the thumbnail?
exactly
for clickbait?
It’s just so that the point is very clear
Who is going to ride a bike in Dubai with temperatures of 45-50c 😂😂
EXACTLY. These Europeans thought they got the solution to traffic, while other places temperatures are not the same ffs.
@@shukriwafiq5220 it hurts to walk outside in Dubai especially during the day
@@wavmanipulator That's the sole reason why Dubai is a car centric city. No one wants to go to the shop in the desert by walking.
@@shukriwafiq5220 I live in Doha, and alas, even during the pleasant winter months, people would still drive up to outdoor foodstalls, honk, get their food and drive off. This is despite the temperature outside being 18-24.
They don't even bother to turn off their engines, really annoying people who bother to actual use their legs for something other than pressing a pedal.
@@shukriwafiq5220 Improving bus services could be a big boost for tourism
I lived in Dubai in 2016 and I agree that it’s quite an awkward city to get around in. When I visited in 2021, it really wasn’t much better. The Dubai government has a lot to consider to make it more accessible and livable.
there are a lot of problems in the design of the city: american style suburbs, spending billions building 3 islands still in construction that destroyed natural reef and killed a lot of fish just to be whithout any public transportation and sinking 5 millimiters every year, a tweelve-lade road, a massive skycreaper that as no sewage system so every day poop trucks have to come to the burj khalifa to transport the shit out of the building, etc.
@@amelia31289 "building 3 islands still in construction that destroyed natural reef" - incorrect, even before those islands existed, there was never any coral reefs under Palm Jumeirah, the World Islands and Palm Jebel Ali. The seabed was just sand, but the media tends to overexaggerate and assume.
In reality, most coral off the UAE's coast has been destroyed by global warming (about 80% killed by warming). The Persian Gulf had always been vulnerable due to its naturally high temperatures. And the major shipping activity has also exacerbated the problem.
@@amelia31289 Are you serious about the Sewage system? that shocked me
new york is almost x13 dubai size of course their dangerous rate will be better dubai is a small city with extra big population while new york is extra big city with extra big population
@@jittapootowasakun1960 yes
If you miss your turn in Dubai, it’s always at least a 10 kilometre round trip to get back to where you need to be. It’s a nightmare
As someone who's lived here for over a decade, I can confirm; the highways and roads, especially in downtown and the marina can be a confusing entanglement of twisting and turning belts of asphalt, but it gets tolerable, eventually...Deira and Jumeirah on the other hand are actually navigable, but the traffic can get horrendous.
@@AnonymousReader-er4eg I lived in JBR. Took me nearly a whole year to learn the spaghetti of roads that lead in and out to it from SZR
@@noelht1 Thats you bro, within my first few months of driving I learned the roads and had no problems thereafter
They should learn from Abu Dhabi. As compared to Dubai, Abu dhabi is way more walkable, connected by public transit and easy to navigate thru
Plus the urban sprawl is better contained in Abu Dhabi.
But the traffic is horrible and people living there always complian about the lack of parking and actually prefer and wish to live in Dubai, Dubai also has it traffic issues but it's no way near other mega cities.
I have lived in both Abu Dhabi & Dubai, I've felt public transport is way better in Dubai. Also, majority of Dubai is reliably connected via public transport; provided Dubai is much smaller than Abu Dhabi emirate.
Yes, Abu Dhabi City is better walkable with buildings shading the walkways; with a better urban planning.
@@roshangeorgesamuel6704 yup, especially Hamdan Street and surrounding areas
It is unfortunate how you missed the main aspect that changes everything: weather. For 6 months, as temperatures hit over 48°C in summer, the city is simply unwalkable. You can barely get to the next building without getting dehydrated. Walkable paths and biking areas are unrealistic if they can't be used for half a year. This key aspect explains the car usage and with cars, roads are needed to connect it all. You should read up on environmental factors before comparing widely different cities like New York and Dubai.
they still drive cars all the time in winter. Just too lazy to walk. Obesity rate in the gulf doesn't help either with fast food around every corner
Shouldn't they be adapted to it?
you know u could build cities that cool themselves actually the UAE did just that made a walkable smart city in a desert climate. you just have to make the building close together and not use materials like concrete and glass which causes heat a heat affect
you can put them underground like Toronto has
@@Whatever-de9jb Over half of Dubai's population consists of expats, so I wouldn't think that.
People ought to realize that in the summer the temperature is 40-50 degrees C with extremely high humidity... that is why most people do not walk/bike ... Oh and also the summer is pretty long, and in winter it is still relatively hot compared to the rest of the world.
In Texas some cities has underground tunnels networks to move around during summer and this underground network also include shops restaurants and other things you usually find on streets.
Saying this I'm from a area which is semi desert, yes we don't walk during the day but as suns sets everyone gets out and streets become very busy.
@@arminius6506 what is the average temperature in TX during summer? In Dubai it's above 100F in the morning.
Yes you can make a full air-conditioned tunnel in a small city center but no in a big city like Dubai. They will just counted as another mall
@@aalhashmi90 Yes Dubai is hot, but it's also a fact that Dubai govt actually never invests on planting trees near walkways or foot paths & that's d problem !
That’s an awful excuse. People have lived in the area for thousands of years, how do you think they managed to walk around without the need for a car?
If you build tight streets with buildings that provide shade, or plant trees to do the same thing, it’s much more bearable. Funnily enough that’s how cities historically were built in every hot climate, including old Dubai itself.
People don’t walk in Dubai because the buildings are monoliths surrounded by empty parking lots and dead space that discourages you from doing so, not just from a heat perspective, but because of a perceive lack of safety, clear routes, and of course this building type forces everything to be further away. A well designed city would have all amenities for day to day activities (shops, places of worship, some work places) within a few hundred metres. Even in the highest of temperatures, with the right city design people can walk just fine, it’s almost as if we have had to do that for 6,000 years before the invention of the automobile
Not true, I've been to Dubai and it's actually pretty nice if you're walking in the shade, for example. You can adapt surprisingly quickly.
I’ve been to Dubai several times and they have a great metro train system that MANY people use
hi, I’ve lived in Dubai for 15 years. The Dubai metro might be good but it is extremely hard to access especially if you don’t live near sheikh zayed road. If needed, one has to take a taxi to the nearest bus station then a bus to the nearest metro station in order to access the metro line. keep in mind it’s just a straight line and doesn’t go deeper into Dubai where most family’s and schools are. I do see construction work for new metro lines so I do think it might become more accessible. it’s just a shame they didn’t think to do this sooner, and instead spent money on useless islands.
@@sarache5238 where in Dubai did you live? It was pretty good where I live
@@sarache5238 I don’t think it is the Metro I think it is Emirates Rail. No news on Metro extensions
Dubai is the worst city I’ve ever been too.
No history, no infrastructure. Just heat, sand and tall buildings. Where’s the personality? There is none.
@@sarache5238 exactly! I visited Dubai last month and had the same exact experience. The city needs another metro line. The one they currently have either skips past areas, or doesn't even go near other areas
It's not surprising to me that a country with an oil-dependent economy based so much of its infrastructure around cars. It would have been cool if they had used all that money to create a world class public transport system (they could have built the best in the world for real), but I'm sure the highway contractors also lobbied hard for the country to be the way it is now.
its an aristocratic republic, so no lobbying(bribes), cant bribe a king whose wealth is the nation itself.
problem is the weather, temperature and dust.
@@Jack-he8jv lol Mr. Eric really said lobbying. we ain't in the US where corporations control how the government operates. heck, the oil industry is half-government owned anyway, why would they lobby for themselves? this comment section is so pathetic.
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I have always said this, Dubai just doesn't have that city vibe. You know, going around the city, seeing street vendors, eating street food etc, that's what makes a liveable city, and dubai doesn't have that
feels like plastic city, yes
You don't know Dubai. You have all this
It's hot out there
I live in Kurdistan, In summer it gets pretty hot, but countries such as UAE and Saudi Arabia and the others, get even hotter, I don't know what kind of a psychopath would want to go for a walk in there 😂
@@abusheikh-9346 why are they psychopaths for walking?
The problem with most modern cities is that they are built for cars, not people :(
There is no lack of public transit! People avoid public transport that are middle class. Dubai has better transport than most US cities . However the urban connection is an issue
Dubai has better transportation than most of the US? Dubai is a tiny city not even the size of the smallest states lol, be logical and compare cities to cities and not one of the biggest countries to a tiny city that'll make your argument valid
U lost me at "Dubai has better transport than most US cities", No it doesn't. Every big US city has some kind of Transit and walkable areas. Dubai is just roads
It's literally a US suburb with car dependency and massive skyscrapers in the middle of the Desert.
@@Racko. they have an alright metro line to the older town and souls, but that's about it
@@ishaqmo7200 Yea, which isn't usually enough tbh, and ppl still need to drive to get around
@@livetubeoriginals Dubai's transit system is mediocre, nothing compared to massive Cities Across the US and Europe, also every US city has a transit system, most just are terrible, it doesn't mean nonexistent
I have high hopes that your channel will continue to grow, I have faith that soon TH-cam will notice you, and recommend your videos much more.
This video is actually really well done because it’s establishes the main problems Dubai has while also taking in the positives of the city and I think that’s really well done :)
I drove more than 3000 km in Dubai/Abu Dhabi during 18 days and I did not see one single accident. In fact, the roads are outstanding, the best I have ever seen.
I am so surprised to see this video on the channel with only 3 thousand subscribers! I thought there are a couple of millions because of a perfect quality of the video! Wish you to grow fast!
I've visited Dubai more than 15 times, each for a good length of time, and I have only ever experienced a traffic jam once. But I do agree that the road system looks / is confusing to navigate.
Very interesting. Went to Dubai several
Times and driving there is a nightmare. If you miss your exit on the main road, the next u turn is in many km
A lot of informations in the video are simply wrong. The metro is great new and modern and there a new lines last year and roads are new. Dubai is a great place.
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Half the comments are saying “everyone drives” and the other half is saying “the metro is amazing” so which is it, I think y’all are just Dubai pilled
@@aaronmiranda1023 in the UAE 46% of people use public transport including buses, and light rail.
@@aaronmiranda1023 clownass, we have a great metro system but obviously some parts of the city aren't connected to the metro, so we use cars or taxis for those parts
I've, used the bus, its pretty good
This video is what I was been looking for!!
Dubai is literally a repeat of America in the 60's, in a bad way.
Yes, the crime rate says otherwise and it's been years and I haven't seen Burj Khalifa's copy in US
@@rohan_3128 well the other things like freeways, un-walkability, etc
@@AshmewStudios nothing wrong with freeways and it is walkable
@@eventusvantos1905 too many freeways makes a city less walkable
@@AshmewStudios no not necessarily
When people say Dubai has a "very large population" i get quite confused, by most metrics Dubai's population of 3.2 million makes it a rather mediocre sized place on par with the likes of... Manchester or Amsterdam, to put that into perspective LA has a metro population of 13.2 million or bigger than the entirety of the combined so at least comparatively it has a better excuse to have loads of traffic
I've been several times to Dubai. Also, I've been in Europe Megapolises. Dubai is not for walking and biking cause of climate. Highways are the best solution for this Arab megapolis.
Agree!!!
Hey buddy, i want to eagerly know that how you research your videos and how you write your scipts. Every video you make is totally awesome please tell me how you research and write scripts please please please reply
This is such a good channel. You deserve way more subscribers.
I live in dubai and i feel noo problem in the roads and highways over here And my son who is a 14 year old can go anywhere using public transportation adn public transportation is very cheap if you use the regular one
Oooh a new geography educational channel
Subscribed
Also I like that your videos are shorter, great for people with short attention span like me
How it's educational?? This channel spread false information about dubai like you can read the comments how wrong he is. Just like he's other videos about dubai just to get more views.
18 per 100k accident deaths roughly comes out to almost 2 people dying in an accident on Dubai's roads every single day
Big up Arkive happy to meet you wish you sucsess always
It seems TH-camrs find Dubai an easy traget to make viral videos about with catchy titles that haters like to click to see, this is not the issue, the issue is usually these TH-camrs have never visited or almost know nothing about outside from is what mentioned in the media.
So what was mentioned in this Video is missing a key ingredient when comparing Dubai to other Cities is the Weather.
I would ask you to spend 5 minutes outside in the summer here in Dubai, even in the shade, even at night, it's just unpleasant to be outside between May and October.
So what to do?
If you want to compare Dubai to a city then it make sense to compare it to it's neighbour city Abu Dhabi, which has same grid Design as New York, the city is true more walkable in the winter, but only people who have to walk actually do in the summer, and if you give them the option they prefer not to, so what the problem with the grid?, It's not good for traffic, and because people want to drive around it create a lot of it, and the bigger problem is where to park it since closer buildings which most of them were built before new regulations mean they don't have underground parking made a nightmare issues for parking, thats why a lot of my friends who lives in Abu Dhabi actually prefer Dubai highways and the new expansions if Abu Dhabi look more like Dubai.
Now Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of issues in Dubai's Urban Planning, but as a resident in Dubai and many other cities before like New York and Washington DC, I prefer Dubai for the convenience for a family, if I was a single dude then I would prefer New York because I actually like to walk and the weather is nicer, but New York is horrible for families, don't even get me started on that, I can just say try to have a baby with stroller and want to use the Metro that have no elevators 😓.
Last 6 years I am in Dubai. Compare to other cities in emirates. Dubai public transit is very good. I agree Without a car we can't access many places
Great work... Keep it Up
As someone who lives in Dubai, and has been frequenting is since 2007, it has significantly improved. I think the problem was that they needed to develop in a specific way to make sure they can get the tourism levels they want. Now they need to refine it. Will it work? Yes. They have been very good at meeting their goals
at least we achieve goals unlike the US that never gets anything done.
@@majidamiri8495 I don't think that's a fair statement, the US is and will most likely remain the economic powerhouse of the world for the foreseeable future. We cannot spend a day especially here in the middle east without consuming an American product. Have they faltered in a lot of ways? Yes considering what they have they should be much better. But all countries falter at one point or the other.
Since when are we walking and biking to get around in a 40C environment?
Even if the the temperature is hot, adding green spaces and outdoor environments provides for a better City overall. Although temperatures are hot, part of the 2040 plan is to add more green spaces to the city.
@@sebastianh3757 Yes, I understand that. I dont necessarily agree with Dubai's plans to add green spaces in a region with such hot temperatures. I only mentioned it since it was a part of the 2040 plan.
@@ArkiveYT you seem like a smart guy, Dubai doesn’t plant trees because when they did they found out it used a lot of water, and in a country where water is so scarce it’s not an option
As someone who lived in dubai, There's a reason there isn't any sidewalks and bicycle tracks, because dubai is a freaking desert, basically for more than half of the year it's hot af, so even if you spend millions of dollars to build all these, it will be a waste because nobody will use it, who is gonna step outside to walk or ride a bike, when you can't even bear the heat for more than 5 seconds, dubai has a car culture, so the city is built in accordance to that
No Dubai creates the car culture not the other way round
A lot of countries are in deserts and are still walkable. Manama and Amman are very walkable desert cities when compared to Dubai
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Dubai has several climate issue, some of them is the temperature and the wind. If you really concerned about the road, the city never reach 30 km deep to the desert or land and the last road are single in the middle of desert. Wind from the sea and from the land is different, sometimes carry a sand particles and others thing.
One problem that I always saw in Dubai as a resident living here for 20 years is that u can never get to the point opposite to the place your standing in if u don't have a car since these 2 places even though just meters apart is probably separated by 2 four lane highways going back and forth.....so u always need a car and makes it very difficult to walk to places in Dubai...but I never found this problem in sharjah where u can literally walk anywhere if it wasnt for the humid climate
why would u wanna walk in the heat though??? im confused.
Aren't there like dozens of footbridges across the Sheikh Zayed Road? I've always walked across the highway to my barber.
Ya there is bridges to cross the highway
@@Code-ru5to ye there is that too, I used it 2 days ago.
You are 💪 to handle this mega failure for 20 years! I
Whatever you say. I feel very safe walking in dubai without fear being mugged
Certainly a channel that will grow a lot in 2022
This is interesting dude
Dubai were in their teenage years, now they have grown and will refine now to low density and more walkable.
mid dense is better
I’m from the uae (Dubai) and I don’t agree with all of ur points but we all have our opinions
Nah bro I am emirati and I agree with this guy, C'mon lets not kid ourselves dubai is an amazing city and I love it so much but truthfuly it does need some improvments that the video stated. I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND I AM NOT HATING IT IN ANYWAY, JUST SAYING SOME IMPROVMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, BUT I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AN EMIRATI.
@@mohamedmansooralkatheeri6158 true but there are some broblems that cant be fixed like the climate. people complain that they cant walk accros the street because of the design but its so hot outside they can get killed after a while.
Urban Design or lack thereof is not an opinion... it's absolutely necessary!
@@SquidProQuo80 it is tho
@@mohamedmansooralkatheeri6158 since you're emirati, you've likely done the military service (or maybe still haven't but will soon.) when you experience the hot fucking scolding sun during very basic training routines, you'll know why Dubai is unwalkable.
Oh look another channel to subscribe! The algorithm is doing very well it seems
cap. i love in dubai and ill tell you its one of the best designed cities ive ever been to. especially the metro. its amazing
It's nothing
@@duailibi2 hmm should I take the word of someone who lives there or some person who thinks hes an expert because he watched a youtube video
@@perniciousseizurehellio3438 i'm an university student from Coimbra who's enrolled in various disciplines that teach me about city planning and engineering. I have great teachers and colleagues and exchange opinions and knowledge and we all agree that Dubai is not a good city in general
@@duailibi2 it is. way better than most american cities thats for sure
@@imblack011 it's not hard to gave better metros then the US, now try competing to massive metro systems from Europe and Asia
I realize that many people try to compare and then degrade Dubai against NY or London. Come on, do we really need to measure an asian country according to western standards, when their culture, ethnicities, weather conditions and everything else is entirely different. It's kind of unfair judgement when NY or London took couple of hundred years to come to this point yet Dubai only took 30. These are our pure double standards and hypocritical like only west is allowed to showcase what is being developed and what is not and asian people have no understanding in that. I know that Dubai has it's problems, but it's just like everywhere else and they are learning through their mistakes. I have yet to see a country as perfect as a utopia or heaven. And if you are wondering, I never lived there to come up with this conclusion.
EDIT: I see many people don't agree with me. I mean it's okay, but please understand that I never meant to offend any culture or country, east or west. Well, that is my point to begin TBH. I love and respect every country and culture from east to west but I don't like it when people treat other countries badly just because they are different from them, its also a form of racism.
bro, well said, I am studying in Dubai,tbh I didn't feel any inconvenience
Well said👏
It’s not a country vs country comparison. You’re just the one pushing it. You can compare Tokyo and Singapore to Dubai and the arguments will still be valid. Efficient movement of goods and people is not a “western standard”.
@@kiane9465 I understand the point you are raising here, it isn't just about the video which I'm pointing out, it more related to the view the western public holds in regards to the development of asian states. Furthermore, even if you speak about Japan and Singapore, they took a large amount of time to develop, so their comparison to Dubai or the whole UAE still holds invalid. Dubai is an infant state which only took 30 years to develop and still it can hold up to the standards of being any developed country or a state and ofcourse with some elements of problem which is forseen considering how rapidly they had to build their nation. Honestly, it's applaudable and impressive how far they have reached and I see it unecessary that how some of the people are scrutinizing everything.
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Nope , UAE when it eventually discovered oil and got their capita decided to make a city with utter trash planning. With the money they could have built way better looking cities with shade , culture and just accessibility in general instead of tall buildings which satisfy their inflated egos.
They couldn’t even industrialize in 30 years , all their wealth was dependent on oil which isn’t even impressive. And all their planning for architect and technology is done by the west and even then it still doesn’t look as good.
Dubai is nothing more than a overrated Macau or Las Vegas , no racism just facts
But also, you forgot to add on that Dubai hasn't had much time to develop either, the country is about 50 years old further meaning that they dont have time to develop everything as to how it is in the USA, UK and etc. The streets and highways are getting fixed, do your research.
Guys making videos like this doesn't know s*it...
The good thing about Dubai is that's it's still a pretty clean slate. There's a lot of room for improvement where a city like Houston is irreparable
great content
What is up with this Dubai hate train, especially from those who never lived there? NY is a walkable city, while Dubai is a car driven city, of course it will have more accidents.
That is the problem, it is a car driven city. Most cities around the world are great offenders in this regard.
@@festive5476 It might not be efficient in a temperate climate, but in Dubai it works. No one wants to walk in the middle of the day in the scorching sun of Dubai.
Singapore isn't much better on the heat index, yet they still made it a very walkable city.
@@doujinflip Singapore is green not a desert
@@doujinflip you've used a false equivalence. Singapore is tropical, Dubai is a desert. Lets use the summer temperatures: Singapore usually witnesses a minimum of 23-26 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 31-34 degrees Celsius in the summer. Dubai tends to be even more hot and humid in the months of July and August, with temperatures hitting around 45 °C (113 °F), and with lows of barely less than 30 °C (86 °F). Thus your point falls apart.
Living here, I can guarantee you that transport is very efficient here. I am from Germany and it's quite impressive compared to infrastructure in Europe. Especially those many wide and straight highways contribute to this fact. I actually live right on sheikh Zayed road so you can believe me.
You living in Sheikh Zayed Road is a good reason to not believe you. You live in an upper class location where every kind of transportation is at your service. Outside your bubble, there's a greater population in Dubai who have troubles getting from Point A to Point B without wasting hours of their day and money on trying to get to where they need to go.
i live here. the roads are very crazy but if you work it out, its very simple its like a grid system. can get long distance in short time!
30 years ago they didn't have popular destinations to build roads to.. and as i someone used to hot climate myself i still can't imagine biking in dubai
I live in Dubai, And I don't think so Dubai's roads are confusing, in my opinions Dubai has the best traffic control than most of the countries. Dubai roads have signs everywhere and it is nearly impossible to take the wrong road and if you do so there will always be connecting road.
Dubai is great much better than western cities
And safer too
it's the worst of the lot, plastic hellhole that shouldn't exist.
Except for its human rights record ;)
Gorgeous visuals
good video
1 wrong turn or missed turn will mean many km before reverting to the right route
also traffic can be very bad
car park availability too.
it requires the city replanning than just abt infrastructure
move some services, offices tourist places and facilities away from Shk Zayad Road else the jam will always be there.
Dubai needs to create underground metro/pedestrian tunnel connectors that includes parking and possibly retail spaces. See, no one would walk or bike in 100+ temps and 80% humidity!
Considering the shifting sand dunes of the Arabian desert and massive foundations of existing buildings, such a project would be overly complex would have to be much deeper and thus much more expensive than in other cities where they don't have the same geographical problems.
i dont think any underground project is feasible in arabia
As a Nigerian Dubai is more beautiful than Landon, London is old news.
latest sea level rise forecast estimates are a bit worrying ..as are predicted temperatures in the area
I was thinking the exact same of that hope Dubai to solve those problems
you forgot that its still a literal desert next to the sea making it hot and humid asl. you barely walk down the pavement from your office to the cafe and youre dripping in sweat. so the walkable and outdoor recreational areas must be kept indoors or near the beach where the sea gale cools things down and combats humidity. which is where they are. also you can hardly blame them for the real problems, they got a lot of money very quick and it wasnt managedas well as it couldve been by a government that had never had that much to spend
I haven't been to Dubai
but from what I've seen, most of the people who criticize Dubai are usually people who have never been to Dubai, not those who actually live in Dubai
That's true tbh. I live in Dubai and I don't really have any complaints (apart from the weather in the summer -- it's nearly 45°C) But it's mostly very peaceful and nothing really affects pple with their daily lives.
I’ve lived in Dubai and I think anyone whose lived there and has an unbiased opinion can say that the city is not very comfortable to live in
They just want to get more views by hating on dubai but without any reel sources
Hey, I live in dubai rn and the public transport here is on another level accessible everywhere you have to see the metros here in the evening Istg it’s so crowded
The reason no major car accidents in New York City is that 95% of your Journey the car is not moving at all and in Manhattan it’s even useless to have a car .
I think you're overly optimistic. This 2040 plan sounds like a publicity stunt; a city designed for cars can never possibly be "the best city to live in".
where there's a will, there's a way.
I do understand the key aspects that you have mentioned but I certainly believe the harsh weather plays a big role into building the infrastructure needed to take vehicle-dependency out of the equation.
publicity stunt that hasn't even been publicized, lmao, sure, 2040 plan is not for you or outsiders, it's to improve the city's inhabitants, expats and native dubaiians alike, the plan has already helped my town, 4 parks and recreational centers were added around where i live, expansion of the inner streets and the anouncement of a rail station that links my town to the etihad railway
Bruh only $150 million for metro 😂 even in india We spend billions of dollars for 50to100km metros 150million is a puny budget it's not even worth to create a 10 mile metro
It cost around 4 to 7 billion $ this guy in the video is just hating Dubai.
The reason there are no bike paths in Dubai are because cycling in the us can make you sweat even when it’s 20 degrees Celsius then imagine Dubai a city built in the desert where temperatures rise up to 50 degrees Celsius
Light railway system, trolleybuses and metro trains integrated as 1 large system with perhaps a fixed fair.
The current dubai metro is not exactly resolving the issue.
Covering sidewalks with solar panels based shades and more trees on sidewalks.
Even if there's a sidewalk or a bicycle lanes, you still have no idea how HOT it is, temperature can reach up to 50C with humidity that makes you wet like swimming, no way you can walk or ride a bicycle in there, trust me i lived there for years, you need a vehicle with AC on all the time
Of course but that's the whole point. Why is Dubai planned like this if they know it's a terribly hot place ? The city should be more dense with Green spaces but they keep on building skyscrapers and megaprojects
@@leprenom921 by the way the skyscrapers are all in the same place and it’s just a small parts of Dubai. If you go other places then you’ll know that the video is focusing on a small part of the city, which actually is still under development
@@leprenom921 you do realise how hard it is to green the desert, right? you do know how scarce water is, right? there is a greening process right now but we're literally fighting nature here, it's gonna take a while
18 vs 5, but most people don't use cars in NYC, while the majority use it in Dubai.
Thus Dubai's roads are much safer
That was some heavy mental gymnastics but ok
Ah yes a very negative IQ statement to cope with the fact that Dubai sucks
*I rather trust public transport than trust millions of drivers who some can ruin things for others via crashing or drunk driving*
Road usage, speed etc. don't matter if you're *dead.*
@@proger1960 yes NYC Subway where you might get mugged or killed easily
@@rohan_3128
You have a higher chance to die from driving than public transport , also NYC is one city out of many buddy
Please do video on New Delhi.
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Lol Europeans think they have the perfect cities and planning, Dubai doesn't need areas for bicycles and walking because of the WEATHER who is going to take a walk in blistering 110° weather and humidity? 😂😂😂
Japan, New York, London: carefully designed city planning with buildings integrated into existing public space, connecting to other roads and crosswalk for convenience and easy access
Dubai: hahaha tall building go brrrrrrrrr
not comparable at all, when talking about dubai you have too keep in mind the short timeline of development and the scrotchingingly hot enviroment, this does not apply to london, new york or any city in japan
Details?...
dubai it's just playing cities skylines in sandbox for the first time
"very large population of 3.1 million"
My district (Karachi suburbs) has 1 million people and the District next to me has 5 million 💀
i bet the quality of life is splendid
It's city population
@@LS-tk7hp it is actually, Better then Hong Kong and other Asian States like India and even South American states, they actually rival The middle east.
@@Victorious.Pakistan according to who? i took the 3 seconds to search for it and found out its in the top 10 LEAST liveable cities in the world according to the Economist Group - in The Global Liveability Index 2019. and i highly doubt that in the last 3 years things got better.
And tbh pakistan as a whole is not known anywhere for its high quality life, more so for its constant conflict with india and them terrorizing each other.
@@LS-tk7hp I'm talking about my particular district, I live in Bahria Town, Not Karachi City. Search Bahria town and you'll know what I mean.
It's like the Dubai developers played a couple of hours of Cities Skylines before providing their input.
let me guess.. u watch xqc
@@AndrewTateKingCobra no. Just looked it up. Doesn't look like anything I'd be into.
Their roads are massive! Incredible!
You might straight away see that london has wierd sporadic streets, and dubai organised, but the thing left out atleast in london is its actual traffic veins,
Rail
These streets mainly dont matter as they arent meant to be used a lot and more as a point of saying , ok there there there and there all inbetween is mine with trains connecting everywhere else(the waterloo-Clapham junction line is *8 tracks* )
You all should understand that city was recently built and is still growing. It's not like London was built overnight. You learn from what you lack and then redesign. There is a lot of other things Dubai does better than London. I have grown up in Dubai. I have seen sheikh Zayed road from just a bare highway to a full fledged downtown. Not just city infrastructure, Dubai over the years have become better in terms of government services, police has become more friendly etc. I see Dubai becoming like any other one of the best cities to live in with time.
Exacltly. i also love how he mentions the city is designed in a way where pedestrians cant walk, is so hot outside u cant even stand out for a minute.
@@AndrewTateKingCobra pedestrians can easily walk. Just the sheikh Zayed road is not Dubai 😂. Do you walk around in E40 pan European highway ?
Oud metha, Barsha etc. Are all normal residential areas where pedestrians can 'walk'. Nobody can do anything about the heat lol.
@@kailasnaresh5959 yea lol also that. in souq naif u can literally walk across the streets freely. these people thing that our highways are normal roads 😂
@@AndrewTateKingCobra Aite sir
@@R0ll3Napper So you have concluded I am from some shanty town in India because I am brown ?
its neighbor Qatar has done great job since 2010 building more connected city with cycle paths, pedestrian and has increased its recreational spaces by 250%. the entire city side roads and side walks almost under massive redesigned and construction espically the world cup 2022 is coming
Dubai already has city side roads, sidewalks, cycle paths and way too many recreational and green spaces. I would know since I've lived here for 10 years!
@@AnonymousReader-er4eg do you want a medal for that?
@@Yasin_2312 , is that supposed to be a rebuttal?
as a dubai resident i agree with this totally i am 17 so cant drive and have to get back and forth from school every day which costs about 50 USD round trip so about 250 USD a school week if dubai extended their public transport to residential areas such as arabian ranches medows jvc and jvt my self and hundreds of thousands of more people could get around for so much cheap and without cars reducing oil usage carbod emissions improving air and noise quality and people will save more being able to spend it on other things
If you're living in nice suburbs like Arabian Ranches and Meadows, you (and your family) should be able to afford driving to school lol.
The metro is intended for people living in Downtown, Bur Dubai, Marina, etc. you know- the actual city centers of Dubai.
@Ceeday Boi yeah doesn't mean they can afford it they should be restricted to waste money and time that they could spend somewhere else
@@BigCheese0 , true it shouldn't be restricted, but it just makes more sense since most people living in Arabian Ranches and Meadows are families with one or two (even three) large SUVs, who prefer the control, comfort and individuality of automobile transport. Maybe in the future the metro will extend to the suburbs when more suburban people demand it, one day!
@@AnonymousReader-er4eg ok how about people that do live in marina or something but school or work is in like jvc or somewhere not connected to metro
@@BigCheese0, Maybe Dubai Marina isn't the best example I used, because it's really just a suburb of skyscrapers. Considering the high rent and what I've seen from living in Dubai Marina, most residents here drive cars, so there's not really a need for a metro system when they can use the big, smooth roads to go to school or work.
It just made more sense for Dubai to give metro access to the people who needed it, in areas where people usually cannot afford cars, e.g. Bur Dubai which connects to the places where these people are likely to work, e.g. Jebel Ali, Downtown, Marina, etc.
The metro really only crosses Marina for the purpose of a) connection to tourism sites (e.g. Palm Jumeirah, Downtown Marina, Blue Water Island, etc.) for tourists to access, b) in order to connect the north of the city to the south and c) for residents to gain access to the city's entertainment facility and downtown, where they may or may not work. If where they work isn't close to any metro station, they can use a car because considering Marina's property prices, the people here should be able to, and usually already do have cars. Yes the journey is more expensive than a theoretical metro line, but going to school by car is just more flexible with timing, and much more comfortable. It may be a matter of classism as well.
And then again, if Dubai did build a metro line to all the work and school places, how many people in Marina would actually use it? How many would stick to cars? These are questions that we have no data to answer. Dubai will not do an overnight expansion of its metro line to cover all areas, unless it sees a considerable rise in demand throughout the city. For now, Dubai remains the most automobile-centric city in the world, so it's going to take a lot of time for the metro to take over, and even more time for attitudes to change.
Dubai is designed like my first city in Cities Skylines
London built-up by looted money from several nations. But Dubai created by their own money. That's f different
That's what arab with money gets you, gimmicky shit
@@trukeis856 buddy and what does British with money get you? Mass genocide in African countries? Get a grip of yourself european countries would be nothing without Arab and African resources
@@AliAbrahem preach
@@AliAbrahem and most of these Arabian cities wouldn't be anything without its south Asian laborers who get treated like shit by the govt
@@heisen-bones and most of these American cities wouldn’t be anything without the African American and native workers who got treated like trash by the govt. u wanna keep playing this game? Because last time I checked the governments in the Middle East have nothing to do with the workers that get treated badly are treated badly by western companies not the government use ur brain
"Dubai is terribly designed cuz there's no bike routes :("
and that's an excellent point to have.
@@sukimarcheti7823 no it's not, it's a fucking desert, go bike somewhere else
Dubai is like my first cities skylines map
I don't think dubai is for pedestrians. The city should focus more on buses and trains/Metros so that every person is only around 2km away from a metro station. Also trams can be built with an already existing infrastructure just building a track and cable network.
Also they really shouldn't use this much glass on buildings. It really heats up the temperature outside considering it already is a desert
The fact that they have a plan (?) for another twenty years shows what a mess it is. The Metro is an expensive prestige project that serves the city very poorly. It does not access major population areas, like International City and Silicon City amongst others. To live a reasonable life style a car is a necessity. Thirty years ago Dubai had kilometres of natural beaches, a huge tourist attraction. Now public beaches can bd measured in metres.Tourism was an afterthought with many sceptics among the local population. Now tourism is nearly 45% with the planners playing catch-up.
The UAE has plans for 2117 😂 planning the future is kinda our thing. Dubai isn’t half as bad as people make it seem but I do agree that there is a somewhat of a problem with it’s road system
@@zayedalshamsi7321 I appreciate your reply. The fact is that the poor planning is costing a fortune. How can people be productive when they drive an hour every morning and the same in the evening and even worse in summer when at midday they shut down for three hours. SME’s have a hard enough time surviving without this added burden
It's humanity vs desert what do you except.
Dumb people complaining about desert and dreaming of Mars LoL what a world.
the metro is incredibly useful and en expansion will really really help the city, the several lines already announced sound very promising as they will connect more to the inner areas
In twenty years desert will start swallowing this “city” . Most real estate owners sell their properties as quick as understanding where the hell I invested . The market running out of fools and now it’s speeding at a jet speed. I bet most rich locals hardly stays on dubai
Lol, anyone who's lived in dubai knows that this is an exaggeration at best
Not even a mention that the city is in a desert climate, therefore it faces many challenges to be walkable, cyclable or have green parks
True, I live there and there’s lots of constructions in my area
A lot of the architecture in Dubai is copied from other major cities. Theres a fake Big Ben look alike tower in Dubai as well as a fake Marina Bay hotel look a like. Lets not forget the Dubai Ain (Eye) observation wheel! Also Dubai is a transitional city, unlike may cities around the world that offer a pathway to PR and citizenship, Dubai does not. Thus rendering the city as a revolving door of people where no friendships or relationships are permanent. Also not sure about the rule for men having to cover up to the knees as they enter shopping centres. Its not entirely forced, but at the same time it's a weird thing having to read a sign to this effect as you walk into the mall. Dubai has a lot to learn and change if they really want to compete with the likes of NY, London or other major western cities.
Yet there are much Briton live there, oh waittt you cant afford that!!!!!
@@ekichandra been there done that got the t-shirt and got out. The question is can you afford your own lunch? Or is mummy still giving you an allowance?
All theses you mention you can find it in other countries including the western one but
I bet you have burj Khalifa in other part of world
@@didid3ksa Yes Burj Khalifa is unique but to be honest, I'd take the Eiffel Tower anyday over it.
Ayoo this video is so well made!
I have lived in Dubai for 14 years and I know its quite awkward to live in a place like Dubai but I get use it and its easy to find places.