Urb proposes 93-kilometre cycling highway "to make Dubai the most connected city on earth"
Architecture studio Urb has proposed creating The Loop as a covered highway for cyclists and pedestrians that would wrap around Dubai .
Envisioned to encourage Dubai’s three million residents to switch from cars to healthier modes of transportation, The Loop would also incorporate a hyperloop line.
"The Loop aims to make Dubai the most connected city on earth by foot or bike," said Urb chief executive officer Baharash Bagherian. Urb has proposed a 93-kilometre cycling and walking highway If built, the 93-kilometre-long structure would be encased within a glazed tube and would have a kinetic floor that would produce energy when stepped on.
Renderings of The Loop released by the studio show plants and pools of water within the snake-like structure, which would be climate-controlled.
"It will provide an enjoyable climate-controlled all-year environment, to make walking and cycling the primary mode of transport for Dubai’s residents, in line with its new 20-minute city initiative," Urb told Dezeen. The Loop would wrap around the outskirts of Dubai According to Urb, encouraging Dubai’s residents to swap cars for bikes would require a "seismic shift". Any successful initiative should therefore recognise the need for infrastructure that supports city-dwellers’ needs, said the studio.
"The key challenge in Dubai is that the infrastructure and existing urban fabric is engineered primarily for the use of cars," Urb explained."Thus swapping cars for bikes in an existing highly-developed car-oriented city, requires a seismic shift in urban planning […]
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