Evolution of the Corniche
Jan. 25th, 2009 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qatarperegrineOur friend David takes panorama pictures of the Doha Corniche every two years. Here's 2009, 2007 and 2005:
Even the dhows are getting bigger! :-D
Even the dhows are getting bigger! :-D
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Date: 2009-01-25 07:24 pm (UTC)Most construction in the past 10 years has been in or near such communities. Stack enough of them side by side, and you end up with the disaster zone like Sheikh Zayed Road, a 30-mile parking lot with an almost mocking 75 mph speed limit.
We have buses now.
But are they reliable and useful, and do people who can afford cars use them? This makes a huge difference. In Dubai, citizens never went near them, and it was rare to see anyone over the age of 21 get on board unless they were working or lower middle class. Heck, even DC has some class issues with its buses. (The Metro, by contrast, abounds with suits.)