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    September 12

    特殊的时刻

    08年08月08日08时(pm)08分08秒,北京奥运会正式开幕。
     
    09年09月09日09时(pm)09分09秒。又一个特殊的时刻。此刻,时空已从上海转移到迪拜。迪拜酋长His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum在这个特殊时刻启动了迪拜首列城铁。
     
    据报道,建造迪拜城铁总共花费了4年时间,投入资金共计280亿Dirham(计560亿人民币),超预算75%。这是中东地区第一条城铁,也是世界上最长的无人驾驶城铁,总共75公里,从东到西贯穿整个迪拜城市。
     
    交通部部长说,任何在公共交通设施上的投资都是值得的。撇开财务回报不说,迪拜的确需要这样一条城铁。迪拜的公共交通设施很差,几乎没有公交车,更不用说城铁、火车等。所有道路都是Highway,没有人行道或自行车道。在这里如果不开车,几乎寸步难行。
     
    有了城铁可不一样了。为了配合城铁把城市每个角落联系起来,公交部门专门开设了几十条公交路线(feeder bus route),连我们家这块被孤立的小区都有了一条直通城铁站的公交路线。几天前我特地试了一下。全新的大巴士,设施先进,车上没有一个乘客,司机见到我很开心得和我聊天。班次密集,高峰时每5分钟一班,收费只有2元。财务上一定不盈利了,但的确为迪拜政府赢得了公众口碑。
     
    My city. My metro. 这是迪拜城铁的广告语。对于我来说,有了这条城铁线,迪拜开始有些My city的感觉了。
     
     
     
     

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    xiaoqin Zhaiwrote:
    My city, My metro这个口号和上海市博的better city, better life很像阿。有没有觉得其实这两座城市也很像?都有一条河贯穿城市中央,都是日新月异的造高楼大厦。
    Sept. 15
    xiaoqin Zhaiwrote:
    以前阿航的chairman名字是Mohammed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum,那就是说他是Maktoum家族Saeed的儿子叫Mohammed。其实阿拉伯名字长也就算了,关键是名字反反复复就那几个,不是Mohammed,就是Saeed,再不Rashid,很晕。
    Sept. 15
    HH HHwrote:
    自从有了个阿拉伯的上司,我开始知道他们的名字是怎么组合起来的了。之前也是觉得不可思议。
    Sept. 12
    Yan Chenwrote:
    哈哈!一开始我读酋长的名字也很晕,长长的一串,怎么也记不住.后来才发现,原来这里有窍门.Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum:Mohammed是名;Bin是儿子的意思, Bin Rashid就是Rashid的儿子;Al 相当于英文中的of, Al Maktoum就是来自Maktoum家族。这样,长长一串名字就一目了然,他是Maktoum家族Rashid的儿子叫Mohammed。

    原来如此啦!是不是很有consultant命名文件名的风格?:)
    Sept. 12
    xiaoqin Zhaiwrote:
    陈同学实在是很实在的一个人,在中国就关心中国的繁荣昌盛,在迪拜就关心迪拜的市政建设,能把马克图姆酋长的名字拼写正确可是我在阿航工作了3年都没练会的。这就叫与时俱进,这就叫入乡随俗,佩服阿佩服!
    Sept. 12

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