Comments on: Riyadh Metro

By: يوم في مترو الرياض..! «

يوم في مترو الرياض..! « — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:28:23 +0000

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By: dxbgirl

dxbgirl — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:51:09 +0000

Dubai did it, and Riyadh Didn’t ..

Comparing any place to Dubai only means that it is of high standards. Of course, no place is perfect, but yes some places do excel

Hope we hear about “Riyadh Metro” & “Women Drivers” some time soon in this century InshaAllah.

Salaam =)

By: ADNISA

ADNISA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:49 +0000

You need to be covered at the airport. The buses are mixed. There is no female only taxi area. It is mixed as well. Airport is modern and decent. Avoid mingling with unnecessary men.

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:16:18 +0000

Hello Ahmed, I’ve been following your blog for a while now, very interesting posts.
Actually I have a question about the airports,
say, as a female Tourist, if I go to Riyadh for a visit, do I already need to be well covered before landing?? and in the airport, when I depart from the plane, do I get into a female only bus/exit into a female only waiting area for a taxi??? How is the airport itself organized from inside?or the seperation start only once you step out the airport??? really appreciate if anyone can let me know…. many thanks !!

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:53:45 +0000

I was so fed up of using KFR (KIng Fahad Rd) to and back my office and home, that I left that job and moved to Jeddah.
Well for solutions ::
1 – There are more than 115,000 taxis/cabs in Riyadh alone. Restrict the movement of empty txi/cab cars. They should be alloted some station/stops in every disricts and be available by calls (Cab meter need to activated for that).
2- minimize the exit/entry points to main roads like KFR, esp for sleepy driver or the one busy over their phone and have sudden pullouts on exit blocking the whole traffic or atleast breaking the motion of the traffic.
3- More underpasses/flyovers on main roads,bypassing signals.
4- Special tracks for public transport ( currently every vehicle is carrying one person, means 1000 ppl, 1000 cars)
5- Metro to and fro the airport. I hate requesting friends/co-workers for pick and drop.
5- May be public transport for women only, esp the ones out for window shopping.

By: It Hurts Doesn't it?

It Hurts Doesn't it? — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:10:43 +0000

Aafke:
You must be a burly dike! No other way!

By: Mohamed S.

Mohamed S. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:47:05 +0000

Hey, can we diss these guys AFTER they cancel the project, not before? :(

By: Jerry M

Jerry M — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:16:23 +0000

I thought vaporware existed only for software. Here we see urban vaporware. What a great idea, far cheaper than actually doing something.

By: Mohamed S.

Mohamed S. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:28:37 +0000

“More comfortable men’s carriages”?

Aren’t all these carriages the same?

And showing papers to Muttaween at the door? No one shows any papers whatsoever to the them in any place, be it airports,bus stations,malls or anywhere else.

By: Mohamed S.

Mohamed S. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:26:24 +0000

Man Ahmed, You’re so pessimistic I get depressed every time I read your blog. :(

If I cut myself it’s your fault. :(

But to be serious, I think it will be completed soon simply because they’ve contracted a foreign company to do it similar to the haramain railway project.

And for those calling women only passenger cars ridiculous you should know that women only subway cars are run in Japan,Egypt, India, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico (at certain times of day), Belarus, the Philippines and Dubai.

Passengers in other countries are also demanding women only railway lines and they are slated to appear in South Korea as well.

Also, I don’t think running these will be a problem, I’ve used the Riyadh-Dammam railway and it was pretty good. Much better than Saudi Airlines.