tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post113421421132517720..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Tolls for Dubai roads to reduce traffic gridlocksecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1134293682385748382005-12-11T13:34:00.000+04:002005-12-11T13:34:00.000+04:00For more thoughts on the stupidity of certain peop...For more thoughts on the stupidity of certain people....please read <A HREF="http://www.dubairants.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">this</A>CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194935687178818143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1134234897004610212005-12-10T21:14:00.000+04:002005-12-10T21:14:00.000+04:00Tolls imply that there is an alternative form of t...Tolls imply that there is an alternative form of transport available, something which isn't the case here.<BR/><BR/>How can anyone develop a city like Dubai, from scratch, yet totally forget to provide roads, parking spaces and public transport? Total lack of accountability, nepotism and general stupidity are going to destroy this place.redstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967558666428380708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1134217464902055002005-12-10T16:24:00.000+04:002005-12-10T16:24:00.000+04:00Tolls, as anyone who has lived in an urban area wh...Tolls, as anyone who has lived in an urban area where they're assessed, cause even more congestion if they're collected in a conventional way. They will only help if they're collected in the manner done in London, through remote transmitters. <BR/><BR/>The real problem, though, is not the cost; the real problem is a helter-skelter development pattern with too little long-term thought for its consequences. Imagine, for example, what the western Jumeriah Beach/Safa Park area will be like once they have all the Palm and all the skyscrapers planned for the base in operation ... 500,000 people on the Palm alone! They might as well start selling bed pace on Sheikh Zayed road now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com