Dubai Bus Stops

In summer 2006, the RTA promised that, by summer 2007, Dubai bus stops would be delightfully cool. I was told that this did, in fact, happen in Jumairah 1 last summer, but, of course, in Jumairah 1, everyone drives expensive cars.

Now, of course, no Dubai bus stop exceeds 30, and often the Dubai bus stops are comfortably in the 20s.

But also, atrange Cantonese shelters have appeared at many of the bus stops. These shelters all have a Chinese character with the 'ice' radical, presumably meaning something to do with cool. So far, most of these shelters are still wrapped in the plastic in which they were shipped.

Inside each shelter are a few posts, to which, presumably, seats will be attached at some point, where, perhaps, half a dozen riders waiting for their bus will someday be able to sit.

So it looks like, by summer 2008, some Dubai bus stops will, in fact, still be as delightfully cool as they all are now, at least for the first few people queuing for the bus.