bicycles

and we’re going underground!

Just today on my way home from work I was thinking ‘what this city needs is a metro’. Not because it really needs one – it’s not that sprawling yet, but because I adore the city life of hopping on and off the subway – finding  myself downtown in a moment and across town in another. I’m a fan of carless spaces, bicycle friendly streets and the convenience of great public transportation in busy city centres.

Qatar is pouring funds into making Doha a prime city known on the international scene – whether it be through development of  its arts, economy, culture, education, or tourism industry, the little state that could is leaping. Foundations are being slowly established, initiatives started.

Recently, I read that Qatar aims to be the ‘bicycle region of the Middle East’, Doha the bicycle city. I love this concept – however, hopefully we’ll also get along with, functional sidewalks and cross walks. Running across 4 lanes of speeding traffic through roundabouts and unfinished roads just to take a much needed evening walk is a pulse racing endeavour and at times almost pulse stopping. Plus, major education will be needed to make roads safe for the two-wheelers. As it stands, I wouldn’t set pedal on the roads here but I love these type of announcements. So. Promising.

And today, I came across this: ‘… new Doha International Airport Terminal Metro Station gets underway…’.  [article here: http://www.ameinfo.com/236158.html]

My metro is coming! This makes me happy.