I came across this article by Dezeen and had to share!! 🤗
I came across this article by @dezeen and had to share!! 🤗
This is The Loop, check it out! a proposed climate controlled covered highway spanning a staggering 93 kilometres, a new benchmark for the world’s smartest cycling and walking infrastructure, for cyclists and pedestrians. It would wrap around Dubai, envisioned to encourage its three million residents to switch from cars, with the aim of making Dubai the most connected city on earth by foot or bike, encased in a glazed tube with a kinetic floor that would produce energy when stepped on and include integrated vertical farms to provide food security! Mind blowing.
It is in the research stage and obviously a «seismic shift» in urban planning like this would require the need for infrastructure to support, given the existing urban fabric is engineered primarily for the use of cars, but what a plan to be the first active mobility infrastructure of its kind anywhere in the world, with sustainability features that will shape the future.
