In the 1970s in London, they had a similar problem. The city was being taken over by the car, and there wasn't a safe route anymore to walk from one place to another. Someone came up with a plan, which was to create a footpath that went past most of the sights of London, and this became known as the silver jubilee walk (1977 was the 25th anniversary of the queen's coronation).
Anyway, it would be a start, wouldn't it, linking a few of the tourist sites by a safe pedestrian route. It's stupid that you can't walk from the Souq Waqif past the Emiri Diwan to the Corniche without risking your neck. All it would take is a couple of footbridges and maybe 100 yards of additional pavement.
In the 1970s in London, they had a similar problem. The city was being taken over by the car, and there wasn't a safe route anymore to walk from one place to another. Someone came up with a plan, which was to create a footpath that went past most of the sights of London, and this became known as the silver jubilee walk (1977 was the 25th anniversary of the queen's coronation).
Anyway, it would be a start, wouldn't it, linking a few of the tourist sites by a safe pedestrian route. It's stupid that you can't walk from the Souq Waqif past the Emiri Diwan to the Corniche without risking your neck. All it would take is a couple of footbridges and maybe 100 yards of additional pavement.
--nigel
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