A tale of 3 cities

Three related stories today, one of them in the realms of fantasy but hey it is Dubai.

1. Dubai to get BUS LANES, this is hilarious, bus lanes? Who in their right mind believes this will make even a tiny difference to congestion, nobody pays the slightest notice of any current lanes so why do the Municipality in their flight of fancy think this will make even a remote difference.

Look busses carry poor people, they can wait. There are far too many people in this town who think they are too important or simply can't be arsed to queue. It will never work.
Can you really see Im bin Important sitting in his Escalade stuck in a jam while workers busses pass him on the inside?

More likely perhaps, are Lexus lanes as used in LA where the rich pay to go faster, but since most people in Dubai are rich that has almost as little chance of working. Besides if the poor and middle classes can't get to work to pay their rent then the rich get poorer so it becomes a viscious circle.

Bit like Sim City really...... mmm I wonder.......

Anyway, Another ditty here stating the bloody obvious that people in the UAE:

1. Love cars
2. Hate busses
3. Will not give up their cars for any hare brained scheme especially busses (and probably the metro)
4. Realise quality of life depends on transport as one of the big influences, particularily not riding on busses
   

And then a strange and a little ill informed article from the Guardian wondering if Dubai is set to become the most important city on Earth.

Err no, it might well become the most polluted and slowest moving though...