The latest SMART CITY is Coming to Saudi Arabia…
A smart city is a technologically modern urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data.
The information gained from that data is used to manage assets, resources, and services efficiently.
In return, that data is used to improve operations across the city.
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No Roads, No Cars, 100% Renewable Energy
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is promised to build a network of smart cities that won’t have any cars or roads.
It’s called The Line, due to its arrangement of ”hyper-connected future communities,” and will form part of NEOM, a $500 billion project announced in October of 2017.
“It is expected no journey will be longer than 20 minutes,” the project’s organizers stated.
According to the prince, the development will offer “ultra-high-speed transit,” autonomous vehicles, and an urban layout that ensures basic facilities, including schools and medical clinics, are never more than a five-minute walk away.
“The Line” Will Cost $500 Billion to Build
In 2021, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman revealed the country’s plans to build The Line, a smart linear city that will be constructed vertically, have no roads or cars and run purely on renewable energy.
The Saudi government has released image renders of what The Line could look like once it’s done.
The city was designed to only be 200 meters (656 feet) wide, but 500 meters (1,640 feet) tall and 170 kilometers (105 miles) long.
The City Can Accommodate 9 Million Residents
It will house multiple communities encased in a glass facade running along the coast and will eventually be able to accommodate up to 9 million residents.
The Line’s designers envision a city wherein facilities are just a five-minute walk away from people and where residents can organically bump into each other as they go about their daily errands.
High-Speed Metro
While it will have no roads and won’t be able to accommodate cars, it will have a high-speed rail for end-to-end transit that will take 20 minutes.
Climate Control
The entire city will also have a natural ventilation system that can maintain comfortable temperatures and conditions all year round, despite its location.
“The designs revealed today for the city’s vertically-layered communities will challenge the traditional flat, horizontal cities, and create a model for the nature preservation and enhanced human livability,” said the prince in a statement.
Controversy
The project is a bit controversial, due to the fact that 20,000 people will be forced to relocate by its construction. The Line is being built in the country’s Tabuk Province.
The residents facing eviction belong to the Huwaitat indigenous tribe, who can trace their lineage before Saudi was even founded.
Reminds us of PALESTINE…
Palestinians were forced to re-locate after their country was taken away from them to form the state of Israel.
In 1967, Israel absorbed the whole of historical Palestine, as well as additional territory from Egypt and Syria.
By the end of the war, Israel had expelled another 300,000 Palestinians from their homes, including 130,000 who were displaced in 1948, and gained territory that was three and a half times its size.
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