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THE LOOP Aims To Become The Smartest Cycling & Running Infrastructure | |
| Sumita Pawar |
THE LOOP in Dubai, masterminded by URB, is a proposed 93 km sustainable urban highway, connecting more than three million residents using a healthy mode of transport to key services and locations by walking and cycling within minutes.
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Report highlighted, It aims to become the smartest cycling and running infrastructure in the world.
According to the report, THE LOOP will provide an enjoyable climate controlled all-year environment, to make walking & cycling the primary mode of transport for Dubai’s residents, in line with its new 20-minute city initiative. The aim is to make cycling & walking the primary mode of transport for daily commutes for more than 80% of Dubai’s residents by 2040.
THE LOOP will generate electricity using one of the cleanest and most plentiful energy sources on the planet – human footsteps.
The running tracks are integrated with kinetic paving, which are also made from recycled car tires that flexes when stepped on, thus resulting in kinetic energy, it added.
THE LOOP is multifunctional & multiuse, featuring leisure & wellness facilities such as fitness stations and sports courts.
Tourism assets such as wellness hotels and wellness centres will also be integrated to promote wellness tourism, thus it will empower a wellbeing economy of the future.
THE LOOP embraces the Dubai 2040 urban masterplan, by providing better connectivity, resilient infrastructures and shared facilities for neighbourhoods.
It will become the world’s largest urban sharing facility where multiple neighbourhoods can share the same amenities, concluded the report.