Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced plans to build a unique city without cars or roads.
The city has been named The Line, which will be part of Saudi Arabia's 500 500 billion Smart City project, Neum (announced in November 2017).
The purpose of building this new city is to hyperconnect future populations.
According to the Saudi Crown Prince, the line will have an ultra-high-speed transit system, self-driving vehicles and a civic layout that will deliver basic services such as schools and medical centers to residents.
It will be possible to reach all these places on foot from anywhere for 5 minutes and no journey will be longer than 20 minutes.
According to the Saudi announcement, the city will have a population of one million people spread over an area of 170 square kilometers and its needs will be met with environmentally friendly energy.
The announcement said the city would focus on nature with a pedestrian layer and two additional layers.
As far as infrastructure and transport are concerned, they will be below the surface.
According to officials, AI technology will monitor the city, using data and models to determine the means to improve daily life.
The construction of this city will start in a short period of time for which 180 billion Saudi riyals will be spent while 380,000 jobs will be created.
In October 2017, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the construction of a new city on the shores of the Red Sea at a cost of 500 500 billion.
The city will operate independently of the current government framework, with the government investing more than 500 500 billion, and setting up an independent wealth fund for local and international investors.
It is part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, and according to the Saudi Crown Prince, the plan is to build a bridge across the Red Sea that will connect the new city to Egypt, Jordan, and the rest of Africa. For the first time in the world, the first special zone of three countries will be established.
Newem is the largest project in Saudi Arabia's history where robots outnumber humans, while hologram teachers will teach genetically modified students.
The city of the future will make extensive use of cameras, drones and face recognition technology to ensure the safety of citizens.
Robot employees will do all the housework here, cage fights between the robots will be for the entertainment of the people while an amusement park full of robot dinosaurs will also be built.
"I don't want a highway, we want flying cars by 2030," said Prince Fahd bin Sultan, the region's governor, at a meeting on the city's construction. "Another document states that driving is just fun." Will be for, not for transportation.
The details are not clear, but there is a proposal for an artificial moon for the city, which could be created with the help of live stream images from drones' flats or space.
