Saudi Arabia’s Race to Build a $22B Railway in the Desert | WSJ Breaking Ground
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- Saudi Arabia is racing to finish the $22B Riyadh Metro in time to modernize its capital city and open its doors to the world. With the country set to host the World Expo 2030 and as a frontrunner to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, this is a golden opportunity for Saudi Arabia to transform its economy and improve its human rights reputation on a global stage.
WSJ explores why this Gulf nation needs this train network and the challenges it faces in constructing this incredible feat of engineering.
Chapters:
0:00 Riyadh Metro
1:04 Why Saudi Arabia needs this train
3:44 Challenges in construction
5:33 The money
Breaking Ground digs into megaprojects around the world, uncovering what these developments might mean for the surrounding region and the ultimate costs.
#SaudiArabia #Riyadh #WSJ
Read about how megaprojects in the desert are sapping Saudi Arabia’s cash and why the kingdom is turning to borrowing to keep up: on.wsj.com/3vFFOwl
And really who wants to go to theocratic Islamic dictatorship that has zero respect for LGBTQ….
Who is going to take on those loans considering that when fossil fuel ends Saudi Arabia will have a GDP of zero?
not bad but still a decade behind UAE or it does not feel they have sense of urgency. I predict transport electrification is 8-10 year from now being the norm. Saudi should get into cleaner energy and water production.
@@Rodrifuuuvision 2030 is all about economic diversification away from oil .. but currently mostly relying on oil
@@zodiacfmlthey are switching to green energy .. also planting more trees.. and they do have a sense of urgency but can’t obviously rush everything.. takes time.
When Wall Street Journal tries to become B1M
B1M>>>
Interesting
Good for us. We have more access to understanding global projects
and about as unwilling to critically discuss political implications too!
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The map of the metro is the worst🤢🤢🤮 as the lines paths were primary chosen based on the most loyal landowners to the saudi royal mafia & has so little to do with logic & practicality 🤏
Americans laughing at Saudi Arabia for innovating while they have the worst passenger rail in the world.
Totally agree 😂
Americans innovation of arms and weapon for destruction, the rest of the world create innovation building construction for improving Humanity life
Very true, but most if our country is not an extremely hot hellhole
@@jeffwebb2966
California, New Mexico, and Texas have been so quite since you dropped this comment.
Because most Americans have little need for rail.
Saudi Arabia doesn't need investors, it is The Investor.
But they’re investing their money only in tourism projects it’s a risky bet.
@@qwmhaWho’s said they’re only investing in tourism?
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The map of the metro is the worst🤢🤢🤮 as the lines paths were primary chosen based on the most loyal landowners to the saudi royal mafia & has so little to do with logic & practicality 🤏
@@duran9664 What are you talking about? The metro goes through every major neighborhood in the city, old or new, rich or middle-class.
@@ambessashield9360 all the big projects that they have announced are tourism related projects
*takes Canada over +10 years to build a light rail line and its still not done* hahaha...
Seattle started building its light rail in 2008 and projects to be finished in 2041 smh
They are lacking slave labor
Canada worried about LGBTQ lol
This is how I know you live in Riyadh 😂
Canada is very corrupt; they shut down a pipeline carrying oil to the US only to transport it by rail to a West Coast port and then sell it to China. Guess who owns a major stake in that rail company? Warren Buffett.
The 2nd Ave Subway isn't complete. Only the first leg. So it has taken NYC over 100 years to only complete the 1st segment of the 2nd Ave Subway.
no, actually about fifty years. it was briefly first started in the early 1970s, but halted. phase two is underway now.
waiting for a billion or more dollars coffee money before it will move to more miles or another few feet.
Saudi keeps thriving
Poor video from WSJ for many reasons:
1- it's about one of the largest public transit projects in the world so I expected more details regarding the project itself and its effect on traffic congestion and the estimated economic benefit, but the video did not talk a lot about that and focused on politics.
2- the project is in Saudi Arabia, so it makes sense to have Saudis talk in the video about the project, which did not happen (you invited one Saudi agency to talk specifically about labor protections rather than the project as a whole).
3- you ignored the fact that millions in Riyadh don't own a car, and that's either because they are too young/old to drive, or don't know how to drive (many Saudi women did not learn driving even though the ban on women driving was lifted in 2017), or they don't have the money to buy a car which is true for some foreign workers who came from South Asia. This is very important to mention when speaking about a public transit project in Saudi Arabia
If you can afford to drive, you would. If you can't drive you'd go in a taxi. No one wants to walk to/from the station when they can ride in air-conditioned comfort. IMO only foreign workers will use the metro.
Cry a river.
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@@Avantime I bet this is an American making such a statement. Those taxis will deal with the same traffic that personal vehicles deal with. I'd rather walk to an air conditioned train that'll get me somewhere in a decent amount of time instead of dealing with car traffic.
@@Avantime
When the time to arrive by metro is half the arrival time compared to the car
You will find even those who have a car taking the metro.
I am living here and it is great. It's development is something I have never seen before.
I get the feeling it has this aura of early economic growth of Dubai, where things looks like it is on the way up and being part of this development is exciting and engaging.
I am hoping to come for work inshaallah. Its good to be in something from the ground floor, to be part of the change is something I really want to be apart of (I was there as a kid 20 years ago where my dad was working, so to be part of its transformation is a personal ambition of mine and a sentimental one as well).
@@redman6790 good luck and hope your dream becomes reality
I wouldn't want to live in such a concrete jungle.
@@woodsofthewoodsnot everyone is supposed to live in the desert but 14.5 million immigrants and expats moved to Saudi Arabia which makes Saudi Arabia the third in the world in number of immigrants after Usa and Germany they make 45% of the total population!
You clearly haven’t heard about Chicago in the late 1800’s
The 2nd Ave subway in New York city has not been completed; just one phase has been completed.
And it took 10 years to build.
Corruption 😅
you provide some hundred million coffee money, maybe it will inch forward a meter
thank you. They will start the second phase 2 next year. The 3rd and 4th phases haven't even been funded.
@@Technoanima sure there is some corruption but it is more complex than that. the subway was let to rot for almost 50 years after the car became popular and Robert Moses just wanted to build highways. Also, during the depression and WW2, 1970s NYC financial crisis and 2008 recession, all new constructions were stopped.
I live next to two of the stations and they look fantastic. People can’t wait because Riyadh traffic is absolutely taking its toll on everyonr
Is there traffic everyday???
@@TONI__KROOSyess!!
The traffic in Riyadh is insane.
Looks Brown and Barren, no green cover..?
@@Ayush-vy2kq ...it's in a desert.
As a Saudi Arabian I’ll def take advantage of this transportation system as it will save so much time
For what!
Yea. You can sit in the all-male carriage while all the females sit in theirs! Unless that changes amongst other things Saudis won't give up their cars.
@piggybakkers Oh no, he won't be able to ogle women. How terrible.
@@piggybakkers there will be 3 sections, first the worker section, business section and families section. So what if they’re separated? This has no meaning for whether if u want to use the metro or not. Japan has a female only section due to the mass sexual assault cases in their metro. We have this split of sections due to a minority being uncomfortable sitting around a crowded men’s area and religion. Don’t compare European countries sexual harassment cases to ours, do your research.
@@mujtabaalam5907 ?
You're still gonna talk to us about human rights while your government keeps arming Israel?
You are right ✅️
are u talking about Saudi Arabia or America? I really can't tell because both are helping Israel
Saudi Arabia also literally helps israel.
What did saudi arabia do that helped isreal plsss tell me @@AL-lh2ht
both are literally funding israel. its just that US is giving all tax money which is ridiculous
Respect from Thailand.
Respect him for what ???
@@muichirotokitotokito6819 Respect him for the development of his country. I mean the prince.
Finally, Saudi Arabia understands there is nothing better than trains!!
Nothing to do with tarins over their. 😅
What finally? Saudi Arabia already has trains.
@@joelc9439only 3 lines
Camel is more superior than train
Bro we have trains but we don’t have metros
Vancouver Canada Line 2009 and Montreal REM 2023 are great WORKABLE examples of delivering on time and on budget in Canada
I am living in Riyadh for past 2 years. I would say the worlds safest city ❤ #Riyadh #SaudiArabia
I live in prison. I’m safe as well
@@samuraijack1371 we have CR7 too :) , enjoy prison
Try talking politics or get interested in human rights situation...
@@samuraijack1371 You should read what happened in Mississippi one of these days.
To say Riyadh, hottest is misleading.
The best season is from September till April.
The hottest months start from June till August.
Three months dont dictate full year.
Plus Alqedya will be in upper hill that will make the weather a bit colder than the rest of Riyadh.
I visited Dubai before, there are two subway lines there, however due to the hot weather, most people come out after 7pm. AC is everywhere in the subway stations and shopping malls. Highways are covered with sands after sandstorms, cleaners sweep the highways diligently.
@icebaby6714
Riyadh is colder than Dubai, plus it has hills and doesn't have a beach that causes humidity and sweats.
humidity in the desert is low
@@icebaby6714 I assume that you visited dubai in the summer? It is the worst lol. But anyway dubai is way hotter than Riyadh because it’s a coastal city. Riyadh weather is mostly nice or cold but you shouldn’t visit it in the summer too, because that will be like visiting moscow in the winter and then complaining about the extreme cold weather
@@AhmedSaeed-vw5yh I would like to visit Riyadh in spring or autumn.
@@factcheck9849
I suspect living near the sea is so much better than living in the desert.
Just imagine the sea breeze and the chance to dip in the cooler sea whenever one desires.
The funny thing is how Western media always find criticism on everything none Western.
if you think that is bad you should see them critique western
Yeah its quite annoying. Its either some state department propaganda or lecture about human rights and international law (while their governments regularly export the worst human rights abuses and international law violations around the world for more than a century) or disrespecting the local culture and traditions of a non-western country that doesnt align with their liberal views. I have to role my eyes every time they do this.
The funny and disgusting thing about Western media is that they used to pretend that they are experts on subject they understand superficially.
we saw that in Qatar world cup as well, the power is shifting to the middle east and this drives them crazy.
The more funny thing is how trolls are so willing to justify any atrocity of their homeland autocratic regimes.
إلى الأمام بإذن الله 🇸🇦❤️🇰🇼
الى الامام انتو بعد يا عيال عمنا
Westerners are talking about human rights.
I've been living in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh for 2 year.
Noticeably prosperous all around the city, and what shocked me the most is the kindness treatment by the people it's like you are one of them.
Lies haha
Is this an advertisement on just Saudi Arabia?
Hmm, on second guess this is a fair bit of reporting. It just seems that there is a bit of a focus on these gulf state’s future
Why should they only cover American homelessness and school shootings?
The concern for labour rights seems to show a balanced approach
@@NadidLinchestein I don’t know if you have been reading the WSJ. There has been a few advertised pages on Saudi Arabia and other such gulf states. Also this isn’t really the only video they have done on Saudi Arabia. Reporting on another “mega project” isn’t exactly ground breaking. Maybe it might be more interesting to do a piece on Senegal.
Yes. It is an advertisement and governments like Saudi use some of their billions to advertise themselves to world to make themselves look good.
wonderful - Al hamdullah - love from Pakistan
Whether people will ride the trains will depend mostly on where the stations are located, the connecting modes of transportation to/from the station and of course ticket prices.
Very nice! Love when countries invest and build modern high speed rail.
A very factual and informative video ,explaining the huge investment in infrastructure in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia ❤💯👍
I think Tunnel Mashines are interesting not boring!
"boring" is an action similar to drilling, not an adjective.
it was a pun!
@@IDK-gh4st It was a Joke
@@Stellmacher716.....
Then he must have gone to the same comedy school as Zelensky in Ukraine....hopeless!!
As a joke , I thought it was 'boring'..😂😂😂
Stop screwing around
Railroad takes you from one piece of desert to another. For the low low price of $22b
Only one piece fans can understand this comment 🤣🤣
Can you explain?@@issamer-raya7162
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The map of the metro is the worst🤢🤢🤮 as the lines paths were primary chosen based on the most loyal landowners to the saudi royal mafia & has so little to do with logic & practicality 🤏
That piece of desert is the reason you can get to work every day. And the reason the computer you used to type that moronic comment could be shipped from China.
@Salman-ji7en You know not all fuel comes from the middle east little buddy? 😂
Building for the future. Great achievement.
Great video, keep ot up WSJ
Last year, my company sent me to Riyadh for work. I was there mid summer for about 2 weeks and GOOD LORD it was hot.
That aside I was really impressed by the living standard...
I’m building my own Beach Hotel in the Philippines! We open next year! Dreams come true!
Thats amazing! Hope to visit there someday
@@Propain4eva Awww thanks! 🙏
Congratulations
@@khalidbassiouni279 Thank you!
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I just hate it when an English speaking person, British or American, make mention of any other country's human rights record.
Always TRUST WSJ to always put a neagtive twist on any positive infrastructure projects elsewhere😂😂😂😂
always trust 'any' media to spin it, 'not' report it...
EXCELENTE NEWS!!
Hope the price for travel can have affordable options so we all can enjoy this beautiful project through the desert!
5:10 The 2nd Ave subway is not anywhere near completion---only an early phase is complete.
Now this is a useful project. Better than the line.
The Neom line was a pie in the sky dream which could never have worked. The plan has been slashed drastically as announced in recent weeks. Even Saudi Arabia doesn't have unlimited money to overcome stupid unworkable plans.
Let’s goo my country❤❤
good info!!
I wonder how many of these buildings and project will still be there after 30-50 years. Many of them seem to be designed to look flashy and not lasting
Proud of them 🇸🇩🤍🇸🇦
حبايبنا اهل السودان
I wish to live in Saudi Arabia one day. I feel safer in Saudi Arabia.
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You’re welcome
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THEN GO
@@martinguerrero2311 ishalla one day with God’s will I will ishalla
That wsj lady was quite upset about these projects are not happening in North America 🤣🤣
Riyadh is going to be one of the future mega cities of the future. They’re laying the infrastructure in droves. Amazing country to invest and do business in.
I think if Riyadh is going to rival NY, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, I think ease of ownership of built assets needs to accommodate foreign ownership, even home ownership for the tens of millions foreign workers. I live/work/enjoy
Riyadh but my investment here is to spend as little as possible.
@shivanbassaw9 ... that is if you don't mind selling your soul to the devil.
Yes, amazing for capitalists who want to benefit from the exploitation of the environment and the resources of public.
Thanks for sharing this video. Likewise with China, massive amounts of infrastructure development going on. I have not been to Saudi yet but with the encouragement of tourism and more wesyerners visiting, it will only be a matter of time before the country becomes a more mainstream destination for western visitors.
Massive infrastructure development of this kind may attract tourists, but it is natural heritage and cultural heritage that is ultimately sustainable.
And Saudi has both. So thank you.@@yashagrawal88
Phases helps in undertanding any shortcoming in the project that can be improved or avoided in next phases.
I went to world expo of 2020 in Dubai which they held in 2021. Was the best experience of my life the exhibits that people show to represent their country was amazing. If you are a citizen of that exhibition you get to cut in front depending on the country . I went to the US exhibit and you didn’t even have to walk. It was a conveyor belt you stood on that moved you across the whole exhibit. Their show of our space program. drew so many people to our exhibit. The US and kind kingdom of Saudi Arabia had the best exhibits. I wonder what they will do in 2030
People who live in glass houses shouldn't be playing the human rights card 🤣😂
Riyadh KSA is going to be the best city in the world for sure to live in and it's already happening. Long live 🇸🇦
Good joke!
Initially I thought this was about a train connecting Saudi Arabia’s cities not a metro in just one. But Nice! Is it bigger than the Doha metro?
Of course it’s bigger than Doha, it has more people than the entire country of Qatar
Its title is misleading.
03:59 "In the winter it can get quite cold"
===> Temperature range: 8 - 20 degrees Celcius in the "winter"
===> This is not *QUITE* cold, but more than suitable to continue as much construction as you can! December - March are the perfects months to crank out as much construction as possible!
Saudi Arabia is beautiful!!!
1:31 lol, they built the Eye of Sauron
it's locally called, "The Flosser"
@@Pfyzer 🤔 If you put a string across it, it really does look like a dental flosser. 😅
Nah, Eye of Sauron copied us.
Dima Saudi kings dom,long life Saudi A, from your brother And devellopementfolower " god bless y "her a Moroccan "
meanwhile in Canada a high speed train between Calgary and Edmonton (300km) has been on paper for 10 years..
Life is easy when you have unlimited oil wealth
and slave labor
Not unlimited @ all! The numbers are very inflated! Spain is worth more than Saudi arabia as an example.
@@HanzBergmanSaudi Arabia has a higher gdp per capita
@@cosmoshfa88savant66don't wanna hear any complaining from you guys 😂😂😂
California is richer than Saudi Arabia, and they could not build a metro, life is not only about money, good management is also crucial
For our chinese, Saudi arab is the number one place for setting business. as we can see, for next 20 years, the invest environment of saudi arab is stable and getting better.
2:09 Yes, that's true. You would rarely find two wheelers because of extremely hot climate.
The Wall Street journal should talk about the long list of problems in the US
Their railway to Mecca was basically built by Spanish companies and uses Spanish trains from Talgo. Which makes sense.
Are you sure it was built by Spanish thalgo
built by China
Wrong! Spain failed. China took over.
None of this makes sense in the absence of the oil reserves
Experience shows that metro projects don't really change the city from a car-centric city. Metro projects in fact encourage cars / private vehicles. Metros are not an eco-friendly transport mode.
Similar to Dubai it will be the workers who don't have cars that will benefit the most. Cant wait . I shall visit Riyadh as soon as it opens insh'Allah.
I care more that they can have their passports back and leave the country whenever they want.
@@jochem1986 They weren't brought to work in the country against their own will, plus holding someones passport isn't a thing for a decade now.
@@VexLooter A few middle eastern countries are definitely pulling in cheap labour with false promises. Saudi Arabia is one of them.
Unlike anywhere else there's a lot of sand lying around in Saudi to be converted to concrete
Sadly, desert sand is usually too rounded to make good construction sand. The best construction sand is jagged and angular, which despite how it feels to your hand desert sand really isn't.
@@willythemailboy2 Thank you! An engineer friend of mine just told me the same recently.
Need more public transport in All cities in KSA
Really happy to see Saudi Arabia transforming, modernizing. Especially MBS support for women's right was a crucial moment. The future is bright.
15 years ago when I lived in the Gulf, SA followed UN guidelines & banned working outside at 50°C & over. So the official temp never seemed to go over 49°, no matter what your car thermometer told you...
As a Saudi Contractor I know we lose money because we have to stop outdoors duties for hours everyday during the summer season, so please stop guessing
@@abdulmohd3871 Were you there 15 years ago? Can you add anything in context?
@@corvanphoenix we started operation back in 1996 and it’s linked to specific dates regardless of the temperature readings
In America, takes months, sometimes years to get local roads with potholes fixed! Other countries are so much more advanced..
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All the tax payers money has gone to Ukraine or zelensky pocket
The video is not about fixing potholes.
go and live there
@@earth.planet8860 l went to Thailand instead 😂
Why not connect the railway from east to the west and north to south?
Video mentions that Riyadh Royal Commission did not respond regarding safety of labor, you don't need their response , you can ask the giant construction companies . Ministry of labor placed a scare into these companies if any anonymous complaint comes in that they are forced to work at noon during summer the ministry inspectors will visit the site and impose hefty fines.
Many Saudis and expat workers don't have cars.
What's the future of one of the hottest, driest places on the planet, with oil peaking, temperatures rising, and turmoil in the region. Luxury in a totally artificial tourist trap?? Some draw........................
worked for Dubai... but yeah totally agree.
Also continues to work for Vegas even though I will never understand the appeal. You live running between air conditioned building and cars and never really enjoying the outdoors bc it’s not habitable lol.
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The map of Riyadh Metro is the worst🤢🤢🤮 as the lines paths were primary chosen based on the most loyal landowners to the saudi royal mafia & has so little to do with logic & practicality 🤏
Oil isn't peaking. We have lived in a warm and dry climate for thousands of years and can easily adapt to it cost-effectively using modern technology like desalination and large-scale hydroponic farming. It's not artificial, in fact I guarantee it has far more history, tradition and culture than wherever you come from.
I think a country like SA needs to realise that adapting an artificial brand with flashy marketing isn't the solution to its challenges. I hope that it will also focus on rule of law in all its aspects (financial etc), customer service/rights etc. An example is Saudia Airlines. Perfectly fine rebranded airline, very capable staff etc, when when something goes wrong or you want to reach out to them, there's no one there. Money can only buy as much.
Who would want 2 visit Saudi Arabia??🇺🇸
Saudi Arabia is the tenth country visited by tourists and aspires to more than that
Fossiled development!
This is fantastic. It's given people from all over the world jobs. Another part of the world has the opportunity to become green again after hundreds of years. People will not have to emigrate to find a decent lifestyle. Other nearby regions will benefit from the nicer weather and higher rainfall.
I am not sure that people from all over the world wish to be used as slave labour.
Such a well presented information. As a shake i am impressed. Inshallah ❤
@fkprophet ... For a "shake" you need to go back to school to learn and study english again so you can spell words correctly. Just saying! 🙄
@@EmeraldJade66 my bad
@@quantum.spectrum Ok I'll let it slide this time 😉😄
@@EmeraldJade66 ohoo... Sounds Good
better than cars
Fascinating, who wants to take me to see it when it’s done lol❤
Ozymandias will laugh as the sand permanently covers the locomotives.
Good to see Saudi Arabia progressing
😂😂 thanks to Westerner.
@@halfevilhalfgood2206thanks to China, Japan and Korea
This is not progress! 😂
Masha Allah❤
Learned the Gospels to find errors but instead got confused. the Makkah prophets father's name means Slave of God, but the most important is the name of God in 'Slave of God' is same a God's name in the scripture send to the prophet from Makkah. Before Archangel Gabriel visiting the prophet, how come his father name means slave of God? Does that mean there existed a deity with the same name as that of the God in the scripture send to the prophet from Makkah as the prophets father was a polytheist? What does all this mean?
Please read the following.
Sahih Al Bukhari 126
Book 3 hadith 68
So what does the above means? The following says the messages from God comes when the prophet lies with Aisha in the bed. What does this mean? God will only speak when in bed.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2581
In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 16
May God of Abraham Guide You.
Quite a project - the engineering and building companies are making a killing
Too much envy in the comments section. As a Saudi, I love it. It means we're going in the right direction. ❤🇸🇦
But there is nothing to envy.
@kordelas2514 free healthcare, free education, international scholarships, and no taxes are just a few.
@@Dr.abdullahk Nope. It is still a slavery system. They do not even have real healthcare which is based on scientific research. Their education is indoctrination. This includes international institutions, too. They fund everything from wasting natural resources. Thus no taxes. Yet a dominating gang does not share wealth properly. SO what is to envy there? Degeneracy?
@@Dr.abdullahk Nope. It is still an exploitation system. They do not even have real healthcare which is based on scientific research. Their education is indoctrination. This includes international institutions, too. They fund everything from wasting natural resources. Thus no taxes. Yet a dominating gang does not share wealth properly. SO what is to envy there? Degeneracy?
@@Dr.abdullahk Nope. It is still an exploitation system. They do not even have real healthcare which is based on scientific research. Their education is indoctrination. This includes international institutions, too.
Yes we are modern. Our women can now drive.
Yes, we are.. We taught the world how to be civilized at the time of the Umyyad Empire.. Let's not forget about the "Dark Ages"
if they have permission from their man.
Meanwhile the USA: yes we're modern, our babies don't have fathers, and our people are genderless
Can we see some lady taxi drivers then?
@@ernestkj why when they have decent job
God bless Saudi 🇸🇦 Zero income tax, high salaries and great culture
I don’t know. They may be too late thinking old metros rails the way to go when you have self driving cars similar to Uber.
The major problem in Riyadh is traffic. Even with self driving cars the cars are still physically on the roads.
This video essay is very favorable to the project.
You improve human rights by improving human rights not by improving just your image.
& what “human rights” dont we not have?
If we do not see other countries going big , more open , more money , more jobs for everyone , more future for young people we will be in the same position 2 or 3 major hubs and all the others starving in poverty , this is a good move from saudi arabia !
Beautifully built. It will shorten and improve work earnings and improve business in Saudi Arabia it has in the western countries.
108 miles compared to the 48 000 km of ultra modern superfast trains in China..
Got to start somewhere. At least Saudi Arabia, along with countries like UAE, Qatar, are doing something useful investing in a future beyond oil. Many countries in the West aren't even building any more.
Saudi population is only 30mil compare to China 1.2 billion
@@azmanabas84251.4B
Well done to China for building the Saudi Metro Project!
Spain... actually
Spain not china.
Mecca Metro is built by the China Railway Construction Company.
What is well in it!
Interested to see Adam Something's take on this!
This at least sounds better than the Line.
Goiñg to be fantastic!
Can US media just *stop politicized every single subject* in Saudi Arabia it just transportation project To help the residents of the city of Riyadh, which is twice as large as Berlin!
😂😂😂
Politicising every issue is the only thing the West have got now. They lost the economic war to China. They are losing the proxy war in Ukraine to Russia. They are rapidly losing their position in the Middle East as well, as the Global South forge a future together with BRICS. Lacking any new ideas of their own, they have resorted to tearing down others instead (China, Russia, the Muslim world, etc.)
In the US we consider the news media as a bad joke. Ranked even lower than politicians, if you can imagine anything that low!
yeah I have to role my eyes every time and they do this to every country that doesnt align with their liberal views and culture. Its quite annoying.
Good joke ! Transport projects are political. They have political reasons. Transport cannot be considered in isolation.
The benefits of an autocracy. Infrastructure projects can be implemented rapidly.
That’s of course if you manage to keep corruption down.
They don't dare steal from MBS. They might get chopped to pieces. Nice trains tho, veeeeery cool.
And working with low paid slave labour, anything can be done
@@trnstn1 the American economy depends on undocumented immigrants who are paid peanuts under the table. This is pure hypocrisy.
The project is possible because of corruption!
Its so nice to see that WSJ says that this is Developement and not Environmental Hazard but when other countries do it the tone changes
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Making the desserts habitable is the best idea yet
Couldn't pay me to go to Saudi Arabia
or Dubai.
No one is
They don't want you as well. So it all works out perfectly for both sides.
ignorant it's okay your kids will be working in saudi
You can't afford in the first place
With the help of indian labors and west engineers.
These said Indian labourers will be poorly treated, too.