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Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by psucc(m): 8:22am On Jan 12, 2021
Vanguard NewsJan 10, 2021 10:12 PM

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter, announced Sunday the launch of an eco-city “with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions” at its futuristic NEOM mega development.

The $500 billion NEOM project, set to be built from scratch along the kingdom’s picturesque Red Sea coast, is billed as a development evocative of a sci-fi blockbuster.



Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled plans for a city, dubbed “THE LINE”, in a presentation broadcast on state TV.

It consists of “a city of a million residents with a length of 170 kilometres (105 miles) that preserves 95 per cent of nature within NEOM, with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions,” he said.

“We need to transform the concept of a conventional city into that of a futuristic one,” added the de facto leader of the Arab world’s leading economy, regularly ranked among the world’s most polluting countries.



Prince Mohammed showed computer-generated images of “THE LINE” as well as landscapes of pristine deserts and blue seas.

The pedestrian city will have services such as schools, health centres and green spaces, as well as high-speed public transportation, with no journey expected to take more than 20 minutes, according to a NEOM statement.


Artificial Intelligence will play a key role in the city, the statement said, adding that “it will be powered by 100 per cent clean energy, providing pollution-free, healthier and more sustainable environments for residents”.

Construction of the city will begin in the first quarter of this year, with funding from the Public Investment Fund, the main vehicle through which the kingdom is diversifying its economy beyond oil.


The project is slated to create 380,000 jobs and contribute 180 billion riyals ($48 billion) to the kingdom’s GDP by 2030, the NEOM statement said.

[AFP]
Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by Nobody: 8:24am On Jan 12, 2021
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Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by Azmanaty: 8:37am On Jan 12, 2021
These people are growing in leaps and bounds where their brothers here are looking for head to hack and churches to bomb

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Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by Iceyjayz: 8:42am On Jan 12, 2021
Nigerian government is still doing bam bi Allah, a messed up country.

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Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by NeoWanZaeed(m): 8:45am On Jan 12, 2021
They can do it.
Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by Oladipo1166(m): 8:53am On Jan 12, 2021
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Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by DaddyRochie1642: 9:43am On Jan 12, 2021
Azmanaty:
These people are growing in leaps and bounds where their brothers here are looking for head to hack and churches to bomb




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Re: Saudi Arabia Launches City ‘with Zero Cars, Zero Streets, Zero Carbon Emissions’ by oneolajire(m): 10:15am On Jan 12, 2021
Buhari doesn't need this, developing Niger republic is his agenda gradually unleashed on Nigeria.

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