Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a 170 kilometres-long belt of connected, car-free and artificial intelligence-optimised communities called The Line as part of its Neom project.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans for The Line in a video where he described it as a "civilisational revolution that puts humans first."
The city will consist of connected communities called city modules
The 170 kilometres-long mega-city will consist of connected communities ? which it calls "city modules" ? and link the coast of the Red Sea with the north-west of Saudi Arabia.
It will be a part of Neom, Saudi Arabia's fully automated $500 billion region that will span Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt and be entirely powered by renewable energy. The Line will have no cars or streets
According to Bin Salman, who is also the chairman of the Neom company board of directors, construction of The Line will start in the first quarter of 2021.
The city will have no cars or streets, with everything its inhabitants need accessible within a five-minute walk.
It will have no streets or cars
"High-speed transportation, utilities, digital infrastructure, and logistics will be seamlessly integrated in dedicated spaces running in an invisible layer along The Line," said a statement.
Drawings show vehicles driven by artificial intelligence (AI), a metro line and high-speed freight transportation located underground. Overground will be a "pedestrian l...