{"id":984,"date":"2014-06-17T17:21:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/?page_id=984"},"modified":"2014-06-17T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T18:48:12","slug":"984-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/984-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation in Al Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-678\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture51.jpg\" alt=\"Picture5\" width=\"570\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture51.jpg 570w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture51-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture51-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a> The Riyadh Public Transport Project (RPTP) will include construction of a metro, a bus system and other transport services in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<h1>World&#8217;s Largest Subway Project in Riyadh<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/feature-2013-10-riyadh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/feature-2013-10-riyadh.jpg\" alt=\"feature-2013-10-riyadh\" width=\"311\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/feature-2013-10-riyadh.jpg 311w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/feature-2013-10-riyadh-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riyadh is planning the world&#8217;s largest subway project, that is\u00a0two driver less metro lines in the capital of Saudi Arabia.The five-million city is looking for sustainable solutions for its local traffic problems. Because Riyadh is growing rapidly: since 1990, the population has doubled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/5l-image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-985\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/5l-image1.jpg\" alt=\"5l-image\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/5l-image1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/5l-image1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/5l-image1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new metro system is expected to fulfill the demands of the growing population in Riyadh, which is expected to reach eight million by 2030.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/4l-image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-986\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/4l-image1.jpg\" alt=\"4l-image\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/4l-image1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/4l-image1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/4l-image1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aerial view of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station designed by Zaha Hadid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Onsa4ggoqKE\">for more information about Al Riyadh metro \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Riyadh Public Transport Project (RPTP) will include construction of a metro, a bus system and other transport services in Riyadh. World&#8217;s Largest Subway Project in Riyadh Riyadh is planning the world&#8217;s largest subway project, that is\u00a0two driver less metro &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/984-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":256,"featured_media":0,"parent":282,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-984","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984\/revisions\/1025"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}