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Yeah exactly. London is nearly 2000 years old, building anything there is a massive pain. Dubai is like a decade old, they ought to have planned the city with public transport in mind.
Tracking your bus with an app is old news. We’ve had that since 2010 here. I’d be more surprised if that wasn’t a thing. You can use public transport cards, but most people just use their phones to pay, like with everything else.
I’m guessing the remaining 50% that won’t be covered will be the povvo people they don’t want on the metro.
If I had to guess, the Dubai Master Plan from the 60s was probably car driven. They have to break down a lot of structures to create the metro, as well as the New Etihad Rail.
The comment about the app is more to explain the difficulties in using public transport in 50 degrees celsius if you had to wait at a bus stop.
I don’t know many rich people that take the train, so I don’t think it is specifically aimed for them. There is a first class cabin, but it is very small in my opinion.
The train does go through a lot of the richer areas yes. But I think that is mostly to get people to their places of work there.
If you are a solo traveller, the metro is a cheaper alternative to driving.
Unfortunately, here the transport card is still a must