Saudi Arabia launches a car-free city building project

Saudi Arabia launches a car-free city building project

Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, announced on Sunday the launch of a project to build a future environmentally friendly city free of cars, streets and zero carbon emissions as part of the "NEOM" project, which is still under development in the northwest of the kingdom.

The "NEOM" future and tourism project is one of the giant projects within the diversified investment portfolio of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which aims to diversify the kingdom's resources, which depend heavily on oil exports.

"In my capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors of + NEOM + I present to you + The Line +; a million-million city with a length of 170 km, preserves 95% of the nature in the lands of + Neom +, zero cars, zero. Streets, zero carbon emissions. "

Source : Businessinsider