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Remind us: Whose Metro is this again?

September 7, 2009, filed under Dubaiism.

Following up on my Metro series, I couldn’t help but repost entirely from Campaign Middle East’s blog. Just when you thought they couldn’t surprise you anymore. Here goes. The Dubai Metro’s decision to open only to VIPs on its much-vaunted launch date of 09/09/09 makes a mockery of the high-profile campaign proclaiming it ‘My City. My [...]

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This is the (Copycat) Metro

August 25, 2009, filed under Dubaiism.

Following-up on my last post about Dubai’s upcoming Metro project, I sit here uncertain whether I’m surprised or just beyond it. I certainly don’t blame the RTA entirely for coming up with the idea. That would be the agency behind it but bottom line, it doesn’t look good for them. As eloquently fumed on Twitter [...]

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This is the Metro. No really?

August 13, 2009, filed under Dubaiism.

Yes, we noticed the blue things crawl across the overhead track. First the RTA decided –just incase the residents of Dubai didn’t quite understand what 3 years of construction in the city was to manifest– to spend a record budget to ensure one related to the metro (”My Metro. My City.”).  What slightly-squinted observation of [...]

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