|
|
Article: Directing traffic: new transport links are an essential tool for managing the growth of Egypt's capital city.(Cairo: transport and infrastructure)
- Article from:
- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- April 16, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 MEED Middle East Economic Digest. All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Napoleon, it is said, designed the wide avenues and boulevards of Paris not so much for the scenic vistas as to give his cavalry a good run-up in the event of a riot. The apparent lack of design in Cairo has much the same effect. On the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq on 20 March, those few hardy protestors who made it out of the nearby mosques and universities and into Tahrir Square first had to dodge traffic, negotiate bridges and underpasses and finally queue to pass through a cordon of about 5,000 riot police. "You've got to really want to demonstrate to pass through all these guys and risk the potential wrath of the state," commented the local Cairo Times. Only ...